Who We Are
Black Girls Can Heal is a faith-based nonprofit empowering Black women and girls to heal wholly—emotionally, spiritually, and mentally. We create sacred, culturally grounded spaces where healing becomes personal, accessible, and supported through faith-centered teaching, wellness resources, and community care.
Founding Story: Why Black Girls Can Heal Exist
Black Girls Can Heal was founded from a deeply personal understanding of the emotional and spiritual burdens many Black women silently carry. For years, our founder, Ja’Quasia, navigated cycles of shame, guilt, people-pleasing, and generational responsibility while trying to maintain strength for everyone else. Like many Black women, she learned to push through pain rather than process it, to survive rather than heal.
As God began to restore her identity and guide her toward true emotional and spiritual healing, she recognized a painful truth: although Black women are often expected to lead, nurture, and endure, there are very few spaces where they themselves are nurtured, supported, or healed. The emotional realities of Black women are unique — shaped by cultural expectations, generational cycles, and faith journeys that are rarely acknowledged in traditional healing environments.
Black Girls Can Heal was created to change that.
It exists to provide faith-centered, culturally relevant healing spaces that honor the whole woman — mind, body, and soul. This organization is the answer to a need our founder lived, witnessed, and felt called to address: Black women deserve safe, sacred, supportive spaces where healing is not only possible but accessible, personal, and spiritually grounded.
Our Vision
Black Girls Can Heal is committed to the healing and growth of Black women and girls through faith, community, and culturally rooted support. We empower the whole woman—mind, body, and soul—by providing accessible, Christ-centered resources, emotional wellness tools, and safe spaces where healing becomes both possible and personal.
Our Mision
At Black Girls Can Heal, we envision a world where Black women and girls are emotionally whole, spiritually grounded, and walking confidently in their God-given identity. We envision communities transformed by healed women who break generational cycles, reclaim their power, and create legacies of freedom, faith, and emotional wellness.
Our Values
Healing Is Holistic
We believe every Black woman deserves a safe place to heal—emotionally, spiritually, and mentally.
Community Heals
Healing is not meant to happen in isolation. We believe in the power of safe, supportive, sisterhood-centered spaces.
Faith Centered
We believe that Christ-centered truth, grace, and spiritual restoration are essential to emotional healing.
Identity Is God-Given
We believe every woman deserves to know who she is in Christ—loved, worthy, whole, and free.
Culture Matters
We honor the lived experiences of Black women and affirm that culturally relevant support is necessary for meaningful transformation.
Healing Is Generational
When a Black woman heals, her family, community, and legacy shift. We believe healing is both personal and collective.
Accessibility Matters
Every Black woman deserves access to resources, tools, and teachings that support her healing journey.
Advocacy Is Essential
We work to destigmatize mental health within Black communities, challenging harmful narratives and promoting access to care.
What We Do
At Black Girls Can Heal, we create faith-centered, culturally rooted healing experiences that meet Black women and girls exactly where they are—and help them move toward where God is calling them to be. Our programs, resources, and gatherings are designed to transform lives from the inside out, offering both practical tools and spiritual guidance for lasting healing.
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We offer structured healing experiences that address identity, shame, guilt, comparison, and doubt through a biblical and culturally relevant lens. Whether through guided courses, healing modules, or reflective workbooks, women learn to confront emotional wounds with truth, grace, and community support.
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Our signature spiritual formation program helps women rediscover their identity in Christ, deepen their faith, and connect with a supportive community. Through weekly teachings, in-depth workbooks, and open dialogue, women grow spiritually while healing emotionally.
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Each month, we gather Black women for restorative, in-person experiences centered on prayer, rest, reflection, and emotional wellness. These events create a peaceful space to breathe, connect, and learn practices that encourage a softer, more grounded life.
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We create accessible, high-quality healing tools—including our Daughter, You Are Free series—that guide women through transformational inner work. Our resources are designed for personal study, group conversations, or supplemental mental health support.
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Our workshops and community conversations address the real issues Black women face—boundaries, people-pleasing, emotional fatigue, family dynamics, and spiritual growth. These safe, facilitated spaces empower women to learn, share, and grow without judgment.
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Healing requires community, and we intentionally cultivate spaces—both online and in person—where Black women feel supported, understood, and uplifted. We offer ongoing encouragement, accountability, and a sisterhood that affirms every woman on her journey.
Ja’Quasia is the visionary and Founding Executive Director behind Black Girls Can Heal, a faith-based nonprofit devoted to the emotional and spiritual wholeness of Black women and girls. Guided by her own journey of healing, surrender, and rediscovery, she leads with empathy, wisdom, and a deep awareness of the unique challenges Black women face.
For much of her life, Ja’Quasia carried responsibilities that stretched far beyond her years—showing up as the protector, provider, and steady strength for those around her. Through her healing journey, she realized that countless Black women were living the same story: overextended, overwhelmed, and overlooked in their own need for care and restoration.
As God began to transform her from the inside out, she felt called to create what she once needed—a safe, sacred, culturally grounded space where Black women could heal without apology and reconnect with the truth of who they are in Christ.
Black Girls Can Heal is the fruit of that calling.
Today, Ja’Quasia works to equip women with faith-centered tools, community support, and healing-centered programs that nurture the whole woman. Her leadership is rooted in grace, honesty, cultural understanding, and the unwavering belief that when a Black woman heals, everything connected to her transforms.
To learn more about her heart for this work, read the Letter From Our Founder.
Meet the Founder
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