The Mind, Body, Spirit, and Space Initiative
- Year Awarded:
- 2018
- Grant Program:
- Community Fund for Immigrant Wellness
- Grant Amount:
- $15,000
Aquinas Center received support for its Mind, Body, Spirit, and Space Initiative, which expanded wellness programming and healing-centered community spaces for immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking communities in Philadelphia. The grant supported mental health literacy and nutrition education for adult learners and seniors, culturally responsive yoga and mindfulness programming for children and youth, expanded after-school wellness and literacy programming, and staff development focused on trauma-informed care and emotional wellbeing. The initiative also strengthened creative community-building efforts and public art installations designed to foster solidarity, resilience, and belonging in response to exclusionary rhetoric and immigration-related fear.