Fostering voice, building community, and learning self-care practices. Begin to understand how the body reacts to stress, learn breathing practices that can be used to reduce stress, and help the body begin to heal from trauma.

What is historical trauma? How do people and communities experience it?  Learn about trauma throughout history and receive tools to heal.

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This workshop presented by youth of color on their own healing journey focuses on the intersection of racial equity, trauma-informed care, and youth voice. 

IGF youth facilitators who are trained in Mind-Body Medicine lead this interactive workshop using personal narratives and IGF created videos. This workshop will equip you with self-care practices to calm your body and provide you with simple and effective tools to share with students, staff, clients, and community.  

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Let IGF customize workshops for your organization. Our Artistic Team will work with you to create a workshop or series of workshops to meet your organization's goals!

Resources and tips for students, teachers, and school staff to ‘retool’ escalating conflict and embed self-care practices into the classroom.

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Witness stories of resilience, engage in practices of self-care, wake up to the healing power of mindful body movement, nutrition, sleep, forgiveness, and artistic expression, and create a self-care plan.

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Facilitators will lead participants through interactive community-building activities while exploring the content of From Hurt to Healing: An intergenerational activity book created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and killing of George Floyd published by IGF in 2021. Participants will practice healing tools, read elder biographies, and begin to write their own stories as they learn how elders and young people are working together to bridge the gap between generations and collectively move from hurt to healing.

Each participant will receive a copy of From Hurt to Healing and crayons.

Reflect on personal beliefs and engage in activities to transform negative thoughts and cognitive distortions.

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Focus on creating a safe-space for workshop participants to access and express their own voice for conversation, questions and create action steps as they learn about the issues young people face and continue to face on their path to adulthood.

IGF Healing Circles are intimate and personal spaces where facilitators trained in Mind-Body Medicine lead healing tools in a community circle. With the goals of personal empowerment, community building, and healing from the inequities and historical trauma we face as a community youth facilitators and artists use poetry and spoken word to create a safe space for community voice. 

IGF Healing Circles grew from the need for healing as expressed by the group “Black Excellence” in Ramsey Country during the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.