The Leadership & Healing Experience That Changes Everything
Supporting Healthy Black Families Workgroup
This isn’t just a course. It’s a movement.
It’s a 12-week revolution in how we see ourselves, our families, our communities, and the power we carry.
Introduction
Supporting Healthy Black Families (SHBF) is Urban Triage’s signature personal leadership and change workgroup, designed by us and for us. It is where Black people reclaim their narratives, break cycles that have bound generations, and step fully into the roles we were born to embody—leaders, visionaries, healers, and builders.
This isn't a theory. This is a transformation you can feel in your mind, your relationships, your spirit, and your legacy.
Why This Work Matters
We live with the weight of systemic racism, generational trauma, and cultural narratives that try to define us. SHBF disrupts those narratives. Through Black-centered principles, multi-disciplinary teachings, and a strength-based, trauma-informed methodology, we equip you with the tools to heal, to lead, and to change everything—starting from within.
Our Proven Approach
Grounded in the work of Dr. Joy DeGruy and her research on Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome, SHBF addresses the persistent, unhealed wounds of systemic racism. We don’t just talk about the problem, we shift it. We create new pathways for living, leading, and loving.
Results That Speak for Themselves
- 80% graduation rate
- 80% of graduates report lasting personal change
- Graduates have launched businesses, taken on leadership roles, and ignited community transformations.
What You Will Gain
- Master Your Mind
Learn how your mind works, how beliefs and assumptions form—and how to rewrite the patterns that hold you back. - Get Out of Your Own Way
Overcome depression, isolation, and procrastination by doing the deep, necessary shadow work that creates lasting change. - Break Generational Patterns
Gain tools to disrupt cycles that have shaped your family and community for decades. - Transform From Within
Develop a new language, mindset, and capacity for joy, power, and freedom.
Program Benefits
- 12 Weeks of Deep Work – Transformational curriculum designed to meet you where you are and take you where you’re meant to be.
- Financial Support – $50 monthly stipend for active participants (based on attendance and participation).
- Community – Join a circle of Black individuals committed to healing, leadership, and collective liberation.
- Lasting Change – Tools you will carry for a lifetime.
Upcoming dates
Application Closes:
March 21, 2025 5:30pm Central Time
First session:
April 19th, 20258:00am - 5:00pm Central Time
Session Dates/Times:
Saturdays 12:00-2:30 PM
Location:
2312 S Park St Madison, WI 53713
Contact Us: 608-299-4128
Support Services:
Food and childcare are provided for children over 6 years of age.
Testimonials
Words from Our Participants
Find out what people are saying about our workgroups
SHBF course has taught me so much regarding post traumatic slave syndrome and the impact that trauma has on my thinking, our behaviors, and more importantly, our way of being. I have the ability to change my situation and our outcomes by just starting with the results I want.
Corinda Rainey-Moore
SHBF Participant
In the past 2 months I've grown to understand my own integrity & the importance of my word. I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW AMAZING THIS CLASS IS. The things you learn will piss you off, but help you grow. You will be held accountable. It is an amazing Black space for Black People 🖤💪🏿.
Patience Clark
SHBF Participant
Being in SHBF was a life changing event for me.Urban Triage helped me realize my greatest strengths, while learning traits I considered weaknesses can be improved. I have learned not to focus on my past as a bad experience, but see it as an experience that was necessary to become who I am today.
Woman cohort member
SHBF Participant
Before the class, I was letting fear stop me from moving forward. Now I have been starting with the end goal, knowing that I will make that vision happen. This class also made me feel connected to the Black community in Madison. It feels good to know that Black people who have similar experiences to me care about me.
Alex Booker
SHBF Participant
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