I remember being so horrified, so saddened by the shooting at Sandy Hook that I wrote to President Obama and Senator Larson to share what I thought might provide a different perspective and possible solution to future violence.
I decided to search out the letter from my files to see what I wrote and if it still applied.
In the letter, I spoke about unaddressed childhood trauma and how that is often at the root of what shows up in our world as many different forms of adult violence.
I wrote all about Peace4Tarpon, as a new grassroots community initiative and how a trauma-informed community would look at challenges and solutions through a different lens..I went on and on.
The letter was ok, but I believe in those words even more today than I did back in 2012.
The shooting at Parkland is the 15th school shooting of 2018..and here we go again with thoughts and prayers in response to bottomless grief.
Peace4Tarpon has been growing and providing a living breathing community model to see how we might realize a different understanding of and possible solutions to the violence in communities.
I believe more than ever in the power and promise of a trauma-informed, trauma-responsive, and resilient community as a viable answer to community violence.
The simple answers don't suffice. It's not that "evil visits us" or "mental illness", or just a random unpredictable world showing it's teeth. It's not even about gun control in the biggest picture.
Those in this movement understand this. It would be great if more of our leaders understood too.
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