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HEALTH & WELLNESS
HEALING SERVICES FOR SYSTEM-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS
Dignity and Power Now’s (DPN) Health and Wellness Program is grounded in the Healing Justice Framework, developed by the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective. Our offerings are intended to address and transform the generational trauma that system-impacted individuals, families, and organizers have endured due to the Prison Industrial Complex, State Sanctioned Violence and Policing.
Our fight for abolition centers the need for healing by developing strategies for collective care to build community power. We believe mental, physical, and spiritual wellness fuels our community organizing efforts to to shut down the Prison Industrial Complex in Los Angeles County.
In partnership with BIPOC healers, we offer holistic healing and free wellness resources to:
Our fight for abolition centers the need for healing by developing strategies for collective care to build community power. We believe mental, physical, and spiritual wellness fuels our community organizing efforts to to shut down the Prison Industrial Complex in Los Angeles County.
In partnership with BIPOC healers, we offer holistic healing and free wellness resources to:
- Formerly incarcerated individuals
- Families who are caring for or have lost incarcerated loved ones
- Survivors of law enforcement violence
- Local community organizers and members in Los Angeles.
Voices of dignity & power
Community Care Healing Program (CCHP):
This program connects active DPN Members to free 1:1 healing resources. We have a network of BIPOC healers that are a part of this program.
Trauma-Informed Healing Services:
Our healers provide therapy, massage, acupuncture, yoga, reiki, meditation, energy healing, nutrition, somatic coaching, and more.
Building Resilience Healers Network:
Today, we collaborate with over 30 mission-aligned BIPOC healers to provide a wide range of healing modalities for system-impacted community members and organizers.
Healing Clinics:
Wellness Clinics are held at various times throughout the year in rotating locations based on community needs. These free clinics are led by the Building Resilience team and provide entire communities with wellness services. Community members can visit the clinic and choose which stations they’d like to participate in at their own pace.
In addition to the above-mentioned modalities, the Wellness Clinics also provide listening stations, food, and DPN Wellness Kits, which include homemade items such as bath salts, teas, salves, aromatherapy spritzers, rollers, and medicine pouches.
DPN healers are often called upon by the community to provide virtual and in person decompression rooms during marches, rallies, vigils, and campaign meetings.
In addition to the above-mentioned modalities, the Wellness Clinics also provide listening stations, food, and DPN Wellness Kits, which include homemade items such as bath salts, teas, salves, aromatherapy spritzers, rollers, and medicine pouches.
DPN healers are often called upon by the community to provide virtual and in person decompression rooms during marches, rallies, vigils, and campaign meetings.
Freedom Harvest:
Working with our healers network and community members, we come together to create a healing portal filled with free healing services, free food, and community resources for people being released from jail and to support people visiting their loved ones in custody.
We also create welcome home kits for people being released - including basic hygiene products, snacks, water, resources.
We also create welcome home kits for people being released - including basic hygiene products, snacks, water, resources.
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ready to start healing with us?
If you are a system-impacted individual interested in receiving our healing services, please submit our interest form.
Know someone who could benefit from our services?
We encourage you to share this information with community members who might find it helpful.
To learn more, contact us at: cchp@dignityandpowernow.org.
Know someone who could benefit from our services?
We encourage you to share this information with community members who might find it helpful.
To learn more, contact us at: cchp@dignityandpowernow.org.
join the building resilience healers network
Get involved with DPN’s Health and Wellness Program by offering healing services or referring impacted individuals.
The gift of healing justice transforms lives and communities.
If you are a healer or community member interested in giving healing services, please reach out to us directly at cchp@dignityandpowernow.org.
The gift of healing justice transforms lives and communities.
If you are a healer or community member interested in giving healing services, please reach out to us directly at cchp@dignityandpowernow.org.
In 2024, our Health & Wellness program deepened its impact with:
- 45community members and organizers supported through personalized healing sessions
- 10new healers welcomed into our Community Care Healing Program (CCHP) network
- 29total CCHP healers offered holistic wellness care across our community
Support the Health & Wellness Program
Your donation to DPN’s Health and Wellness Program provides transformative healing for individuals and families impacted by incarceration and state violence.
Through therapy, yoga, acupuncture, and other holistic practices, your support nurtures mental, physical, and spiritual well-being while helping to build a stronger, more healed community for us all.