What is Healing Justice Leadership?
It centers collective healing, which is vital to justice, recognizing that trauma is produced by systemic oppression. Rooted in marginalized communities, it integrates trauma-informed, equitable practices that prioritize care, shared leadership, and sustainability,while advancing social change without reproducing harm.
Our Story & Movement!
Dr. Shantice Wright, MPA, LSW
Dr. Shantice Wright, MPA, LSW
Dr. Shantice Wright, MPA, LSW
Dr. Wright was born and raised in Trenton, NJ and is currently a quality assurance analyst for a state government agency. In this role, she helps streamline organizational performances to improve outcomes for service users, using a combination of engagement, collaboration, and data visualization techniques. For the last decade, Dr. Wright has done social work within child welfare and criminal justice settings, servicing individuals facing permanency, penal, domestic violence, substance abuse, and mental health challenges. Her previously facilitated group therapy sessions have included topics related to domestic violence, smoking cessation, life-skills, and job-readiness. Within professional settings, Dr. Wright has served as the Wellness Ambassador and on group initiatives to aid in promoting positive work environments, job satisfaction, and self-care for fellow coworkers. Dr. Wright is a Licensed Social Worker, also holding a Master’s in Social Work and a Master’s in Public Administration. Additionally, Dr. Wright is an Adjunct Professor, business owner, mother, and she enjoys spending quality time with her loved ones.
Doctoral Capstone Project
Dr. Shantice Wright, MPA, LSW
Dr. Shantice Wright, MPA, LSW
Dr. Wright’s Capstone Project, titled “Promoting Intersectional Feminist Human Rights Child Welfare Leadership Through Holistic Wellness”, embodies healing justice leadership and human rights by addressing critical challenges for child welfare leaders and frontline staff, such as burnout, compassion fatigue, racial disparities, low-job retention, and limited training resources regarding cultural humility. Furthermore, the systemic presence of Black and Brown children and families involved in foster care at higher rates than their racial counterparts, a key contributor to further traumatization for minority staff, was represented.
The project consisted of a focus group, centering the lived experiences of child welfare leaders who have experienced these very challenges, with findings emphasizing the need for policy reform, increased holistic approaches to staff wellness, and case practice that assesses children and families through an intersectional feminist lens, leading to equitable safety outcomes.
Dr. Wright is grateful to Monmouth University's School of Social Work for providing her the tools and confidence to begin teaching at the college level, start my own business, obtain her social work license, and speak at various conferences about her passions and work.
“I am eternally grateful for my capstone advisor, Dr. Andrea Garcia, and my two readers, Deepak Anne C and Professor Juli Mondschein, SPHR,SHRM-SCP , for their support and guidance throughout this process. My journey as a human rights leader continues, and I am excited to see what's next for my story.” - Dr. Wright
Wright Holistic Realms LLC
Dr. Shantice Wright, MPA, LSW
Wright Holistic Realms LLC
Dr. Wright is the Founder and CEO of Wright Holistic Realm LLC, a wellness-based organization dedicated to all individuals, particularly those navigating everyday life, caregiving, entrepreneurship, and higher education. Click the button below for additional information.