Take Care Black Girl Foundation
Black Women's Health & Advocacy Lab
Black women deserve more than conversations about our health. We deserve to shape what comes next.
State of Healing is a Black women-centered health, healing and advocacy initiative from Take Care Black Girl Foundation.
We're creating spaces across Colorado where Black women can rest, talk honestly about what affects our health, connect to useful resources and help shape better solutions for our communities.
Come to a gathering. Use the resources. Share what you're experiencing. Help shape what comes next.
How State of Healing works
Culturally grounded wellness experiences, plus simple practices and Healing Kit tools that support you beyond the event.
Community conversations about health, stress, burnout, caregiving, healthcare experiences, work, reproductive health — the things affecting our lives.
Useful health, wellness and community resources, and the people and organizations working to support Black women.
Opportunities for Black women to step into community leadership, including our State of Healing Fellows.
What we hear shouldn't disappear after an event. Your stories and needs shape resources, partnerships, The Healing State and future advocacy.
Your Healing Kit
Healing Kits combine simple self-care practices with practical health advocacy tools and resources.
If you're holding one of our Healing Kits right now, this page is your digital home for everything inside it.
Your Healing Journal
Your Healing Journal is a space to pause, reflect and notice what you need.
Use it from your phone and return whenever you need a moment to check in with yourself. What you write stays on your own device.
Open my Healing JournalExplore resources
Organizations and tools for Black women — Colorado resources first, plus national ones you can use from anywhere. These are independent organizations, and links open their own websites.
If you are in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 any time, day or night. In an emergency, call 911.
Community Listening Labs
State of Healing Listening Labs are facilitated community conversations where Black women can speak honestly about our health, experiences, barriers, resources and what needs to change.
These are not lectures.
They're spaces to listen, share, connect and help shape what comes next.
Topics may explore
State of Healing Fellows
Take Care Black Girl Foundation is selecting 10 State of Healing Fellows to support the Black Women’s Health & Advocacy Lab, a three-year initiative centered on the health, healing and lived experiences of Black women in Colorado.
State of Healing Fellows will be trained in community listening, trauma-informed engagement, ethical storytelling, documentation and health advocacy. Fellows will then help support and facilitate Community Listening Labs across Denver, Aurora and Colorado Springs and help turn what we hear into community resources, stories and recommendations.
Apply to become a FellowWhat Fellows will do
Who we're looking for
We are looking for Black women who care deeply about the health, healing and future of Black women and who are interested in community leadership.
Applicants do not need to be therapists, healthcare professionals or experienced facilitators.
We especially welcome women with interests or lived/community experience related to:
This is a community leadership fellowship — not a therapist or clinical-provider role.
Selected Fellows will receive training before facilitating community conversations.
The fellowship experience
Fellows will begin with foundational training, participate in supervised Listening Lab experiences, practice facilitation with support and gradually take on greater leadership responsibilities throughout the cohort.
Compensation
A stipend is planned for selected Fellows. Final stipend amount, participation expectations and payment schedule will be provided before Fellows accept their positions.
Applications open now
From stories to action
We're listening for patterns.
What we learn through State of Healing will help inform community resources, partnerships, future programming, advocacy recommendations and The Healing State — our publication documenting what we're hearing and what Black women say they need to thrive.
Stay connected
Get updates about State of Healing gatherings, Listening Labs, resources and opportunities to participate.