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CHN Village

by Community Healing Network

Learning, healing and repair circles to dismantle the lie of the racial hierarchy of human value

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CHN Village is a membership from Community Healing Network, a nonprofit founded in 2006 to overturn the lie of the racial hierarchy of human value. Members flow between Emotional Emancipation Circles and Liberation Labs, which use art and storytelling as paths to healing and help bring the circles' principles into everyday life. Under Executive Director A. Chandra Roxanne, the circles have grown into an ongoing cultural practice.

CHN remains committed to Black families and communities, and will also serve all people caught in the false racial hierarchy, beginning with interracial families. It is working with allies across New Haven to make the city the world's first Emotional Emancipation Model Village. CHN's work was recognized by the MacArthur Foundation in 2021 through its Equitable Recovery Grant.

Outcomes

  • Build critical consciousness about the racial hierarchy
  • Manage racial stress with practical resilience skills
  • Grow self-awareness and emotional intelligence
  • Build compassion for self and others facing racial stress
  • Know whom to trust and when

What's included?

  • Emotional Emancipation Circles

    A protected space that meets for 90 minutes each week to build critical consciousness and manage racial stress together. Circles for non-Black participants are forthcoming.

  • Liberation Labs

    A protected 90-minute weekly space that uses art and storytelling as pathways to healing and to living Emotional Emancipation principles day to day. Labs for non-Black participants are forthcoming.

  • Resilience Tools & Resources

    Practical tools and resources for understanding the lie of the racial hierarchy and managing racial stress.

  • Grounding in African-Centered Consciousness

    Teaching on African-centered cultural principles and values, along with historical facts that correct the miseducation behind the lie.

  • A Dedicated Village

    An ongoing gathering space where members connect with others on the same path and heal together rather than alone.

  • Priority Access to New Offerings

    First access to new offerings such as the Resilience Lounge, Cultural Trust Lab, and Pop-Up EECs.

Who is this for?

  • Black families and communities looking for culturally grounded, community-based emotional support
  • Non-Black and interracial families and biracial youth seeking support for racial stress and repair (offering forthcoming)
  • Black mental health professionals seeking trauma-informed community resources

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Community Healing Network

Culturally grounded learning and healing to dismantle the lie of racial hierarchy

Community Healing Network (CHN) was founded in October 2006 to overturn the lie of the racial hierarchy of human value, the false belief that whiteness is superior and Blackness inferior, and its effects on Black people. For its 20th anniversary, CHN...

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