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NQTTCN is a healing justice organization that works to transform mental health for q***r and trans people of color (QTPoC). What is NQTTCN?

We work at the intersection of movements for social justice and the field of mental health. We work at the intersection of movements for social justice and the field of mental health to integrate healing justice into both of these spaces. We envision a world where all people have access to healing resources rooted in social justice and liberation to recover from trauma, violence, and systemic oppression. We specifically acknowledge the harm and violence perpetuated by the medical-industrial complex and actively work to both intervene directly on this system as well as create new systems of care for our communities. To that end, we work to:
1. Build the capacity of QTPoC mental health practitioners
2. Create healing justice resources for QTPoC
3. Provide technical assistance for social justice organizations to center healing justice in their work
4. Engage in movement building to intervene on the medical-industrial complex

We acknowledge that our community is expansive, diverse and divergent. We have a multitude of ways that we name and conceptualize our identities and the communities from which we come. We hold and honor all of these tensions. We honor our complex histories and lineage. We understand the limitations of language and know that the ways understand ourselves and the language we use is constantly shifting. Our community includes black, indigenous, latinx, arab, middle eastern, asian, pacific islander, and mixed-race, le***an, gay, bisexual, q***r, transgender, two-spirit, gender non-conforming, genderq***r, and nonbinary people committed to healing justice for our peoples. We prioritize the unique needs of QTPOC mental health practitioners - social workers, psychologists, counselors, psychotherapists, case managers, substance abuse counselors, behavioral health workers, and peer support practitioners providing emotional and spiritual care in a variety of contexts and settings both paid and unpaid. Resources:
If you are in crisis, check out the hotlines below.
* Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860
* GLBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564
* National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs: 212-714-1141 (English and Spanish)
* GLBT National Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743
* DeHQ: LGBTQ Helpline for South Asians: 908-367-3374
* Crisis Text Line: TEXT START TO 741-741

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10/21/2026

🌟 Meet our NQTTCN member: Alexis (they/them) 🌟 Alexis is a licensed clinical social worker with more than a decade of experience in a variety of settings; from outreach, to clinics, to schools, & nonprofits. They are a small business owner, offering counseling, consultation, and teaching with a focus on q***r and trans people of color as well as those working towards social & environmental justice. Alexis is a professor at the Silberman School of Social Work. They’re from a middle-class, Puerto Rican family– big in people, opinions, personalities, and stories! Alexis is an introvert, a bike commuter, a Young Adult literature superfan, and a home fermentation nerd.

🎤 “NQTTCN really gives me a political home, and it helps me learn. I’m somebody who is relatively new to movement spaces. That means that I had a lot of unlearning and relearning when it came to me being in graduate school for mental health. NQTTCN helps me sharpen my own analysis and then I can make direct impact on the poeple that I’m supporting clinically” 🎤

Ready to join hundreds of QTBIPOC & BIPOC community members, practitioners and organizations dedicated to healing justice? 🔗 Learn more at the link in our bio or by going to: nqttcn.com/membership ⬅️

🌟 Becoming a member of NQTTCN is a political commitment: an opportunity to deepen alignment and build collective power with others who seek to create community-led systems of care for Q***r and Trans Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. 🌱

07/22/2026

📣 We're excited to partner with the Social Work Activist Collective - SWAC, the Network to Advance Abolitionist Social Work, upEND, the Abolitionist Social Change Collective, and Social Work for Palestine, for a pre-conference summit for social workers to come together toward organizing for abolition. At this summit, we will strategize how best to organize social workers toward realizing the power necessary to enact abolitionist politics, build relationships in service of that organizing, and identify actionable steps for sustainable coalition building. Current and future social workers, and anyone who is social work adjacent, are encouraged to attend.

This summit is organized by the Social Work Activist Collective - SWAC, the National Q***r & Trans Therapists of Color Network, the Network to Advance Abolitionist Social Work, upEND, the Abolitionist Social Change Collective, and Social Work for Palestine in collaboration with the Socialism Conference and Haymarket Books.

Register here! 🖇️ https://bit.ly/sw4abolition

Image Description: Red square graphic with orange and yellow paint strokes overlaid by navy blue text that reads ORGANIZING SOCIAL WORKERS FOR ABOLITION. In white font, words read Socialism 2026 Pre-Conference Summit Friday, September 4th, 2026, 10- 12 pm CDT Hyatt Referency McCormick Place Chicago, IL register: bit.ly/sw4abolition

06/25/2026

🎉 Last month, we celebrated 10 years of NQTTCN! The last decade has been marked by connection, community building, visioning, and using healing justice as a framework to disrupt the medical industrial complex and strengthen our liberation movements in service of QTBIPOC.

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be revisiting our celebration and sharing many gems. We were joined by guest speakers Shira Hassan, Francisca Porchas Coronado, and Cara Page. As well as multiple NQTTCN member leaders and the immaculate vibes set by DJ Emancipation!

Today, listen to the incredible words of Cara Page — Black Q***r Feminist writer, cultural memory worker, and organizer. She is a co-architect of the healing justice political framework and a founding member of the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective (based in the U.S.).

📣 “And NQTTCN, at 10 years, is building a strong legacy for our people, so we are not criminalized or vilified in the name of public health or under the false guise of care. NQTTCN must exist because you are meeting the needs for our people.” - Cara Page, Cara Page 📣

Become an NQTTCN Member today! Join us by clicking the link in bio!

05/13/2026

This Friday is our 10 Year Celebration, and we want to make sure YOU ARE THERE! 🥳

💫 Over the past decade, we have evolved from a vision into a strong grassroots organization grounded in healing justice as a collective strategy for our liberation. We have brought together health and healing practitioners, as well as organizers, who are ready to build liberatory ecosystems of care to hold our people for the long haul!

🖇️ For our members and supporters: Please take a moment to register today at the link in your inbox or Mighty Networks! If you can't attend, please consider making a gift to help us reach our $25,000 fundraising goal. So far, we've raised $15,665, leaving $9,335 to go! 🎉 More info at: NQTTCN.COM/DONATE

Image Description: Collage of various NQTTCN members and partners at various gatherings. Text reads: Bridging Movements: 10 Years Building Power for Healing Justice with QTBIPOC RSVP to join the celebration Link in your inbox email emoji. Blue NQTTCN log on the bottom left. Small white flower on the left corner.

04/30/2026

📣 Ya'll know what time it is! It’s and we are showing mad love to our Disrupters, QTBIPOC mental health practitioners who are holding down communities in .

👇Meet:
Mimiko Watanabe, PsyD
she/her
nqttcn.com/listing/mimiko-watanabe/

Calvin Burnap, LMHC
he/him
calvinburnap.com

Yaku Ehecatl Mei Ling, LCSW
they/she/elle
latinxtherapy.com/therapists/amy-reyes-tam-lcsw

Emery Rodriguez, LPC-Associate
they/he
selvawellnesscollective.com/team/emery-rodriguez

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04/23/2026

📣 It’s and we are showing mad love to our Disrupters, QTBIPOC mental health practitioners who are holding down communities in .

👇Meet:
Reginald Brice, LCSW, LICSW, LCSW-C
he/him
www.bayareasomatics.com

Angelica Yi,LCSW
she/they
www.angelicayitherapy.com

Angelica Yi, LCSWmbazo, LICSW-PIP
he/they
www.intellectualsoul.com

Tiara Peterkin, LCSW
she/her
phoenixandthrive.clientsecure.me

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04/20/2026

From the first meetup in 2016 to the community we are today. 🎉 This timeline is a glimpse into what we have built together over the past decade. From early meet-ups to our first national gathering at the AMC, to trainings, staff and advisory board meetings, to strategy sessions and regional gatherings, to the relationships, leadership, and vision we have grown along the way!🌱✊

These ten years have been marked by connection, community building, visioning, and using healing justice as a framework to disrupt the medical industrial complex and strengthen our liberation movements in service of QTBIPOC.

This isn't just a look back, it's a reminder to honor our lineage, deepen our community, and cast a bold vision for the decade ahead.

Here's to 10 years of building, and everything still to come.🌀 ✨

Help us meet our $25,000 fundraising goal by visiting: https://nqttcn-10-year.raiselysite.com

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Image 1: Collage of various NQTTCN members and partners at various gatherings. Text reads: Bridging Movements: 10 Years Building Power for Healing Justice with QTBIPOC. Blue NQTTCN log on the bottom left. Small white flower on the left corner.

Image 2: Photo of 5 NQTTCN members with Founding Director at the center at NQTTCN's first gathering. Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2016: DC MEET UP. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow dots.

Image 3: Photo of former advisory board member, a Black person with a wide smile holding a drawing that has the words “My Vision for QTPOC Healing is…” Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2016 DC MEET UP. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow dots.

Image 4: Group picture of NQTTCN staff and members with smiling faces. Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2017: NYC MEET UP. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow dots.

Image 5: Group picture of NQTTCN members and staff with smiling faces. Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2017: BAY AREA MEET UP. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow

Image 6: Group picture of NQTTCN staff, advisory board members and partners with person at he center holding a sign that reads “NQTTCN @ AMC (NetworkGathering)” Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2018: ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow

Image 7: Group picture of NQTTCN members and staff with smiling faces. Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2019: BOSTON MEET UP. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow

Image 8: Group picture of NQTTCN staff and advisory board member with smiling faces. Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2019: STAFF RETREAT. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow

Image 9: Group picture of NQTTCN advisory board members with smiling faces. Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2019: ADVISORY BOARD TRAINING. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow

Image 10: Collage of two pictures with NQTTCN members in a workshop session and posing for a group picture. Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2023: OAKLAND. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow

Image 11: Collage of two pictures with NQTTCN members in a workshop session and posing for a group picture. Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2024: PHILADELPHIA. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow

Image 12: Screenshot of Zoom call with various members of NQTTCN and the Latinx Therapists Action Network (LTAN) smiling at the camera. Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2024: HJL STUDY GROUP W/ LTAN. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow

Image 13: Screenshot of Zoom call with various members of NQTTCN smiling at the camera. Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2024: MEMBER MEETING. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow

Image 14: Collage of two pictures with NQTTCN members in a workshop session and posing for a group picture. Text at the center in a blue box and navy blue font reads: 2025: WEST COAST REGIONAL GATHERING. On the bottom left there are small blue dots and on the top right there are small yellow

Image 15: Collage of various NQTTCN members at various gatherings with yellow tint over top and flower on the top left. Text reads: Bridging Movements: 10 Years Building Power for Healing Justice with QTBIPOC. HELP US MEET OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL: $25,000! Purple icon if a link is on the right with text that reads: NQTTCN.COM/DONATE underlined on the right. Blue NQTTCN log on the bottom left.

04/16/2026

📣 It’s , and we are showing mad love to our Disrupters, QTBIPOC mental health practitioners who are holding down communities in and .

👇Meet:
Paula Miley, LMFT
they/she
paulamiley.com

Shakira Smith, PhD
she/they
shakirasmithphd.com

Alejandro Martinez, LISW
he/el
cambioscounseling.com

Iara Cury, LMHC
she/her
afeelforjustice.com

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