About Us
Our Work
BEAM builds ecosystems of care for Black and historically underserved communities across the United States and beyond. We train, fund, and resource liberation-centered models of mental health and healing through a national network of therapists, wellness practitioners, organizers, and community leaders.
Our Work Includes:
Training community members of all racial backgrounds in non-carceral responses to crisis, emotional regulation care, facilitation and community safety
Funding a network of small progressive, disability justice, healing justice and wellness organizations
Training community members to facilitate healing circles and group wellness spaces that provide low barrier care and social support rooted in Afro-Indigenous traditions and practices
Integrating and resourcing a wide range of healers and wellness disciplines, including spiritual leaders, herbal medicine practitioners, Indigenous healers, barbers, stylists, and other trusted community-based care providers into our strategies.
We prioritize communities that face the greatest barriers to care, while affirming that support should be accessible, culturally relevant, and rooted in community.
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Giving Tuesday 2024
Honors
BEAM has earned national recognition for its innovative approach to community-based mental health and healing justice. These honors reflect the real lives impacted, the partnerships strengthened, and the growing movement for Black emotional and mental well-being.
Anthem Award
NAACP
Shorty Awards
Webby Award
Recognition by the Surgeon General for Minority Mental Health Month 2021
Recent Events
Events that represent what we stand for, reuniting the community and celebrating the Black culture.
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BEAM is a national organization with a broad network across the United States and international collaborations throughout the Caribbean, Canada, and other regions. Our hub cities are Los Angeles and Atlanta, and our work extends globally through trusted partners.
Living Our Values Internally
BEAM is committed to aligning its internal practices with the principles it promotes externally.
WE DO THIS BY:
- Practicing Progressive HR principles
- Monthly Processing Space for All Staff Led by External Practioners
- Paying no full-time staff member less than $75,000 annually
- 4 day workweek
- 21 days of PTO annually (increased to 24 days on your first anniversary of working at BEAM)
- Annual Summer, Fall, and Winter Breaks
- 13 Paid Holidays annually
- Health Insurance with 80% contribution by BEAM and 20% contribution by the employee (We are working toward100%!)
- 10 days of wellness leave annually
- 7 days of bereavement leave annually
- 401k with employer match of up to 3%
- 3 months of parental leave after one year of employment
- Tech stipend and professional development budget
- Noncontributory Short Term Disability
We believe sustainable impact requires sustainable working conditions, and that caring for staff is essential to long-term community care.
