Inspiring Peace, One Breath at a Time

🧠 Why This Work Matters

The national conversation on youth mental health has grown over the past decade—but funding still lags far behind the need. As highlighted by New Profit and People Rocket’s recent analysis, youth mental health receives less than 1% of philanthropic giving, and only a fraction of that reaches grassroots, culturally responsive organizations best positioned to create lasting change in historically under-resourced communities.

✨ 2 Inspire Peace Inc. is one of those organizations.

 We operate where education, healing arts, and community care meet—offering trauma-informed, culturally grounded wellness experiences for youth and the adults who support them. Our programs focus on healing without pathologizing, using expressive arts, mindfulness, restorative practices, and sound therapy to strengthen social-emotional skills and collective well-being.

🌱 What We Do: Healing-Centered Education in Action

We create culturally relevant, community-rooted solutions that meet youth with creativity, care, and confidence. Our work includes:

🌿 Zen Dens & Sensory Spaces in schools

🎨 Expressive Arts Programs to amplify youth voices

🧠 Mental Health First Aid certification with Health360

🛠️ Restorative Practices & Trauma-Informed PD for educators

🤝 Family-Centered Wellness Workshops

🎶 Sound Healing & Mindfulness as daily regulation tools

We normalize mental wellness, reduce stigma, and build resilience—especially for Black and Brown youth often excluded from traditional systems of care.

🫶 Deep Roots in the Communities We Serve

Stigma, cost, inaccessibility, and cultural mismatch remain major barriers to care.

 2 Inspire Peace is not just serving these communities—we are these communities.

 Our leadership and facilitators share the lived experience of those we serve, enabling trust, belonging, and safety in every program.

📊 Impact: Youth SEL Growth Through Expression & Healing

Survey Focus: Self-Awareness · Emotional Expression · Empathy · Conflict Resolution · Creative Coping

1️⃣ Self-Awareness (“Knowing How You Feel”)

Brave ↑ 42.1% → 74.1% ✅

Shy ↓ 31.6% → 7.4%

 💡 +32% in emotional confidence

2️⃣ Emotional Expression (“Telling Others How You Feel Kindly”)

Always ↑ 21.1% → 40.7% ✅

Rarely ↓ 63.2% → 25.9%

 💡 Over 50% drop in “Rarely” responses

3️⃣ Empathy (“Considering Others When Working Together”)

Always ↑ 21.1% → 40.7% ✅

Rarely ↓ 36.8% → 7.4%

 💡 Strong shift toward collaboration

4️⃣ Conflict Resolution (“Solving Fights & Making Friends Again”)

Always ↑ 26.3% → 48.1% ✅

Rarely ↑ 26.3% → 37.0% ⚠️

 💡 Awareness growing, but skills need deepening

5️⃣ Art & Emotional Wellness (“How Important is Art to Feeling Happy?”)

Always ↓ 31.6% → 18.5%

Rarely ↑ 52.6% → 63.0% 🔴

 💡 Need to strengthen the art–healing connection

🔍 Insights

✅ Thriving In:

• Emotional self-awareness
• Kind, confident expression
• Empathy & teamwork

🟡 Needs Growth:

• Conflict resolution practices
• Recognizing art as a healing tool

🔧 Our Strategy Forward

Daily self & social awareness routines & restorative circles

Reflection prompts on creative coping

Youth storytelling & showcases

Ongoing educator training & collaboration

🌍 Systems Change in Motion

We are scaling beyond direct service into policy, funding alignment, and co-design with districts, CBOs, and funders to:

• Build integrated wellness ecosystems
• Strengthen qualitative & quantitative evaluation
• Align funding & pay structures with equity and sustainability

💡 Why Funders Should Partner with 2 Inspire Peace

We embody the solutions the field calls for:

 ✔️ Youth-centered

 ✔️ Culturally grounded

 ✔️ Community-informed

 ✔️ Holistic & collaborative

With the right support, we can:

Expand healing-centered access

Train more facilitators and educators

Normalize wellness in every classroom and community space

Transform systems with creativity and compassion

🕊 The Moment is Now

 Funding must reach those doing the quiet, powerful work of restoring youth hope, voice, and connection.

🎯 Invest in 2 Inspire Peace Inc.

 Because healing is not a luxury—it is a right.

🌐 www.2inspirepeace.org