Hovering above Broad Street in New Orleans, directly across from Criminal District Court, is a billboard depicting Dr. Denese Shervington standing along the Mississippi River. She stares confidently back into the camera next to an oft-repeated quote of hers: "Untreated trauma is the underbelly of violence."
"I really wanted to have that there because I want the judges to start thinking a little bit more about what they're doing, especially with young kids that come before them," said Shervington, president and CEO of the Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies.
The billboard, one of three that appeared across the city this week, is part of IWES' newly launched "In That Number" campaign that highlights the epidemic of untreated trauma among children and adolescents.
[For more on this story by Richard A. Webster, go to https://www.nola.com/health/in...ma_focus_of_new.html]
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