Freedom Forward works to prevent the commercial sexual exploitation of youth in San Francisco. Its HYPE Center is a youth-designed drop-in center for young people ages 14 to 24, especially those who have been through foster care or probation, offering mental health support, legal help, housing access, food, and showers.

Three times a month, our practitioners bring Indigenous and ancestral healing to HYPE Center youth. Many try breathwork, sound healing, and herbalism for the first time, and keep coming back.

Once a month, we also hold healing sessions for Freedom Forward's partner providers. Together, we are building the capacity of youth and the adults around them to heal and to disrupt cycles of violence.