A FUNDRAISING PARTNERSHIP
Help us help the Changemakers
Support healing trauma training for those who are making a difference in our world.
There must first be a Wanja who is taken care of, before she can be of service.
–Wanja, a queer African feminist, social justice activist, movement builder, and participant in The Wellbeing Project
We’re asking for your support. Not for us, but for those who have chosen to stand on the front lines in some of the most difficult and crucial parts of our society. Activists and advocates. Caregivers and teachers. Protectors and reformers.
Whether it’s human rights, economic empowerment, human trafficking, gender justice, or any of the myriad of social needs we face today, these are the people facing them. And they need your help.
With your help, we will raise the funds to allow 150 Changemakers in the Global South—where resources for trauma healing are severely limited—to attend The Healing Trauma Program led by the esteemed Dr. Jeffrey Rutstein and a world-class faculty, including Drs. Gabor Maté, Peter Levine, Sará King, Thomas Hübl, and more. This nine-month online program will provide these Changemakers with the tools, insights, and practices to address trauma of all kinds—their own as well as the trauma in the populations they work with—magnifying the positive impact they can have and the healing they can provide.
What Changemakers will receive from
The Healing Trauma Program
Nervous System Self-Regulation
An explanation of how the nervous system operates during distressing situations and how to “widen the Window of Tolerance” when the body’s fight/flight/freeze responses take over.
Finding Safety in the Body
Guidance on uncovering internal pathways of safety and connection so they become a trusted new path to shift from disembodiment to the solid ground of the physical form.
Recognizing Triggers
A deep dive to discover what activates the personal trauma responses and how to manage them effectively in the moment.
Becoming a Healing Presence
Guidance to be the calm person in the room: an open, receptive, caring source of comfort for others.
Trauma-Sensitive Practices, Meditations, and Reflections
Daily exercises and approaches to support greater self-awareness and personal agency (especially when feeling disempowered or helpless).
The Wellbeing Project is the global leader in researching and advocating for the wellbeing of changemakers, and for wellbeing in changemaking. Cocreated with Ashoka, Georgetown University, Impact Hub, Porticus, Skoll Foundation, and Synergos, The Wellbeing Project is a network of more than 1,200 organizations dedicated to:
Strengthening the research case for inner wellbeing at the heart of social change
Connecting a growing network of organizations building a culture of wellbeing
Accelerating the growth of wellbeing initiatives around the world
Convening summits at the intersection of inner, organizational, societal, and planetary wellbeing
Mainstreaming a wellbeing and social change narrative
The Sounds True Foundation believes wisdom-based practices are fundamental to healing and resilience, and should be broadly and easily accessible. Our mission is to lower barriers to engagement with these transformative practices—especially for those living and serving in communities impacted by poverty, trauma, racism, and injustice in any form.
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