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.
  

Who Should Join

Black individuals, families, leaders, and community members ready to:

• Heal from personal and collective trauma
  
• Break free from limiting cycles
  
• Strengthen relationships with children, partners, parents, and peers
  
• Step into personal power while building stronger communities

Weekly Workgroup Sessions

A 12-week, structured curriculum centering the Black experience. Sessions center on leadership development, self-awareness, emotional regulation, and family systems—supporting participants in reclaiming narrative power and strengthening how they show up in relationships, work, and community life. Participants learn how the mind works, how beliefs and assumptions form, and how to consciously rewrite patterns that hold them back.

Applied Learning & Skill-Building

Experiential, embodied activities that build practical skills in communication, boundary setting, decision-making, and systems navigation. Participants are supported to move out of isolation, procrastination, and survival-based coping by doing the necessary internal and relational work that creates lasting, real-world change—not just insight.

Healing-Centered Reflection

Facilitated dialogue grounded in Dr. Joy DeGruy’s research on Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome, addressing intergenerational trauma, internalized narratives, depression, and survival-based patterns. Participants gain tools to interrupt cycles that have shaped their families and communities for decades and replace them with practices rooted in power, accountability, joy, and care.

Culturally Rooted Community & Support

• Peer learning in a Black-centered, affirming space
• $100 monthly stipend for active participation (based on attendance and engagement)
• Healthy meals provided during sessions
• Transportation support as needed
• Staff support connecting participants to community resources and systems
• Housing navigation and resources 
• Community and social events 

Ongoing Growth & Connection

Aligned with SHBF values, participants remain connected beyond weekly sessions through continued relationships, shared language, and tools they carry for a lifetime—supporting sustained personal transformation, stronger family systems, and generational impact.