Organized by activists Elizabeth Vega & Derek Laney, Healing Sessions event was held at the Regional Arts Commission in St. Louis Missouri in September of 2014. The purpose of the session was to make a time to take care of those people who had given up time, effort and energy to meet the needs of Ferguson, and take up the fight for justice for Mike Brown and unarmed teen who was shot and killed by Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson. They recognized that in the long days and nights since the murder of Mike Brown, many people had not taken the time to do the self-care that they really needed. So each wanted to help out by providing a space for that to happen collectively.