Resilience Common Read Starting in January! Two Ways to Participate! [Peace and Justice Institute]

Common Read of What Happened to You? By Dr. Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey - Starting January 10th!

Join the Resilience Common Read, a book club initiative started by the Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College addressing positive and adverse childhood experiences (PACEs), trauma healing, and resilience.

In January, the group will begin reading Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey’s book, What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing:

“Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry discuss the impact of trauma and adversity and how healing must begin with a shift to asking “What happened to you?” rather than “What’s wrong with you?”

How Do I Participate?

There are two ways to participate in the Common Read--do either or both!

1. Join the Common Read Facebook Group: Each week, discussion prompts will be posted in the private Facebook Group for participants to engage with in written format.
2. Register for the 3 Virtual Discussion Sessions (Zoom): We will host three Zoom meet-up sessions to discuss the book in a live format:   

Dates & Reading Calendar:

The Common Read of What Happened to You? will run for 7 weeks — from Monday, January 10, 2022 to Friday, February 25, 2022.

Please see the reading calendar image below or download the attached PDF.

This will be the 4th time the community has participated in the Resilience Common Read, having read the following books since 2019:

• The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity, by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris (2019 Common Read),
• Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings, by Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg (2020 Common Read),
• Childhood Disrupted: How your Biography Becomes Your Biology and How You Can Heal, by Donna Jackson Nakazawa (2021 Common Read)

Questions? resilience@valenciacollege.edu