Building the Movement through Transformative Justice and Faith-Based Communities - 4th Workshop

As part of the national "Building the Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience", this fourth workshop discusses transformative justice as well as the role of faith leaders in tackling ACEs by engaging local coalitions and communities. This workshop was held virtually on February 18, 2022.
The convening comprises two panel presentations.
Panel 1: Transformative Justice:
A grant-funded workshop provided by Mazzoni Center and WOAR/Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence will give a foundational look at transformative justice with the goal of better understanding how to support people who have experienced violence through community-based approaches. The audience will learn about the core tenets of transformative justice, examine different frameworks that people use to relate to justice or respond to violence, and consider how to best support survivors. We’ll then explore the concept of accountability and give the audience an idea of how to start engaging with transformative justice.
Panel 2: Faith-Based Communities:
Building resilient faith-based organizations as trauma informed community to facilitate sensitive care, training, resource sharing, advocacy and social movement, not compromising own faith tradition but multiplying collaboration in the community for the greater good.
• Moderator: Pastor Sanghoon Yoo is the founder of The Faithful City (TFC), has led ministries and social services at Arizona State University (ASU) and the Phoenix metropolitan area over two decades. Pastor Yoo launched “Arizona Trauma Informed Faith Community (AZTIFC),” collaborating with Arizona ACE Consortium and many other organizations to mobilize a statewide movement for building resilient communities with trauma informed care. He offers trainings and consultation on ACEs and the trauma informed community building. The Pastor worked with Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Families (GOYFF) to hold a statewide ACEs summit last December, declaring Arizona as trauma informed state.
• Pastor David Lockridge is the founder and director of ACE Overcomers, a nonprofit to help teens and adults overcome the effects of a difficult childhood.
• Pastor Darrell Armstrong was appointed as Chief Administrative Officer to the United Nations by the Baptist World Alliance. He is committed to strengthening families, reducing child abuse and neglect, and eradicating poverty on a global level.
• Rev. Paul Abernathy is the CEO of the Neighborhood Resilience Project which is committed to a grassroots, community-based approach to Trauma Informed Community Development.
• Dr. Farha Abbasi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan State University and works to create awareness about cultural competency to redefine it as not just tolerance, but acceptance, and, as a psychiatrist, publicly addresses the barriers that stigmatize and silence mental health issues within the Islamic community.
• Share your Story: Michelle Stiffler, Trauma-Informed Care Coordinator at Hope Women's Center (AZ).
“Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience” comprises a series of eight virtual workshops held every two weeks from January 7, 2022, through April 15, 2022. The half-day workshops are designed to provide information and tools for community coalitions to integrate trauma-informed, resilience-focused and healing-centered approaches into their local systems. These include child welfare, education, health care, justice and faith-based systems. Themes across all sectors include diversity, equity and inclusion; racial justice; community voice; a cross-sector approach; opportunities for youth; individual, families, and communities. The goal is to reduce individual, organizational and community exposure to trauma, particularly in underserved and marginalized populations. People with experience in relevant areas will lead each session for participants, which include community stakeholders, practitioners and administrators.
The series is presented by the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice, the National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives, and PACEs Connection. It is co-sponsored by over a dozen national organizations. For more information, visit: www.npscoalition.org/prevent-...