“When we say career coaching, we mean soul recovery. Our goal is not placement—it’s reclamation.” — Aaron Mapenzi Johnson, Founder

We center healing and resilience in every resume, interview prep, and career coaching session. This isn’t just about getting a job—it’s about reclaiming agency in spaces that weren’t built for everyone to thrive. Our trauma-informed approach supports individuals impacted by systemic harm in navigating the workforce with confidence and clarity.

Popular formats:

1:1 coaching intensives

Small-group coaching for program cohorts

Drop-in resume clinics with healing-based facilitation.

We help individuals impacted by systemic harm reclaim agency in a workforce that wasn’t built for their thriving.

“We don’t prepare people for jobs—we prepare them for justice, for joy, and for futures they can shape on their own terms.” —Lauren Jacobs, Managing Director

We build dignity into every skill set. Our workshops move beyond “job readiness” to help people step into their power, prepare for what’s next, and speak the language of both resilience and the real world. Every session is interactive, healing-informed, and grounded in cultural relevance.

Popular formats:

Writing Resumes That Reflect Your Power

Workplace Boundaries & Mental Wellness

Job Readiness for People with Records

Financial Resilience for First-Gen Professionals

We help justice-impacted professionals, first-gen leaders, and emerging changemakers build confidence, clarity, and skills rooted in resilience.

“Public safety doesn’t start with policing—it starts with possibility. And possibility is rooted in community.” — Alfred L. Garner II MSW, VP of Therapeutic and People Services

We help organizations develop trauma-informed, non-policing strategies for preventing and responding to harm. From coaching credible messengers to facilitating trauma awareness trainings, our approach supports CVI teams, funders, and grassroots leaders in building ecosystems of care.

Popular services:

Trauma awareness training for CVI staff

Strategic consulting for ecosystem-based violence prevention

Development of community-based referral systems

Support with public safety planning and program evaluation

We help CVI programs and frontline organizations shift from burnout to belonging, embedding healing at the heart of their public safety strategies.

“We don’t offer technical assistance. We offer tender accountability—the kind that grows programs from the inside out.” — Aaron Mapenzi Johnson, Founder

We walk alongside nonprofits, funders, and coalitions to co-create strategies that reflect the needs of the people they serve. Whether it’s data storytelling, strategic planning, or narrative shift work, our TA supports programs, people, and partnerships rooted in equity and healing.

Popular services:

Strategic planning for workforce or safety initiatives

Equity-rooted narrative and communications support

Impact storytelling and data coaching

Workshop design + healing-centered facilitation

We help funders and nonprofits build trauma-aware systems through tender accountability and community-centered strategy.

“Healing is not a side strategy—it is the foundation.”

At JMCG, we walk alongside organizations working to disrupt cycles of violence by helping them build trauma-aware, healing-centered systems. Our consulting is rooted in the lived realities of communities most impacted by systemic harm, and centers dignity, agency, and public health.

Our support includes:

Trauma Awareness Training for frontline violence interrupters and community workers

Program Design & Strategy for CVI-aligned initiatives grounded in harm reduction

Systems & Policy Coaching to integrate healing-informed practices into your organization

Narrative Development to help CVI teams share their impact through storytelling and data

Whether you’re a grassroots collective or a public agency, we meet you where you are—and help you build toward what’s possible.

💬 Ready to root your CVI efforts in healing and strategy?

“Resumes aren’t just where we list what we’ve done. They’re where we remind the world who we are.” - Aaron Mapenzi Johnson, Founder

Our resume and rebranding sessions are designed for individuals who’ve been overlooked, underestimated, or systemically shut out—and for those ready to reclaim the narrative of their work and worth. These aren’t traditional career services. They’re healing-centered interventions that honor your lived experience as leadership.

Culturally responsive and trauma-informed

Rooted in narrative justice and personal agency

Focused on clarity, confidence, and alignment—not just formatting

Especially effective for career changers, justice-impacted individuals, and nonprofit leaders seeking purpose-driven pivots

Whether you’re stepping into new work, returning after time away, or redefining what leadership looks like, our approach helps you articulate your brilliance—on paper and beyond.

“We don’t build resumes. We build pathways.” — Aaron Mapenzi Johnson, Founder

At JMCG, we believe speaking is a form of strategy—a way to activate agency, build connection, and spark transformation. Our team of practitioners, educators, and systems disruptors bring lived experience and deep technical expertise to every stage, panel, and podium we stand on.

Whether you're gathering youth practitioners, nonprofit leaders, or policymakers, we speak to the heart of the matter—and then offer tools to act on it.

Our team regularly speaks on:

From Harm to Healing: Trauma-Informed Pathways to Equity

Healing is Hiring: Rethinking Workforce Development

Beyond Outreach: CVI as Public Health and Liberation

The Resume is Political: Designing Pathways with Purpose

Reimagining Readiness: Workforce, Wellness & What Comes Next

We’ve shared our voice nationally with:
National Youth organizations, Mental health organizations, government agencies, grassroots organizers, and movement spaces across the country.

💬 Looking to activate, inspire, and equip your audience with love and clarity?