BBK is motivated to change the wellness culture in Richmond/West Contra Costa County! We partner with parents, caregivers and community members to foster healthy habits and mindsets to create, advocate for, and advance healing centered care and a resilient community.
We aim to break mental health stigmas, encourage individuals and families to seek out /create local community support systems and to address the systemic and environmental causes of personal and community trauma.
Program development:
We develop programs practicing principles of both holistic healing and equity-centered human design approach.
Impact:
Health and Wellness works to impact Richmond and West Contra Costa County on three levels: self (self and family), locally (boards and committees) and regionally (policy).
Family Engagement Nights: These fun, free, monthly events are for children, parents, and caregivers. Our goal is to provide safe, enriching spaces for families to spend time together, promote healthy childhood development, and connect with helpful community partners and resources. Each month we feature a different partner who shares information about their services and hosts different crafts, activities and games for participating families.
Women’s Sanctuary: Through our Sanctuary groups we educate, support healing, offer mothers the opportunity to share information, build community and work with moms to develop accessible approaches to maintaining their mental health and that of their families and community. A welcome residual of this work with mothers is that they are also able to attain personal and collective power in a peaceful and stable environment.
Health & Wellness Summer Program: A free seven-week program that provides community directed and evidence-based health programming in Richmond. The focus of the project is to ensure that the children in the neighborhood have access to at least one healthy meal per day, that family members have access to health promoting fitness activities that they can do individually or together as a family and connect with helpful community partners and resources.
Sanctuary Group Sessions facilitated
Parenting Class Graduates in 2019
Individuals participated in positive social and emotional development summer playgroups
We do this work with the support of our amazing community partners that believe in our focus and our families personal goals
