WELLESLEY, Mass. – Wellesley College Athletics will welcome the Center for Healing and Justice in Sport (CHJS) as the next guest in its LeadBLUE Speaker Series on Monday, February 23, 2026 from 7-9 PM ET at a location to be announced. The event is sponsored by Friends of Wellesley Athletics and is open to all varsity student-athletes.

Turn Pressure Into Power: Master the neuroscience of stress to elevate your game and your life.  Join us to learn how the brain processes stress, particularly how it can lead to success in sport participation.

CHJS is a national nonprofit organization working to ensure that more young people and athletes have access to sport experiences that are healing-centered, inclusive, and work to address issues of systemic injustice.

CHJS' mission is to make sport healing for all youth and athletes everywhere. The organization supports athletes and teams through training, consulting, and collective action, as well as through innovative programs.

Wellesley's LeadBLUE program cultivates the growth of leaders within athletics, in the classroom, and beyond. In alignment with the mission of the college, this program prepares student-athletes for effective, practical leadership, instills the values of discipline, critical thinking, and responsibility in their pursuit of excellence.

Wellesley Athletics strives for excellence at the conference, regional, and national levels, while providing opportunities for students to achieve their potential and learn the values of discipline, leadership, critical thinking, and responsibility to oneself and others.