On the Margins, Inc.

Results: In 2024, we used a comprehensive approach that included establishing 63 strategic collaborations across key initiatives and hosting over 100 educational workshops on health, healing, and liberation. Our team provided extensive therapeutic support, delivering 2,811 individual therapy sessions, 30 group sessions, and 12 healing justice clinics. Additionally, we successfully implemented 6 unique and complementary programs that served 1,025 individuals. Our commitment to community engagement and research was evident as we executed 3 community-based participatory research projects, involving a total of 962 participants.

Target demographics: communities overlooked or marginalized by systems of oppression, including low-income, BIPOC, LGBTQIA2+, (im)migrant communities, asylum seeking, and individuals with disabilities.

Geographic areas served: San Francisco Bay Area, including Sonoma County

Programs: OTM's work is powered by three integrated pillars: (1) Health & Healing, (2) Community Engagement, and (3) Research & Evaluation. The Health & Healing pillar provides comprehensive well-being services, such as counseling, coaching, mind-body therapies, and professional training for health practitioners. Community Engagement addresses the needs of communities through educational workshops, youth development, and arts and culture initiatives, fostering health equity and collective power. The Research & Evaluation pillar strengthens OTM's efforts via community-based participatory action research, program evaluation, and strategic planning. To further our community engagement efforts, OTM offers five impactful programs, with four specifically designed to improve youth well-being: ¡DALE! develops youth leadership for social justice and community organizing; SER provides trauma-responsive family counseling for immigrant youth and their families; RISE offers culturally responsive career exploration and workforce development; and HEAL is a peer-led healing justice program. Additionally, Nepantlah is a vibrant virtual network where health practitioners can exchange knowledge, enhance their skills, and foster connections with colleagues who share a passion for serving Latine populations and striving for decolonial practices.