Roots & Resilience - Week 2

​This is more than a support group, it’s a sacred space for reclamation.

​From ICE to reclaiming your Roots & Resilience...this is a 4-week healing circle for individuals carrying the invisible weight of immigration trauma, systemic fear, and enforced silence. Whether you or your family have been directly impacted by ICE, deportation threats, detention, or the chronic fear of removal, this group offers a safe and empowering space to breathe, be seen, and begin to heal.

​FRAMEWORK: SHAKTI Philosophy

​Rooted in the SHAKTI framework (Safety, Healing, Acknowledgement, Kindred connection, Transformation, and Integration) this group blends modern trauma psychology with ancestral wisdom and community-based support.

​LEARNINGS:

• ​Understand the impact of trauma on your nervous system

• ​Reconnect with your story without shame

• ​Build emotional and somatic resilience

• ​Transform isolation into connection

• ​Reclaim your identity and power

• ​Practice tools for embodied calm, agency, and integration

​WHO IS THIS GROUP FOR:

• ​Immigrants (documented, undocumented, DACA, refugee, TPS, etc.)

• ​Adult children of immigrants affected by generational immigration trauma

• ​Individuals or families impacted by ICE raids, surveillance, or detention

• ​Those navigating complex PTSD from systemic injustice, racism, or xenophobia

• ​Allies hoping to find and provide support in community

​EXPECTATIONS:

• ​Open group - drop in when you can!

• ​Weekly 90 minute in-person sessions in Culver City

• ​Grounded in somatic tools, narrative work, breathwork, psychoeducation, and collective healing

• ​Led by culturally attuned, trauma-informed & somatic therapists

• ​Multilingual resources available

​CONTRIBUTION: Pay It Forward

​This group is offered on a donation-based model to ensure accessibility for those most impacted by ICE enforcement and immigration trauma.

​Suggested donation: $22 per session. No one turned away for lack of funds.

​Your contribution pays it forward to community members navigating financial hardship due to detention, deportation, legal costs, or systemic barriers impacted by ICE. Together, we create a model of shared healing, where no one is turned away, and collective empowerment becomes our currency.

​Healing is not a luxury. It’s a birthright. Your donation helps make that truth a reality for others.