Afaya Sanaa Healing Center opening in St. Paul Midway Activist beckons others to the St. Paul site who ve suffered trauma of violence in the community. May 8, 2021 8:36am Text size Copy shortlink:
Now, she hopes to provide a shared space for healing.
On Saturday, the Afaya Sanaa Healing Center will hold its grand opening at 1549 W. University Av. in St. Paul. Williams said it s a place where Black people can gather, learn, grow and nurture the healing process in a space of their own.
Williams said she started the Guns Down, Love Up campaign after her brother Tyrone Rashad Williams, a local activist, was killed by a former roommate. She said the center is a brick-and-mortar manifestation of the Healing Circles work she and others have been doing over the past few years to address the trauma of violence in the Black community.