Confronting Racism: Causes and Strategies for Addressing Race Based Trauma in Children

April 20, 2021

Confronting Racism: Causes and Strategies for Addressing Race Based Trauma in Children

A Virtual Conversation hosted by Bright Promises Foundation

 

On Thursday, May 6, Bright Promises Foundation presented a panel discussion with leading experts in the field of race-based trauma about how this issue impacts children and youth in our communities, and learn how you can help. It is increasingly well known that childhood trauma, if left unaddressed, can cause lifelong damage to the physical and mental health of young people. What is lesser known is how racism can cause significant and chronic traumatic stress in BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) children and youth. Trauma caused by racism affects youth in much the same way that general trauma does –research has linked racism to psychological distress, physical health problems, depression, anxiety, and children’s ability to succeed academically and socially.

The good news - caring adults can help to build protective factors that mitigate and even reverse the impact of trauma caused by racism on children and youth. 

Watch the recording of this event to discover how you can help youth to exercise their own agency and to feel empowered, and how these actions can help both support healing from racially based traumatic stress and to give rise to the change we need as a society. 

Featuring Expert Panelists:

Q&A with the Experts:

Key Takeaways Shared by Participants:

Pictured: A word cloud generated from participants response to what brought them to the conversation and what they hoped to learn,


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