Addressing Racial Trauma (ART)
Support & Help Overcoming Racial Trauma
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GOAL:
Provide support and help with managing traumatic experiences related to racism.
PROBLEM:
Acts of racism, and stress such as bullying, harassment, leveraging power imbalances, police harassment disproportionally, workplace discrimination, housing discrimination, community violence, murder of loved ones, incarceration, distressing medical and/or childbirth experiences can and do traumatize individuals worldwide. Hearing the stories without hope can also immobilize individuals. Discrimination based on race, color, physical limitations, nationality, religion and / or political different ideas. or nationality are the main categories addressed including insensitive and threating remarks made as well.
OBJECTIVES:
PROGRAM:
Addressing Racial Trauma (ART) to support, help, facilitate and heal all those affected by racial trauma. This includes both professionals such as nurses, marriage and family counselors, mental health workers, doctors, psychologists, social workers, youth workers, essential workers in health and social justice departments and lay individuals, family members, schoolteachers, pastors, veterans, and communities.
Provide support and help with managing traumatic experiences related to racism.
PROBLEM:
Acts of racism, and stress such as bullying, harassment, leveraging power imbalances, police harassment disproportionally, workplace discrimination, housing discrimination, community violence, murder of loved ones, incarceration, distressing medical and/or childbirth experiences can and do traumatize individuals worldwide. Hearing the stories without hope can also immobilize individuals. Discrimination based on race, color, physical limitations, nationality, religion and / or political different ideas. or nationality are the main categories addressed including insensitive and threating remarks made as well.
OBJECTIVES:
- Provide resources to support growth and healing.
- Explore options available to help oneself personally in health, education, and finances.
- Identify ways to combat miscommunication due to cultural barriers and stereotypes.
- Investigate ways or organizations that help deal with discrimination that could limit educational access equally and equal pay.
- Provide Healing Racial Trauma Circles (HRTC) as the intervention to address racial trauma. (ART Program)
PROGRAM:
Addressing Racial Trauma (ART) to support, help, facilitate and heal all those affected by racial trauma. This includes both professionals such as nurses, marriage and family counselors, mental health workers, doctors, psychologists, social workers, youth workers, essential workers in health and social justice departments and lay individuals, family members, schoolteachers, pastors, veterans, and communities.
