Thanks Laura for your Ask the Community! Engaged for the last several years with the trauma-informed / resilience-building movement in San Diego, what has been most successful is coming from the lens of the unified sciences of ACEs. When conversations/presentations/training/workshops intentionally educate, inform, and engage others with the impact of trauma on the brain neurologically, on the body biologically, toxic stress, epigenetics, and resilience building are all inclusive - what has consistently been the reaction is one of hope and wanting more information and knowledge. The sectors I've been blessed to learn from and teach with are the inner city youth and families and reentry families. To see their audible, visible reactions of coming out behind shame and blame as they come into hope and healing is transformative.
Very aware of the objective of "not holding people accountable", when I've shared how unified sciences of ACEs helps understand behavior and what lies behind it - SO we can have a well-informed Restorative Circle, Restorative Justice, etc. Having this understanding deepens the outcomes of accountability.
We need 8 billion people to have this depth of understanding. Profoundly honored to learn from and share with our ACEs Connection members, our global learning community is igniting a healing movement across sectors and across regions. This is such a hopeful time!
We are creating not just safe spaces - but brave spaces - where individuals, families, neighborhoods, organizations, and systems are having deep conversations on race, disparities, social determinants of health, systems change.
I pray in my lifetime I see a healing tsunami... I know in my heart I'm part of the solution, along with thousands of others. Thank you again Laura for posting your question.