Coconino Coalition for Children & Youth — Understanding through a multicultural lens the role historical trauma impacts healing, wellness
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Historical trauma impacts so many of our community members and it is a topic that is not always openly discussed and well understood in mainstream society. Further, it is often not considered when designing helping programs, systems or overall prevention programming and worse when placing judgements against groups of people.
Each culture, each individual has their own story to tell, their own traditions, spiritual and cultural practices and so many have had those life components disrupted due to historical events and ongoing injustices.
During a webinar presentation held on June 9, 2020, culturalist and historic trauma specialist Iya Affoprovided web viewers a brief overview of historic trauma to help inform community members, professionals and leaders about the creation and impacts of these traumas.
Current national and global circumstances bring up complicated emotions for all of us. Kabat- Zinn defines mindfulness as paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, with an attitude of non-judgment. Especially in this time of high emotion, it is essential to provide ourselves moments to notice our feelings without judgment.
