Empowered Healing: How Herbalists Without Borders Fosters Health Justice Through Community Engagement

with Denise Cusack

Join Denise Cusack, Executive Director of Herbalists Without Borders, as she delves into the organization’s unique approaches to fostering health justice and empowering communities. This presentation explores how HWB’s member and chapter-based model creates sustainable programs that support underserved populations through community outreach, education, and empowerment models. Denise will highlight HWB’s work in addressing immediate needs through disaster response and relief, as well as in building long-term resilience through herbalism, aromatherapy, and other holistic practices. Attendees will learn how they can get involved and contribute to these impactful initiatives, creating pathways for health equity and empowerment within their own communities.

More about Denise:

Denise Cusack is the Executive Director of Herbalists Without Borders, a global nonprofit dedicated to holistic health and wellness support for communities in need. As a hands-on leader, Denise organizes relief efforts, trains volunteer coordinators, and operates HWB’s US Donation Network and Seed Grant program, ensuring essential supplies reach underserved communities through free clinics, outreach, and education. In addition to the daily management of HWB, she is a clinical herbalist, certified aromatherapist, flower essence practitioner, and permaculture designer. At her Wholly Rooted Farm, a United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary, Denise cultivates diverse medicinal and aromatic herbs. Actively involved with HWB since 2017, she is deeply committed to empowering communities through health justice and sustainable support. Learn more at www.hwbglobal.org.