Amy Ellenbogen

Background

About Amy Ellenbogen

I am a therapist, an anti-violence advocate, social worker, community organizer, and educator. I'm a serial founder of anti-oppressive, trauma-informed and community-driven programs that contribute to the movements for equity, safety, and wellness and are guided by the experience of people who have been most impacted by failed systems and policies. I believe in transformative justice, radical empathy and investing in people, families and communities. I'm driven by a vision of a future where all people have the supports they need to be safe, healthy and can thrive. Interests: prevention, equity and racial justice, local change efforts, leadership development, capacity building, facilitation, convening, arts as a tool for change, program development, truth and reconciliation, reparations, post-traumatic growth, restorative and transformative justice, civic engagement, resiliency, consensus building, decision making, storytelling, community programming, community-based responses to harm.