Our strengths-based approach:

Sustaining health and wholeness among those who serve others- mind, body and spirit.

  • Uproot and heal cycles of violence through research, education, community-based public health interventions, and collaborative nonviolent advocacy.

  • Transform existing places of distress into liberating spaces of possibility.

  • Share social justice knowledge and best-practices among and between multiple generations of helpers and healers.

  • Clarify how perceptions of race, ethnicity, poverty, sexuality, gender identification, and other stigmatizing characteristics trigger habits of marginalization which damage physical health and constrain equity.

  • Prioritize the contributions of multicultural women and people of color in pursuit of justice and healing for marginalized communities and, therefore, justice and healing for all.

  • Cultivate ecumenical, nonsectarian, inter-religious, multi-faith, humanist, multicultural, and multiracial communities and leadership capacities.

  • Redirect systems of personal and structural violence toward transformative cultures of care and justice.

  • Restore the voices of those who have been silenced through fear, distorted histories, and wrongful uses of power.

Affirmation

We  honor human ecology and diversity in all its forms- including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, personal appearance, family responsibility, political affiliation, religious affiliation or lack thereof, income, and veteran status.

Knowing we may not always have eyes to see or ears to hear the many faces of oppression, we honor the voices and insights of women and people of color as primary sources of expertise in the work of justice and healing- locally, nationally, and globally. 

We give priority attention to the wisdom of individuals and communities who have historically been, and continue to be, marginalized and displaced.

The Braxton Institute Model for Engaging Moral Injury and Collective Healing

 
 

This model informs our work and was designed to help sustain ongoing dialogue and discernment in pursuit of collective healing, sustainability, resiliency, and joy. We want to know: "What do these concepts mean for you and your community?"

A joint collaboration by the Braxton Institute, the Soul Repair Center, and Volunteers of America. 

Dr. Nigel Hatton, Board Member of the Braxton Institute.