Northside Healing Space

Northside Healing Space heals trauma through rest, remembrance, resistance and revival.
The Northside Healing Space (NHS) began in 2007 and is a community-driven solution to healing the trauma that exists in North Minneapolis located at 2100 Emerson Avenue North. NHS is rooted in deep community wisdom, ancient healing practices, foundational beliefs of the African American church, and participatory research, specifically around the issue of commercial sexual exploitation and its corrosive connections to enslavement and community. NHS also is grounded in the knowledge that the voices, experience, wisdom, and leadership of those most impacted by sexual exploitation and trauma will show us the path to healing for themselves, their families, and their community. 

A grim fact: Between 2016 and 2020, U.S.-born African American mothers were 2.8 times more likely to experience maternal death than white mothers.

Our Vision: African American birthing parents thrive with equitable health outcomes and access to culturally compassionate care and comprehensive resources.

Our Model: We will wrap around families with culturally responsive healing and connection to anchor preventive practices in collaboration with responsive providers. This will be their HomePlace. And we will use our lived expertise and learnings to inform systems change.

In 2025 we will launch a pilot of HomePlace at Liberty’s Northside Healing Space to test and grow the effort over time.