FAMILY SURVIVOR NETWORK INC
Though formalized in 2018, Family Survivor Network (FSN) has always existed as a grassroots initiative of community self-sustainability, where residents of Sandtown-Winchester recognized the need to heal the unique traumas experienced by the community.
Trauma healing is multi-faceted and personal - that’s why we’re committed to meeting survivors where they’re at by offering healing and life empowerment programs that acknowledge the realities of lived experiences. We offer people-led, individualized, and group-centered care in an environment free from cultural, social, and systemic pressures
Systemic injustice creates health inequities for communities of color everywhere. The public health crisis of gun violence in Baltimore makes FSN’s services essential to address the psychological and physical impacts of loss.
At FSN, we acknowledge that hurt and harm derail daily life. Violence has many layers, and our programs aim to provide healing where each layer is addressed — at the community, interpersonal, and individual levels. We work in the community, among the community, as part of the community, so we’re right beside you when you need us. We’re a small organization, but we’re powered by people. FSN provides a one-stop shop for free holistic and therapeutic services to those who invite us to co-lead the direction of their care.
Ultimately, we elevate the well-being of the community by gathering to share, listen, and heal side by side. We nurture the capacity to love more and love better by fostering networks of understanding, learning, and joy. Liberation comes from making sure that no one struggles alone. When we’re healing together as a community, not a pathology, we thrive.
CONTACT: FAMILY SURVIVOR NETWORK INC
1706 Laurens Street, Baltimore MD, 21217
Office: 443-869-2694
Fax: 443-873-7126
LORMAN HOUSE
Lorman House is a Live/Learn House where the occupants live and learn in structured workforce development programs. It will headquarters MOVA (Men of Valuable Action), an organization that supports men in Sandtown, including those returning from incarceration.
After renovations, the first floor will contain office and meeting spaces; and a worker-owned landscaping company responsible for maintaining the CJPARK green spaces will operate out of the rear. The second floor will be the residence for five returning citizens who will have the option to participate in the landscaping workforce development program.
MOVA
MOVA stands for Men of Valuable Action, and our mission is to reach the
men of Sandtown and the surrounding communities; and serve them in
ways that encourage self-discovery, enabling them to become the essential
members of the community they were created to be.
The objectives of MOVA are:
1. To serve men who have been incarcerated and are returning to Sand-
town and help them become productive and morally driven members of
society.
2. Identify men who have a desire to invest their wisdom and experiences
into the lives of other men.
3. Provide events on an annual, monthly and weekly basis that foster
strong comradery and unity.
4. To assist the men of the community in combating social, cultural and
economic barriers that impede their ability to become mutually effective,
participatory members
of society.
5. To help with coordination of services that offer resources.
CONTACT: Antoine Bennett
443-709-7307