Undoing community violence and trauma
AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda
Today, we bring the ideas of gun violence, mental health and trauma together to talk about the cycle this can create: people witness violence in their community or their home and then contribute to the violence in their community or home. This cycle can be that much harder to interrupt in places where access to trauma-informed care and mental health services are lacking. Our guests — community resilience workers, a social worker, and a state representative with a personal connection to the issue of community violence — are all working to change this.
GUESTS:
Anterrio Sims
Works with healing communities and community violence response, Trauma & Resilience Initiative, Inc.
Karen C. Simms
Founding Director, Trauma & Resilience Initiative, Inc.
Rep. Jehan Gordon Booth
Illinois State Representative representing the 92nd district and House Speaker Pro Tempore.
Theresa Yehling, LCSW
Manager, STRIVE Trauma Recovery Center | OSF Healthcare Saint Anthony Medical Center, Rockford
Derrick Booth and state Rep. Jehan Gordon Booth @RepJGB talk to @hannahalani about losing their son to #gunviolence and the difficulty of getting witnesses to testify in a community like Peoria. https://t.co/Yz41GWCZar
— WCBU News (@WCBURadio) October 31, 2021
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