Meet our Community Care Coordinator
Peer Mentor, Speaker, Advocate
Tinika brings a wealth of community-based experience and compassion to Sankofa Healing Studio. She is an active member of numerous advocacy groups including the Still We Rise Coalition, Dignity Act Now Collective of PA, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Community Legal Services, and the People's Paper CoOp. She is a member of the Prison Advocacy Board, a Peer Mentor, and a fierce Activist.
As a Vaccine Champion, Tinika has been instrumental in slowing the spread of COVID in the Philadelphia jails and providing crucial education to the incarcerated population about updated COVID guidelines and recommendations. She has worked closely with the Black Mama's Bail Out, multiple housing, work development, and education initiatives, and was a member of the inaugural Women's Reentry Pilot Project at Mural Arts Philadelphia.
As a formerly impacted woman herself, Tinika is passionate about connecting people to vetted organizations that provide trauma-responsive care. She understands that with the proper support networks, justice-involved adults and youth are given the life-saving resources needed to break the cycle of addiction, poverty, and incarceration. Holistic care provides people with dignity and creates an environment where they can reach their fullest potential. It also promotes a space for individuals to experience healing and foster successful family reunification.