“More than 50% of people of color with mental illness never receive treatment due to stigma, access, or mistrust of systems.” — National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Nelson Mandela
THE GRACE SPACE
A Sacred Space for Your Healing and Hope.
“It’s hard to ask for help — especially when the world taught you to be tough just to survive.” For many men of color, silence is not strength — it’s survival. But the truth is: you don’t have to go through it alone.
A study by the American Psychological Association found that only 1 in 4 Black and Latino men with mental health challenges receive treatment, often due to stigma, mistrust, or a lack of culturally safe spaces. Grace Space exists for you. No judgment. No pressure. Sometimes you don’t even need words — just show up.
About the grace space
Our Mission
Our mission is to meet people where they are — in moments of crisis, disconnection, or instability — and walk with them toward emotional wellness, workforce readiness, and long-term healing. Using our boots-on-the-ground engagement teams, trauma-informed workshops, and community partnerships, we are building a trust-based wellness network that blends relational care, mental health navigation, and career empowerment.
Our Programs
Self-Love is important. We serve youth & young adults facing intersecting barriers: community violence, poverty, trauma, housing insecurity, substance exposure, and systemic racism. Many of our participants have fallen through institutional gaps — they’re not in therapy, not in school, not working, and often not trusting of traditional services. But they show up to us — at drop-in centers, food pantries, juvenile courts, local events, and churches — open to support when it’s offered relationally and without judgment.
Our Impact
We have over 12 years of experience engaging with high-risk, high-potential populations who have been failed by systems. Whether it’s court-involved teens, undocumented immigrants, or families navigating intergenerational trauma, our work is built on showing up consistently, without judgment, in the place's others often avoid public housing developments, shelters, hospitals, courtrooms, and street corners.
We intentionally center cultural humility, trauma-informed care, and non-clinical emotional support as our foundation. Many of our staff members are from the same neighborhoods and cultural backgrounds as our participants, creating a trusted bridge between the community and available resources.
Full Circle grace space
The Grace Space
Crisis Relief & Survival Support
Crisis Relief & Survival Support
What It Offers:
- Peer support groups and healing circles
- BIPOC-centered journaling workshops
- Trauma-informed facilitators and youth mental health ambassadors
- Safe space to reflect, cry, breathe, and grow
- Interactive activities (journaling, art therapy, mindfulness sessions)
Crisis Relief & Survival Support
Crisis Relief & Survival Support
Crisis Relief & Survival Support
- Access to hygiene kits, clean clothes, and hot meals
- Housing navigation and emergency transportation
- Street outreach and drop-in options
- Wi-Fi access, charging stations, benefits application help
- Mental health telehealth booth with peer support and laptop access
- Survival coaching: we help with resumes, Transportation, and basic needs
Who We Are
What Makes Us Different
Boots-on-the-Ground Mental Health Ambassadors
Boots-on-the-Ground Mental Health Ambassadors
- We’re not waiting behind a desk. We go to the trauma, not just talk about it.
- We meet people on corners, in shelters, in schools, at court, at the hospital.
- We blend faith, culture, education, and community accountability into one sacred space.
Boots-on-the-Ground Mental Health Ambassadors
Boots-on-the-Ground Mental Health Ambassadors
Boots-on-the-Ground Mental Health Ambassadors
Our trained trauma-informed peer responders visit:
- Hospitals, shelters, schools, WIC offices, SNAP centers
- Street corners, barber shops, community events College campuses and housing units
- These ambassadors provide:
- Referrals to counseling
- Crisis de-escalation
- Food, hygiene kits, and conversation
Self-Care Sessions & Circles
Weekly workshops d
Our trained trauma-informed peer responders visit:
- Hospitals, shelters, schools, WIC offices, SNAP centers
- Street corners, barber shops, community events College campuses and housing units
- These ambassadors provide:
- Referrals to counseling
- Crisis de-escalation
- Food, hygiene kits, and conversation
Self-Care Sessions & Circles
Weekly workshops designed around a PM+ mental health model, with topics like:
- Dealing with trauma & grief
- Anger management & forgiveness
- Stress, anxiety, and emotional regulation
- Men’s healing groups & teen talkbacks
- Parenting under pressure
Delivered in churches, drop-in centers, libraries, and youth agencies.
Our Partners
Boots-on-the-Ground Mental Health Ambassadors
Our Partners
Our outreach is designed to reduce stigma, increase visibility, and meet people where they are:
- Youth Mental Health Ambassadors: Trained young adults with lived experience serve as trusted messengers, canvassing communities, distributing flyers, and sharing our story in their own words.
- Pop-Up Tables & Booths: We maintain a presence at pu
Our outreach is designed to reduce stigma, increase visibility, and meet people where they are:
- Youth Mental Health Ambassadors: Trained young adults with lived experience serve as trusted messengers, canvassing communities, distributing flyers, and sharing our story in their own words.
- Pop-Up Tables & Booths: We maintain a presence at public housing events, college campuses, SNAP/WIC offices, and festivals. Staff offer mini-resources, emotional check-ins, and service invites.
- Faith-Based and Cultural Touchpoints: We partner with churches, mosques, and community elders to reach families who may distrust traditional systems.
- Social Media & Group Texting: While our programs are grounded in in-person connection, we use text blasts and social media to alert participants to upcoming events, cohort openings, and workshops.
Self care matters!
Women's Health Advocacy Is Critical.
"They expect you to hold it all together, so you smile through the pain. But deep down, you're exhausted. Asking for help doesn’t make you weak—it proves you’re worth saving too."
Men's Health Awareness Begins Now!
"You were taught to ‘man up’—to fix it, hide it, or fight through it. But real strength is knowing when to speak up before you break. Asking for help doesn’t make you soft—it makes you wise."