Partnership in Action
We’re building a critical mass of individuals and organizations committed to creating a more compassionate, caring, and connected community focused on healing together through trauma-informed perspective and engagement.
Champions (Individuals)
You don't have to already be a part of something else, or have any particular knowledge, experience, or special skills to be a part of the Healing City Movement. This is a grassroots effort of individuals just like you, connecting across neighborhoods, embracing differences, breaking down barriers, healing, and building the shared community we want, together.
Attend an upcoming virtual orientation workshop
Meet others interested in joining the Healing City movement. Hear from neighbors already working with Healing City, learn more about our strategic focuses and all the simple ways to be a part of change in your community. Share your perspective and thoughts on what it means to build a truly healing city and ways we can create greater engagement.
Upcoming Orientations:
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Requirements:
- Agree with the vision, mission, and goals of Healing City
- Understand the importance of prioritizing racial equity in Baltimore
- Attend and promote Healing City events
Invite other individuals and organizations to join the Healing City coalition
Recommendations:
- Engaging in community and political advocacy
Work with Healing City to plan an event or host your own events around healing-centered
engagement
Write an op-ed about healing-centered engagement and/or healing-centered principles (other formats as well: video, art, song)
Request to learn more about healing centered trainings in Baltimore OR show a level of
healing-centered engagement knowledge equal to the efforts of Healing City
Conduct a training around healing centered engagement based on your own expertise
Partner as an Organization
Healing City is founded on the premise of unity and partership, aggregating all the disparate groups and efforts working toward the same goals into critical mass momentum and an unmatched force for change. We have developed three partnership lanes for organizations to align with Healing City: Affiliates, Advocates, and Allies. There is no hierarchy to these lanes, but we have structured a variety of requirements and recommendations under each to help partners find the right fit for them. If you feel like your organization fits multiple lanes, we would love to represent you as a partner in all of them. We are looking to celebrate momentum across the full range of focuses and efforts.
You decide for yourself how best to fulfill each requirement or recommendation and commit to pursuing them over the next year. We will add your logo to the website and look for opportunities to promote each others' efforts going forward. It's as simple as that.
AFFILIATES
ADVOCATES
ALLIES
AFFILIATES
Requirements:
- Agree with the vision, mission, and goals of Healing City
- Agree to place Healing City affiliate logo on website and/or display in building/offices
- Attend and promote Healing City events
- Understand the importance of prioritizing racial equity in Baltimore City
Request to learn more about healing-centered trainings in Baltimore OR show a level of
healing-centered engagement knowledge equal to the efforts of Healing City
Organize staff training around healing-centered engagement
Invite other organizations/ individuals to join the Healing City coalition
Recommendations:
Agree to participate in organizational policy review to move towards being a healing-centered
organization
Agree to conduct training (for all staff) to understand the impact of trauma and how to
center healing (including annual refreshers)
- Be able to show that you have practiced healing-centered engagement
Conduct a needs assessment & one-on-one coaching with a healing-centered engagement expert for your organization/staff
Organize a board training session around healing-centered engagement
ADVOCATES
Requirements:
Agree to participate in organizational policy review to move towards a healing centered
organization
Agree to conduct training (for all staff) to understand the impact of trauma and how to
center healing (including annual refreshers)
Be able to show that you have practiced healing-centered engagement
Conduct a needs assessment & one-on-one coaching with a healing-centered engagement expert for your organization/staff
Organize a board training session around healing-centered engagement
Recommendations:
Engage in community and political advocacy with a focus on principles of healing-centered engagement
Agree to support the Healing City movement financially, either through writing/collaborating on
grants that would support work or supporting fundraising efforts and events
Provide culturally relevant feedback about the Healing City coalition
Makes an official public statement about the importance of healing-centered engagement
Give financial support and/ or staff support to the Healing City movement
Update values or mission of your organization to include language to make Baltimore
a healing-centered city
Write an op-ed about healing-centered engagement (other formats as well: video, art,
song)
Work with Healing City to plan an event or host your own events around healing
Have a framework for activities or knowledge around healing
Have strategies for your organization to increase capacity around healing, including
evaluation of your organization’s goals
ALLIES
Requirements (must commit to a minimum of two):
Agree to support the Healing City movement financially, either through writing/collaborating on
grants that would support work or supporting fundraising efforts or events
Engage in community and political advocacy
Provide culturally relevant feedback about the Healing City coalition
Make an official public statement about the importance of trauma-informed engagement
Give financial support and/ or staff support to the Healing City movement
Update values or mission of your organization to include language to make Baltimore a healing-centered city
Write an op-ed about healing-centered engagement (other formats as well: video, art, song)
Work with Healing City to plan an event or host your own events around healing
Have a framework for activities or knowledge around healing
Have strategies for your organization to increase capacity around healing, including
evaluation of your organization’s goals
Looking for Healing & Wellness Resources?
Trauma and stress take on many different meanings and forms for each person. Healing City Baltimore is building a comprehensive list of resources offered by coalition members, our partners, and third-party organizations for those looking to get some help with anything they might be going through.
