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Healing Justice Santa Barbara aspires to uplift all Black/African-Americans to affirm that they are deserving of safety, love, equity, respect, and joy.

05/11/2026

This is a celebration post! Over 400 copies yall! We are incredibly proud to be a Black led and founded organization, that has now shared more than 400 copies of our children’s book celebrating local black history. We self- published this book with a grant from the because we knew we could not wait on other folks to tell the full stories of Black people in the central coast. Not as Black people continue to be displaced. not as Black people’s contributions continue to be minimized.
not as black neighborhoods continue to be renamed while its people and cultures are disappeared.

So thank you our community for donating, sharing, and loving on our little book 400 times 😭 in less than 6 months.

we are already working on our next project and are incredibly grateful to the Santa Barbara Unified School District and Ethnic Studies for sharing copies of our book with local students.

If you are wanting to donate or share a book with a local school or student DM or follow the links to order in our bio ✨✨

Big congrats to the entire team. Illustrator .iman_ author editor Dr Michelle Petty, Jazmyn H for writing the glossary with support from Nyela N and for managing this project to make sure we delivered on time and for the map 🙌🏾

Thank you Sojourner 🕊️🕊️

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05/07/2026

✨✨Reminding ourselves that Black community making is radical. Thanks to HJSB staff Faith for capturing these photos of our brotherhood, sisterhood, non binary, and educator kinship circles from our recent Black Student Alliance gathering.

Love to for leading these circles and for all the students and staff who shared strength from vulnerability. We got us!

.hs_bsu appreciate yall!

05/05/2026

When the crew gets so big it’s hard to all fit in one photo! We are so so proud of our first Black Student Alliance conference. In partnership with and the we hosted students from 2 colleges and over 5 high schools in the areas, with teachers and students driving and carpooling from Santa Maria, Lompoc, Santa Ynez and neighboring cities. We are so full of gratitude for our special guests which included

And a special shout out to elder Cliff Lambert for joining us in celebration!

Students left with calls to action, templates for city council and school board comments and affirmation from the sisterhood and brotherhood circles hosted by and

Wow yall.

Just wow. We can’t wait for next year 🙌🏾

This would not be possible without continued support from the , McCune Foundation and Elevate Youth!

04/29/2026

This weekend yall!

Join us at University of California, Santa Barbara as we celebrate our growing Black Student Alliance and SBCC Umoja program.

We will strategize across campuses, celebrate Black student success and speak directly with local elected officials about changes in our community. Breakfast and lunch will be provided 🙌🏾

Registration is still open for high school and college students. Local students from ca .hs_bsu are eligible for $100 stipends for participation.

Thanks to our planning partners and UCSB’s Office of Black Student Development

04/28/2026

Love to for hosting our Black Student Alliance for a community porch talk and campus tour. We are already talking about getting together again over summer.

It’s a reminder of the urgency for safe spaces for Black students across high school and college campuses.

We know our partner Umoja is critical for so many Black and POC students at SBCC and want to see them safely and fully back in their village space, after months of displacement.

As a student shared on our last field trip “you belong here!”

Thanks again to for another year for partnership 💕💕

Thanks appreciation to staff and chaperones Faith, Nyela, Leticia, Mr Abel, Mrs Tamara and of course Umoja advisor Ms Richardson 🙌🏾

04/24/2026

Good morning beautiful people!

Love to and as we reflect on our recent trip to UCSB where our Black Student Alliance got to explore campus while also discussing solidarity and liberation movements across the decades.

Thanks to advisors, Mr Abel and UCSB admin Mr Marcus for hosting and our lovely staff Jazmyn, Leticia, Nyela, Faith and Simone for curating an intentional day on campus.

.hs_bsu appreciate yall!

04/23/2026

This weekend yall!

See yall at Franklin Elementary for our annual Black Family Cookout in partnership with

is back on the grill, so come eat in community with HJSB and our community partners and more 💕💕

.hs_bsu see yall there!

04/14/2026

This weekend yall!

Author and illustrator and .iman_ will share a community story time with our friends at

We are so greatful for the support and look forward to signing books and sharing our favorite passages and illustrations with you! Got questions about local Black history? Looking to share stories of resistance with your littles ones? Come on by!

See yall Sunday 💕

04/07/2026

Our thanks to the kin at for hosting such a loving space last week.

We so appreciate the investment in our programs and look forward to more community making 💕💕

04/03/2026

We’re celebrating Black stories, histories and families later this month at

Join author on Sunday the 19th at 2pm as she shares an except of her book on local Black history and signs copies of our children’s book , We Were Here We Are Here: a Living History of Black Santa Barbara

All ages welcome 🌷🌷💕

Written by Simone
Illustrated by
Edited by Dr. Michelle Petty
With contributions by Jazmyn Heggins, Leticia Resch and Nyela Nesbeth

And continued thanks to for the original grant to create this book, research and outreach

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P. O. Box 8628
Goleta, CA
93118

Website

https://www.hjsb.org/

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