JOHAN Hopes
Journey of Hope Advocacy & Nurturing
Mission
To empower children and their families to create healthy "new normals" after experiencing trauma!
About Us
My name is Jasmine M Moore, I founded JOHAN Hopes subsequent to the murder of my son’s father in 2018. Soon after the loss, Johan, my son, began to experience the effects of the traumatic event and his behavior started to change. I immediately started self-educating about the effects of trauma and recognized that his school, at the time, was not prepared to provide the necessary support to foster his healing process. The schools lack of resources created an academic disadvantage as we faced difficulties establishing counseling in school and the community as well! Staff and administrators neglected to give him time to grieve or adjust to his “new normal” while continuously focusing the behavioral changes versus the root cause of his actions!
The journey is far from over! However, the roadblocks and difficulties we endured, as a family, to establish services to promote healing, initiated a call to action! Our experiences produced the desire to aid, empower and advocate for the children and families who lack access or are unaware of the supportive services and resources available. Our story has been shared in the community to bring awareness to schools and personally with families that share similar struggles. We look forward to being a part of the healing process!
You never know your passion until you’re pushed to your purpose!
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Quick Fact
"One out of every four children attending school has been exposed to a traumatic event that can effect learning and behavior." - National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Trauma
What is Trauma?
- Abuse (physical, sexual, or emotional)
- Neglect
- Effects of poverty (such as homelessness or not having enough to eat)
- Being separated from loved ones
- Bullying Witnessing harm to a loved one or pet (e.g., domestic or community violence)
- Natural disasters or accidents
- Unpredictable parental behavior due to addiction or mental illness
Identifying Trauma!
- Irritability
- Being difficult to calm
- Frequent tantrums and clinginess.
- Difficulty paying attention,
- Being quiet or withdrawn
- Frequent sadness
- Changes in school performance
- Refusal to follow rules
- Excessive tiredness
- Risky behaviors,
- Use of drugs or alcohol
How to Help!
- Identify trauma triggers.
- Be emotionally and physically available.
- Respond, don’t react.
- Avoid physical punishment.
- Don’t take the behaviors personally.
- Listen. Help your child learn to relax
- .Be consistent and predictable.Be patient.
- Allow some control.
- Encourage self-esteem.
Effects of Trauma!
- Inability to control physical responses to stress
- Chronic illness,
- Difficulty thinking, learning, and concentrating
- Impaired memory
- Low self-esteem
- Feeling unsafe
- Lack of impulse control
- Fighting, aggression, running away
You Can Help
"By increasing your understanding of trauma, you can help support your child’s healing, your relationship with him or her, and your family as a whole." - Child Welfare Information Gateway
Services
Crisis Intervention
Provide help for children and families during a period of extreme distress. The intervention is temporary, active and supportive.
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Social and Emotional Support
Support children and families to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
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Support Establishing Services
Assist families with accessing community resources and establishing services based on their strengths and needs to help parents enhance skills and resolve problems to encourage the healing process of their child(ren).
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Blog
Empowering parents to boldly advocate for their children facing trauma!
The systematic disadvantages need to be dismantled in order to effectively address the collective trauma the black community has faced and still facing!
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Events
JOHAN Hopes is listed as a Survivor-Led Milwaukee Partner Organization with Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort!
Listen as Jasmine discusses JOHAN Hopes and how violence affect her family!
MAGV & QuestNation: Jasmine Moore of JOHAN Hopes, D’Lante Allen & Trineka Walker of Stop the Violence 53206
JOHAN Hopes' founder, Jasmine Moore, spoke at the Milwaukee’s City Hall and discussed, with the community, about how gun violence affected her life and the lives of her children. Community organizations such as MAGV- Mother’s Against Gun Violence (Debra Gillispie), We Loved and We Lost (Colette Shumpert) and Victims of Milwaukee Violence (Janice Gordan) were in attendance as several individuals voiced how their lives were impacted by gun violence.