Everyone needs a safe place where it’s OK2BU!

Make friends at the Attic, Philly’s only independent LGBTQ youth center.

The path to your healing - and your next job - may be written in HTML. Launch a tech career, or just explore how the future works, in online classes on Khan Academy, Codecademy, or Coursera.

Also, see how local tech moguls at Hopeworks are practicing self-care.

Get out of the house and follow your own path, from at least a six foot distance from others.

Find yourself in Wissahickon Park and see how fresh air and meditation help decrease anxiety and heal.

Erase the stigma. Mental health challenges affect all of us at some time in our lives. Joseph J. Peters Institute offers free trauma healing therapy for teens in North Philly and is currently taking patients remotely. Or check out free counseling apps or programs like Woebot.

Wounds heal better in the open. Get trusted guidance when you need it the most.

Contact EMIR Healing Center to inquire about their virtual programs.

Get out of the house. Get out of your head. The next move is all yours.

Check out this article by Philly Powered, "Joyful Movement at Home During COVID-19" and for home workout sites, apps and ideas.

Espresso yourself at The Monkey & The Elephant.

Great coffee. Great baristas. Great mission. 

Help support Philly’s foster youth during the Coronavirus shutdown by visiting their online store.

Fight for justice for youth. Keep youth out of adult prisons and bring home “juvenile lifers.”

Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project provides the legal advocacy every child deserves. Right now, incarcerated youth are especially vulnerable to COVID-19. Check out YSRP's statement and support their petition.

Pick up some sticks for a better community. 

Take in the heartbeats of Positive Movement Entertainment and see how their drums heal.

Writing is therapeutic, a powerful way to heal and help heal others. Find a virtual writing group to keep up during the Coronavirus pandemic, including those offered by Mighty Writers.

The act of making art helps soothe the soul.

Join artists and activists on the Kensington Storefront community healing project.

When the right support group doesn’t exist, help build one. 

Support the growing fraternity of paralyzed gunshot survivors. Show up for wheelchair basketball at the Carousel House.

Education + Job Training = Trauma Healing

Set up a brighter future at YouthBuild Philly.

Running is a natural combatant to stress and anxiety.

Join the Philadelphia BlackMenRun chapter. Or, if you’re a Philly middle school or high school student, join Students Run Philly Style.

Close your eyes, clear your mind and restore your spirit.

Free Yoga on Race Street Pier through November 12.

Make time to be around people who get it, and who get you.

Seek out places of healing like Uncle Bobbie’s in Germantown.

Music is the heartbeat of our culture. It’s how we relax, celebrate and get through hard times.

Check out the Sound of Conscious Hip Hop playlist on Spotify.

Find movies that motivate and inspire.

Meet up with other film lovers with the Black and Melaninated Film Group.

It’s never too late to heal through your own music making.  

Get started by checking out this handy list of free online music courses or, for middle and high school students, contact Rock to the Future to inquire about their free Mobile Music Workshops.

Exercise your freedom to choose leaders who represent all of us.

Learn about elections. Register to vote.

Reduce stress. Go outside. Meet new friends.

Get the latest schedule of We Walk PHL free walking groups.

Injustice itself is a form of trauma. Working to end it can help heal.

Sign the petition to fund more school counselors in Philly public schools.

“I wasn’t in jail, I was in Yale. I wasn’t in prison, I was in Princeton. I wasn’t in the state penn, I was in Penn State.”

See how Wallace Peeples has made positivity his personal brand. @Wallo267

Mindful exercises and positive affirmations can lead to better rest.

Help heal trauma while you sleep. Start with this podcast.

Plant seeds of hope and healing.

Try our your green thumbs at your local community garden.

Celebrate the personal. Tell your story of trauma healing.

Don’t miss First Person Arts Story Slams.

There’s something to laughing through the pain. And you don’t have to be a King (or Queen) of Comedy.

Release those endorphins that make us feel happy. Catch a free show at the Philly Improv Theater.

Philly families are making their Reading Promise to protect every child’s right to read.

Activism fuels healing. Join Read by 4th’s Parent Advisory Council. Open to all.

Our students need great teachers who reflect their own trauma healing.

Fellowship activists are tripling the number of Black male educators in our city.

The secret sauce to healing is sharing a good meal with the people we love.

Check out this recipe for family fun.

Get insights on trauma healing with eye-opening books.

Add to your reading list works by John Rich, Ken Hardy and Danielle Sered.

Tell your story through photos. Show everyone the world you see.

Join the Fairmount Photo Club for beginner shutterbugs with any kind of camera.

Help keep our children safe with free swimming lessons.

Sign up your child (K-6) for We Can Swim lessons on Penn’s campus.