2-THRIVE
Our Mission:
To build collective capacity for justice and healing by cultivating communities that honor diversity, practice expansive thinking, and foster authentic belonging.
We are building a world where communities actively engage in restorative practices - rooted in trauma-informed care - to intentionally cultivate brave, expansive, and justice-centered spaces where everyone can thrive.
Our Founder...
A genocide survivor with a mission to disrupt violence and heal...
Centering Humanity
Somaly Prak-Martins
Some thoughts from out founder...
The greatest obstacle to personal and collective evolution is the desire to remain comfortable and think that the growth process is always supposed to feel good and safe. When we avoid looking at ourselves because it feels "too much," we inadvertently stall our own liberation.
At 2-Thrive, we help individuals (and collectives) move through that discomfort by shifting from "safe space" to BRAVE space.
We do this by...
Truth Calibration: In systems shaped by oppression, truth-telling has often been dismissed, distorted, or punished, particularly for Black and Brown bodies (and communities) whose lived experiences challenge dominant narratives. Through restorative practices, we create space for rigorous honesty that honors lived experience, disrupts harm, and uses truth as a pathway toward accountability, dignity, and collective restoration rather than further violence.
Courageous Vulnerability: We build the individual (and collective) capacity to sit with discomfort.
Authenticity over Avoidance: “Safety” and “discomfort” are often weaponized within white supremacy culture to silence difficult truths and protect systems from accountability, especially at the expense of Black and Brown bodies. Brave spaces invite us to move beyond avoidance, bringing our full selves, shadows and all, into honest dialogue, collective care, and transformation.
Identity Exploration and Witnessing: In cultures shaped by oppression and white supremacy, Black and Brown identities are often minimized, politicized, or forced to carry the burden of others’ discomfort. We prioritize deep exploration of social identity and practice non-defensive witnessing, the ability to hold another person’s lived experiences and truths without centering ego, defensiveness, or the need to invalidate harm. This practice creates space for dignity, accountability, and collective healing.
At 2-Thrive we move beyond "empowerment" which often implies a top-down gift of power toward Mutuality, the recognition and embodiment of our deep interconnectedness.
The only way to get there is to practice...
Core Values
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How we behave...
Equity: We believe in fairness and equal opportunities for all individuals and communities.
Expansive Thinking: We believe that a project, it's process, and ideation should be expanded from the start. Bringing folx to the table to create the substance together, is how we can collectively move towards the mission with cohesion and shared vision.
Restorative Justice: We prioritize repairing harm and building trust through Restorative Practices grounded in the belief that all individuals can practice, learn, heal, and grow.
Humanized: We are committed to creating an authentic, transparent, and brave space for individuals, the collective, and organizations to engage in transformative work to practice, learn, heal, and grow in humanizing ways.
Integrity: We uphold integrity by consistently acting with honesty, transparency, and accountability. We ensure that our actions align with our words, fostering trust and credibility in all our relationships. By maintaining these standards, we create a foundation where individuals and communities can grow and thrive together.
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Testimonials
Give yourself and others you engage with the opportunity to work towards healing!
What the participants of the workshops have to say:
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Historical Trauma
Rating - 5/5 Stars
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Restorative Practices
Rating - 4.9/5 Stars
Founding CEO
Somaly Prak-Martins
Somaly Prak-Martins is a transformational leader and systems strategist with over two decades of experience driving institutional change across education, nonprofit, and corporate sectors. With a foundation rooted in equity, restorative practices, and historical and cultural awareness, she specializes in helping organizations dismantle systemic barriers and implement sustainable structures that foster inclusion, community wellbeing, and long-term resilience.
Somaly’s leadership is grounded in a trauma-informed, culturally responsive approach that centers marginalized voices while guiding complex adaptive change. Her expertise spans strategic planning, DEI policy reform, restorative justice, community engagement, and leadership coaching. As the Founding CEO of 2-Thrive, she has empowered more than 50 executive and leadership teams to reimagine organizational culture, reduce conflict, and build human-centered systems rooted in equity and healing.
Somaly Prak-Martins leads with a deep commitment to healing as both a process and a principle for systems transformation. Her trauma-informed, culturally responsive approach centers the lived experiences of marginalized communities, fostering environments where individuals and institutions can process harm, restore trust, and rebuild relationships. Through her leadership at 2-Thrive and across decades of practice, she has helped organizations reduce conflict, nurture psychological safety, and implement restorative frameworks that prioritize wellbeing, belonging, and long-term resilience.
For Somaly, healing is not an outcome—it is the foundation for sustainable change and collective liberation.
Whether leading charter school development, rewriting policy through an anti-racist lens, or designing strategic frameworks for inclusive hiring and retention, Somaly brings a powerful synthesis of data, historical analysis, and relational leadership. Her work consistently drives measurable impact by aligning mission-driven values with sustainable outcomes—anchoring change in both institutional structures and human connection.
Business Hours
Monday - Friday
Appointments only
Saturday - Sunday
Closed