Supporting Those
Who Serve Others
Because the people who care for everyone deserve someone caring for them.
Healthcare workers, veterans, first responders, and other helping professionals deserve a place to recover from trauma, burnout, and chronic stress. The Lavender Initiative provides peer support, emotional decompression, and trauma-informed wellness so those who care for everyone else have someone caring for them.
🏥 Healthcare Workers🎖 - Veterans- 🚑 First Responders-🤝 Helping Professionals
Protecting the people of those who protect everyone else
Healthcare Professionals • Veterans • First Responders
Support shouldn’t begin after the breaking point.
Partner With The Lavender Initiative
Supporting the people who care for everyone else starts with strong partnerships.
We collaborate with hospitals, veteran organizations, universities, first responder agencies, and community partners to bring trauma-informed wellness, peer support, and Code Lavender-inspired programming to those who serve others.
Interested in partnering with us? We'd love to start a conversation.
What is a Code Lavender?
In many hospitals, a Code Lavender is activated after a traumatic event to support the emotional well-being of healthcare workers.
The Lavender Initiative builds on that idea—bringing trauma-informed support, peer connection, and practical wellness tools to healthcare professionals, veterans, first responders, and other helping professionals before burnout becomes a crisis.
💜 Rapid Decompression
Providing rapid decompression stations, guided techniques, and practical tools designed to regulate stress in critical moments and help individuals return to baseline safely.
🌿 Wellness & Education
Facilitating trauma-informed sessions focused on stress awareness, resilience, and sustainable mental wellness strategies for high-impact environments.
How We Help
Trauma-informed support designed for those who serve others.
🏥 Organizational Partnerships
Building strong support networks that reduce isolation and foster connection across healthcare, veteran, and first responder communities.
🤝 Peer Support
Providing safe, peer-based spaces for healthcare workers, veterans, and first responders to share experiences, process stress, and feel understood by those who truly get it.
Meet Our Founder
The Lavender Initiative was founded by Angelica “Angee” Tucker, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, former emergency department nurse, and recovery advocate who has experienced trauma from multiple perspectives—as a caregiver, a patient, and a survivor.
After witnessing firsthand the emotional toll carried by healthcare workers, veterans, and other helping professionals, she created The Lavender Initiative with a simple belief: the people who spend their lives caring for others deserve meaningful support before they reach a breaking point.
Today, The Lavender Initiative is working to expand trauma-informed wellness, peer support, and Code Lavender-inspired programs that help those who serve others heal, recover, and continue doing the work that matters most.
“My goals isn’t simply to help people survive the work they do. It’s to help them continue serving others without sacrificing their own well-being.”
We provide trauma-informed care, peer support, and wellness resources for healthcare workers, veterans, and first responders. Because those who carry the most should never carry it alone.