Intergenerational Trauma: What It Is, Why It Is, and What Is Being Done To End It

Intergenerational Trauma: What It Is, Why It Is, and What Is Being Done To End It

John E. Ravekes Theatre, College Community Center, CCBC Dundalk
7200 Sollers Point Rd, Dundalk MD, 21222
November 13, 2015, 1:00 - 5:00pm

Poverty. Genetics. Family dynamics. Environment. These and other factors contribute to an array of traumas passed down from one generation to the next. Come explore and experience with us what intergenerational trauma is, why it occurs, and how people in our community are getting the care they need to heal from trauma. The event will include: a performance by David Fakunle, who explores trauma through interactive story telling and African drumming; information and insights from Donna Jackson Nakazawa, journalist and author of Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology And How You Can Heal; and first hand accounts of the power of trauma informed care from Debra Rock, executive director of LIGHT Health & Wellness Comprehensive Services.  Learn, explore, experience and discover pathways to healing at this dynamic half-day event in conjunction with the exhibition Touched with Fire: A Family Tale. 


Touched with Fire: A Family Tale

This event took place in conjunction with the exhibition Touched with Fire: A Family Tale

The theme draws its name from the groundbreaking 1996 book Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament, by renowned psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison. The same driving discomfort leading to substance misuse and desperate…

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