Embodied Justice Program

A healing-centered approach to leadership that builds community and honors our well-being.

The Embodied Justice Program is a sanctuary, a gathering space where Black changemakers come to restore, renew, and reimagine what it means to embody the next level of healing and change we envision for ourselves, our organizations and our communities.

In a world that often asks us to sacrifice ourselves in service of justice, the Embodied Justice program holds space for those who have given tirelessly to their communities. For those who feel the weight of change work in their bones and spirits, this program is an invitation to reclaim joy, to nourish ourselves deeply, and to lead in ways that honor both the work and the worker.

Retreat

July 30-August 2, 2026

Immersive, healing-centered gatherings where leaders find space to rest, be in community and reconnect to our deepest purposes.

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Online Community Gatherings

Quarterly practice spaces exploring healing, trauma, rest, and somatic/body-based practices to deepen connections with yourself, colleagues and community.

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Embodied Justice Podcast

Hosted by CURE’s Dr. Judy Lubin, the Embodied Justice podcast shares stories, wisdom, and practices that keep us rooted in our collective strength.

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Justice work is sacred, and our bodies are the vessels that carry it forward. Through mindfulness, somatic practices, and breathwork, we learn to ground ourselves and restore our energy. These practices are woven throughout the program, serving as gentle reminders that we can bring change without losing ourselves to the struggle.

Featured Events

Embodied Justice Retreat
Held during Black August, the Embodied Justice Retreat is a gathering to imagine and co-create a future rooted in Black liberation and well-being. Together, we will embrace rest, wisdom, and imagination to pour into our collective well-being and sustainability. Space is limited to 15 participants. Scholarships available.
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Embodied Justice Webinar
We Quit America: Black Rest, Resistance and the Politics of Self-Determination with Dr. Yanique Redwood
March 27 1:30 - 3:00 PM ET
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Featured Resources

Embodied Justice Bookshelf
Explore our bookshelf, featuring books by authors who have appeared on the Embodied Justice podcast.
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Listening Session Summary Report
In January 2024, CURE hosted listening sessions with 27 Black nonprofit staff and consultants to identify the well-being needs and resources necessary for collective healing and sustainability in racial equity work.
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Embodied Justice Resources​
Healing is a continuous journey. Find resources here on rest, healing justice, somatics and collective care.
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Through Embodied Justice, together we:

→ Embrace personal well-being as the foundation for sustainable, transformative leadership

→ Cultivate resilience that allows us to stay in the fight without losing ourselves

→ Build a supportive community of like-minded leaders dedicated to healing and justice

→ Learn to lead with power rooted not in sacrifice, but in fullness and joy

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Supporting the Embodied Justice program strengthens the foundation for transformative leadership for racial equity.

Your support of the program builds the capacity of Black changemakers to lead and drive equitable outcomes in communities across the nation by creating space for rest, renewal, and connection. Join us in fostering a movement that centers the well-being and sustainability of those leading the way.

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Judy Lubin

Dr. Judy is an applied sociologist, racial equity changemaker, yoga and mindfulness practitioner, author, auntie, bestie and beach lover. Judy’s elemental nature is water, and with her she brings calming, reflective energy to hold space for deep listening, inner work and transformative dialogue. 

The curator of the Embodied Justice program, she hosts the accompanying podcast and co-facilitates events and dialogues focused on the collective healing and sustainability of Black changemakers.

At CURE, Dr. Judy has built transformative racial equity frameworks and change management processes that have impacted thousands of lives. She began her career focused on health disparities, recognizing that stress from societal racism can become embodied and manifested through “weathering” that prematurely ages the body and shortens the lifespan of racially marginalized communities. 

She is unapologetically committed to centering Black people and the communities that have inspired her life’s work. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, she grew up in South Florida surrounded by music, her grandmother’s herbal garden, and the struggle to make it in a country that saw her family as outsiders. 

In 2022, after experiencing multiple health emergencies coupled with burnout from the intensity of the “racial reckoning” that increased demand for CURE’s racial equity services, Judy began a process of listening to the wisdom of her body, healing old trauma wounds, and reclaiming rest and her love of mind-body healing. During this time she explored somatics, indigenous and and ancestral healing practices and earned certifications in multiple healing modalities including yoga and energy medicine.

Emerging from a place of rest and listening to what her soul wanted to share, she now weaves mindfulness, body-awareness and spiritual activism to support changemakers and organizations to regenerate their leadership and give to the world from a place of ease and wholeness. 

Long committed to promoting women’s health and wellness, she is the author of The Heart of Living Well: Six Principles for a Life of Health, Beauty and Balance.

Find Judy on instagram or linkedin at @drjudylubin, where she (occasionally) shares posts celebrating Black joy, healing and well-being.

Shawn J. Moore

Residing at the intersection of leadership and mindfulness, Shawn creates sacred spaces for stillness and self-inquiry to help social impact leaders align their strengths, intention, and impact. Through his integrative approach, he holds transformative containers for self-renewal, personal discovery, and capacity-building that ease clients on their journey towards peace, clarity, and freedom.

Shawn is committed to empower changemakers to become embodied leaders – unified in mind, body, and heart – with the tools to mindfully pause, reconnect to their inner knowing, make strengths-driven decisions, and lead the change they believe the world needs.  

Reckoning with his own contemplation of burnout, purpose, and alignment, Shawn transitioned out of his role as Associate Dean of Student Life & Leadership at Morehouse College in the fall of 2021 to focus more on mindfulness and stillness-based training programs and workshops. 

While leadership resonates with him deeply, it is his personal and spiritual practices that allows him to continue to show up for himself and others. He is a yoga teacher (E-RYT® 200, RYT® 500, YACEP®), sound and reiki practitioner, meditation teacher, Yoga Nidra facilitator, and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, all focused through a Buddhist lens and 17 years of personal practice. He has contributed workshops, practices, and educational opportunities for celebrities like Questlove and Dyllón Burnside, and various yoga studios and colleges, Yoga International, Omstars, Melanin Moves Project, the Human Rights Campaign, Spotify and Lululemon. He currently serves as the Facilitation and Community Manager for BEAM (Black Emotional & Mental Health Collective).

Shawn hosts a podcast called The Mindful Rebel® Podcast that creates a platform to continually explore this unique intersection of leadership and mindfulness. Find him on instagram @shawnj_moore 

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