Build a Strong, Vibrant, and Authentic Educational Space!

Our tailored EquityEd programs take a radically human approach, centering healing, belonging, and the lived experiences of your community to create spaces where everyone can thrive.

Supporting Collaboration, Belonging and Emotional Well-being in Education

Experience the transformative power of our work with educational institutions. Born from our roots as therapists and equity-driven leaders, we create spaces for learning and systemic change in education.

We believe educational institutions should be places where every person can thrive—not just survive within systems that often reinforce harm and exclusion. Traditional structures in education can perpetuate inequities, and we’re here to challenge and reimagine them.

In addition to services like interactive workshops, personalized coaching, and critical incident support, we offer comprehensive mental health care—including ADHD evaluations, as well as individual and group therapy—for folks within your community. We’re committed to making care accessible, which is why we proudly accept insurance. Grounded in mental health, liberation psychology, and educational equity, our approach equips educational communities with the tools to foster belonging and create learning environments that are supportive, sustainable, and radically human.

Empowering Educational Communities

ASWR’s K-12 Education Package

Our EquityEd: K-12 Education Package provides practical strategies and critical incident support to help schools and districts foster inclusive, thriving environments where every student, educator, and family can succeed.

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ASWR’s Higher Education Package

Our EquityEd: Higher Education Package is a one-year commitment to advancing equity, innovation, and wellness on your campus by offering leadership, community, and student supports, as well as critical incident support.

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Our Therapy Services

At ASWR, our roots as therapists shape everything we do. As an add-on to the above packages, we offer comprehensive mental health services—including ADHD evaluations, individual therapy, and group therapy—for members of your community navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, and the complexities of identity development. Our team also supports individuals and communities processing experiences of othering, marginalization, and the impact of today’s social climate.

These services can include a dedicated clinician who offers consistent, relational support tailored to your community’s unique needs. We proudly accept insurance and also offer flexible partnership options for institutions seeking care outside of insurance—ensuring accessible support grounded in healing, belonging, and liberation.

Partner with us to create radically human learning environments where your community can thrive.

Rapid response is available for teams in urgent need for a 20% surcharge.

What Our Partners Are Saying

  • It was a 10/10 experience. [And Still We Rise] was so nice and helpful! All the students involved had such a great time and we learned so much!

    Gaina, Framingham BSU

  • “And Still We Rise has been a welcomed partner…to provide guidance and services to BIPOC families following a racially-motivated hate crime. They were able to quickly pull together a team of professional in the direct aftermath to support the families in this tragedy. Further, we continued our work with And Still We Rise in leading workshops focused on affinity groups to explore means to improve solidarity. The team at And Still We Rise has been engaged, attentive and very professional.”

    Meredith, Winthrop Department of Public Health & Clinical Services

  • Roberta Holmes has been extremely helpful and has gone above and beyond to create workable solutions for our needs at Mount Holyoke. And Salwa has met the needs of one of our students in a way that very few others could have. We look forward to continued work together.

    Beth, Mount Holyoke College

  • “Very very wonderful! Thoughtful, kind, supportive, responsive.”

    Amelia, Pause Wellness Center

  • Dr. Cesar is passionate, and absolutely unrivaled in connecting with my BIPOC students. She developed lessons to teach them self awareness, build community, and improve their overall understanding and comfortability in their Black/Brown skin. I am so grateful for the work of ASWR. EVERY school district needs an ASWR provider!

    Andre, BART Charter Public School

  • “We recognized early on that there was a major gap in culturally responsive mental health care. The staff of And Still We Rise spent the time explaining their approach to health and wellness and delivered exactly what our community needed.”

    Meredith Hurley, Public Health, Town of Winthrop

  • “They create safe spaces where individuals feel supported in addressing the mental and emotional toll of their work.”

    Michelle Curry, OSPI

  • “We are better because of our collaboration. ASWR’s feedback and recommendations have been direct, specific, and incredibly helpful.”

    Dr. Lisha Cabral, Easton Public Schools

  • “ASWR demonstrated exceptional expertise in navigating complex conversations around power, privilege, and systemic oppression.”

    Octavio González, PhD, OUT MetroWest

  • “They connect quickly with diverse groups and adapt content in real time. Every member of their team reflects integrity and deep alignment with values.”

    Kelly Lynch, Found in Translation

  • “Students left with increased confidence, connection, and sense of belonging.”

    Andre Lynch, MCLA / BART Charter School

  • “ASWR helped me understand I’m not going through life alone—and that I can lean on my peers.”

    Student, ASWR Affinity Group at BART Charter School

  • “They have demonstrated the highest level of inclusivity, cultural sensitivity, and mutual respect. ASWR has been a phenomenal partner.”

    Ishmael Moyo, Gov Service Group