About Us
The Institute for Healing of Memories-North America seeks to contribute to lasting individual and collective healing that makes possible a more peaceful and just world.
Who We Serve
We serve people who endure the pain of discrimination, marginalization, and other traumas large and small.
Your donation, large or small, will help us serve more people and communities in need, through Healing of Memories workshops and Community Dialogues.
Healing of Memories workshops are held in safe, secure venues and led by trained facilitators.
Read our annual report, listen to interviews by Father Michael Lapsley.
What our participants say
“I was empowered to view life as positive, to move ahead and not let the past overpower me.”
“I’ve been to many workshops before but have never put my story together before. I did it here. Thank you.”
“I found the experience cultivated a deep sense of empathy in me that was unexpected and profound. I also feel that telling my “story in such a safe space and witnessing others’ stories shifted something inside me and connected me in a way that felt genuine and deep.”
“I learned the technique of purging old memories of negative experiences and in the results having the ability of growing in the good in my heart, mind and soul.”
“I waited 24 years to tell this story.”
"I found a connectedness with people for which I am extremely grateful. Words like `peace, strength, and hope’ mean something now where before they were just silly words that I felt were overused and had lost meaning. I found my love for people again.”
"I came in broken - I'm leaving restored, renewed and happy."
"I have been given a second half of my life being able never to be broken inside."
"The highlight was the shared experiences we all had in our core and how inspired I was with the courage I witnessed in people's struggles toward liberation."
"This has helped me more than I can ever say".
"This has helped on so many levels that others need to come and experience this for themselves".
"This workshop has brought truth and clarity to my life."
"I found that I’m really not alone in the journey. There are people like me and what happened to me does not define me."
"I learned something about my behavior that I had never acknowledged before."
Where we work
Upcoming Events
Institute for Healing of Memories, Building a More Peaceful and Just World Event and Awards, Oct 17, 2019 in NYC.
In a world where hatred, violence, and human rights abuses are rampant, the work to build more peaceful and just societies is urgent. In our work we help heal recent and past traumas, and break the destructive cycle of hatred and violence that plague our world. We hope you will join us in building a more peaceful and just world, by attending on October 17!
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Interfaith Peace Conference at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, November 21-24, 2019
The Interfaith Peace Conference at Lake Junaluska is an ongoing response to God’s call to peacemaking and reconciliation. Affirming the community of Abrahamic faiths, the Peace Conference seeks to work in partnership with Christians, Jews, Muslims, and members of other religious traditions to advance the work of reconciliation and peace.
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Rotary World Peace Conference, Ontario Convention Center, Ontario, California January 17-18, 2020
The World Peace Conference 2020 will give each of us, Rotarians and non-Rotarians from all sectors of society, an opportunity to come together, learn from experts, become inspired and leave with immediate action plans to implement within our communities. Together, we can make the changes needed to create world peace
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