ONS Podcast - Episode 31 - Irreducible Grace Foundation Black Youth Healing Arts Center
Introduction to Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) podcast
Irreducible Grace Foundation (IGF) mission and origins
Founding of the Black Youth Healing Arts Center
Trauma-informed care and stress management for youth
Intergenerational healing and community mentorship
The role of arts, gardening, and athletics in rehabilitation
Impact of systemic and generational trauma on youth
Self-care practices as a component of community safety
Full Document Analysis
Notable Quotes (3)
The city of St. Paul is working to rehabilitate, intervene, and provide safer neighborhoods.
If you could create something new and different that would help you, what would that organization do? And they said, 'It would help us to have folks listen to our experiences.'
It can also become a legacy of sort if you hold trauma in your body when you have children. Science has demonstrated that there's epigenetics.
People (4)
Lana JacobsonHostRepresents the St. Paul Office of Neighborhood Safety.
1 quote
Represents the St. Paul Office of Neighborhood Safety.
“This podcast was created for departments like ours and community organizations to connect you to alternative public safety measures.”
Explaining the purpose of the ONS podcast.
Dr. Darlene Fry (Dr. D)FounderFormer educator and St. Paul public school administrator who founded IGF.
2 quotes
Former educator and St. Paul public school administrator who founded IGF.
“Irreducible, not something you can add to or take from. And her name, the second part of her name which I gave her was grace.”
Explaining the origin of the foundation's name.
“If we don't move it out of our body, it stays. We attach certain memories to it and then we hold on to it and it becomes a muscle memory.”
Discussing the physiological impact of trauma.
Jan MandelStaff MemberHelped the original foster care youth group create a play called 'Fostering Voice'.
Helped the original foster care youth group create a play called 'Fostering Voice'.
DZ SmithPoetInternationally known poet and Minnesota author of poetry who teaches at the center.
Internationally known poet and Minnesota author of poetry who teaches at the center.
Places Mentioned
Events & Meetings (2)
- Self-care Sundays (twice monthly)
- Black Youth Healing Arts Center program schedule (ongoing)