HEAL HOOD BASED
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Meet the founder of
HEAL PTHD
Jasir Franklin: Healing What the Hood Taught Us to Survive!
Founder of Post Traumatic Hood Disorder (HealPTHD)
Jasir is an author, speaker, and creator of trauma-informed programs addressing the impact of Hood-Based Trauma on individuals and communities.
His work has been presented through UCLA, Pasadena City College, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Network (LASPN), LA County Parks & Recreation, LAUSD schools, and CSU Dominguez Hills.
Franklin is the creator of Check the Rhyme Academy, Rewire Academy, Your Playlist Is Programming You, Dream Teens, Father in You Rewired, Reset Sundays, and other community-based healing initiatives.
Combining lived experience, trauma education, neuromusicology, character development, and cultural awareness, Franklin's mission is to heal individuals, transform communities, and change culture from the inside out.
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PTHD Merch
Heal PTHD merchandise represents a commitment to healing, growth, and breaking generational cycles of hood-based trauma, and every purchase helps sponsor a community member's journey toward recovery through Heal PTHD programs, workshops, and support services.
Hood Summits
Hood Summits are solution-focused community conversations that bring together residents, professionals, and lived-experience experts to openly discuss the challenges impacting urban communities while identifying practical pathways toward healing, growth, and empowerment.
Live Workshops
PTHD Workshops are transformative, trauma-informed experiences that help participants identify, understand, and rewire hood-based survival programming in order to improve their health, relationships, decision-making, purpose, and overall quality of life.