Designing Healing-Centered Programs for Youth

Harvard HGSE

How do we build programs that don’t just serve youth—but heal, inspire, and liberate them? This course is a laboratory for designing programs that center youth voices, build cultural belonging, and promote individual and collective healing. Students will draw from restorative practices, Black and Indigenous wisdom, positive youth development, and systems thinking to co-create youth programs that are transformative—not just transactional.This course challenges students to move beyond…