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Unique's Story (www.changingmindsnow.org)

Christine Cissy White 10/29/164:32 AM

I watched this video three times this morning. It's stunning and beautiful and emotional.

It honors pain.

"I just felt like I"m invisible. Maybe I should give up."
Unique

It offers hope.

"It's hard to speak of Miss Daniels. She saved my life.
Unique.

It touches those of us who watch but it does more than that. It teaches.

"If you can get to that pain. Because a lot of these children. My goodness. They just have something to say. They are crying out. They are acting out as their way of saying I am in the room. I am here. And so I don’t just arm them with a script. I arm them with a pen and paper. You tell your own story. Unique had all the makings of a warrior, a leader, as we collaborated she grew more confident. She got her voice back and she was just fearless. She's one of the students. She taught me how deep I could love."
Miss Daniels

It inspires.

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Christine Cissy WhiteIt's not trauma-informed unless it's informed by trauma survivors.

Thanks for that clarification.

10/31/169:42 AM

Jane StevensPublisher, ACEsTooHigh; founder, PACEs Connection

Just an fyi about this video -- this is not a documentary. Although we know many examples of this in real life, these are actors working off a script.

10/30/169:48 PM

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