We Can Heal From Trauma
We Can Heal From Trauma
 

OUR COMMUNITY HEALS

 


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None of our stories of trauma are the same.

Yet we share our individual stories of healing to help ourselves and others.
That’s the power of community:

 
 
 

OUR WORDS HEAL CONVERSATIONS

 

Listen to Marvin Toliver, Nicole Kenney, Steven Brice and Jenia Jolley, four Philly-based Black entrepreneurs, as they discuss how they have uplifted their communities and themselves through their various social ventures.

Moderated by Kenn Bourne, trauma informed social worker and coaching professional.

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OUR WORDS HEAL CONVERSATIONS

 

Listen to Candy González, Manuela Guillén, Karina Puente and Samuel Rodriguez, four Philly-based Latinx creatives, discuss the power of embracing their identities and uplifting the community through their work. Special thanks to Jose Ferran for moderating.

Be on the lookout for an invitation to the next and final OUR WORDS HEAL conversation in June on Black social ventures. All advancing trauma healing in powerful ways.

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OUR WORDS HEAL CONVERSATIONS

 

Listen to Loraine Ballard Morrill, Michelle Freeman, Chi-Ser Tran and Heseung Song discuss healing from the traumatic stress of anti-Asian misogyny and racism. Also hear from Katie Lu, Quynh-Mai Nguyen and Andrew Huth who share their great insights.

Be on the lookout for an invitation to the next OUR WORDS HEAL conversation in May with LatinX creatives and the one in June with Black social ventures. All advancing trauma healing in powerful ways.

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FEATURED

 
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Interested in sharing your story?

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OUR STORIES

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“Healing takes time and I feel like over time, you just find what makes your rhythm click.”
“Healing takes time and I feel like over time, you just find what makes your rhythm click.”

Ahmad Abdullah
Mastery Charter School - Shoemaker Campus

“If you can't get back to joy, in a decent amount of time, then you need help.”
“If you can't get back to joy, in a decent amount of time, then you need help.”

Altovise Love-Craighead
EMIR Healing Center

“What I hope is that they can be doing more than surviving.”
“What I hope is that they can be doing more than surviving.”

Bradley Stolbach, PhD
Healing Hurt People Chicago

“I think we have to be willing to do that reparative work in the city.”
“I think we have to be willing to do that reparative work in the city.”

The Rev. Carol S. Reese, LCSW
Healing Hurt People Chicago

"You have to recognize that everybody else isn't coming along on the same ride as you."
"You have to recognize that everybody else isn't coming along on the same ride as you."

Carolotta Stafford

Bethanna

“Healing for me is always changing, but that means I have to pay attention to me and what's going on with me and my body.”
“Healing for me is always changing, but that means I have to pay attention to me and what's going on with me and my body.”

Chantay Love
EMIR Healing Center

“We have to find it within ourselves to know that we have everything that we need to be whole, to thrive, to grow.”
“We have to find it within ourselves to know that we have everything that we need to be whole, to thrive, to grow.”

Charles E. Moore, MD, FAACE
Urban Health Initiative

“Healing itself is a collaborative process.”
“Healing itself is a collaborative process.”

Fatimah Loren Dreier, MA
Health Alliance for Violence Intervention

“Black joy is something that resonates.”
“Black joy is something that resonates.”

Jacqui Johnson
Sankofa Healing Studio

“The thing about recognizing trauma is there is no aha moment, We live in trauma. That's our world.”
“The thing about recognizing trauma is there is no aha moment, We live in trauma. That's our world.”

Jaya Touma Shoatz
Mastery Charter School - Shoemaker Campus

“I have a story, and it's still going.”
“I have a story, and it's still going.”

Jose Ferran
The Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice

“Sometimes struggle is your best teacher. You're being taught right now. It’s okay.”
“Sometimes struggle is your best teacher. You're being taught right now. It’s okay.”

Kenn Bourne
ANEW

“There's a fear that exists, from living in an environment where that is normalized— It's not sustainable to feel that level of fear all the time.”
“There's a fear that exists, from living in an environment where that is normalized— It's not sustainable to feel that level of fear all the time.”

Khalil Taylor
The Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice

“Know that there are resources within yourself.”
“Know that there are resources within yourself.”

Lisa Nelson-Haynes
Philly Young Playwrights

"I learned to help others heal, kindness is what you need."
"I learned to help others heal, kindness is what you need."

Max Lapsley
CNSJ Training Academy Intern

"I think the only way to learn is by sharing experiences and hoping that some form of healing can occur through dialogue."
"I think the only way to learn is by sharing experiences and hoping that some form of healing can occur through dialogue."

Nathaniel Pineda

Drexel University College of Medicine

“So when it comes to hope, I feel like it's never completely gone. I feel like every day is a new start.”
“So when it comes to hope, I feel like it's never completely gone. I feel like every day is a new start.”

Raqib Robinson
The Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice

“It's not just the individuals or the communities who are experiencing the trauma, it actually inhibits our whole society.”
“It's not just the individuals or the communities who are experiencing the trauma, it actually inhibits our whole society.”

Sharelle Barber, ScD, MPH
Urban Health Collaborative

“As a school, as a community, we have to consciously be aware of and focus not only on the triggers and the trauma, but also how do we heal?.”
“As a school, as a community, we have to consciously be aware of and focus not only on the triggers and the trauma, but also how do we heal?.”

Sharif El-Mekki
The Center for Black Educator Development

“I think there's power in speaking your truth.”
“I think there's power in speaking your truth.”

Tatiana Amaya
Mastery Charter School - Shoemaker Campus

"For my trauma healing journey, it’s a privilege to have this community supporting me."
"For my trauma healing journey, it’s a privilege to have this community supporting me."

Te’Corey Anderson
CNSJ Training Academy Intern

"Your environment doesn't dictate who you are, but it does affect how you can feel.”
"Your environment doesn't dictate who you are, but it does affect how you can feel.”

Terrill Haigler

Ya Fav Trashman

"I want to help young people from my community and be a staple for my community."
"I want to help young people from my community and be a staple for my community."

Thomas Hunter
Certified Peer Specialist - Einstein Medical

“The healing process really incorporates trying to fix those things in the past but also take steps towards the future.”
“The healing process really incorporates trying to fix those things in the past but also take steps towards the future.”

Tony Thompson
The Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice

“I believe that us healing each other, and having the tools to heal can stop violence.”
“I believe that us healing each other, and having the tools to heal can stop violence.”

Victoria Greene
EMIR Healing Center

“When you find you, you start to love you more. And in turn you can love other people.”
“When you find you, you start to love you more. And in turn you can love other people.”

Xavier Harris
EMIR Healing Center

"Trauma healing means taking valid negative experiences and finding ways to push forward to live to the fullest potential."
"Trauma healing means taking valid negative experiences and finding ways to push forward to live to the fullest potential."

Zane Sejdiu

Drexel University College of Medicine

“I don’t want people to just stop at empowerment. How do you become powerful?”
“I don’t want people to just stop at empowerment. How do you become powerful?”

Zoraida Cordero
Promise Corps