What does it mean to be trauma-informed and resilience-oriented?
In the years since STAR began our learning and teaching journey (in response to a call to respond to September 11, 2001 in the US), many more voices and programs have emerged to build awareness and action plans for building resilience and addressing trauma in individuals, organizations and communities.
Both clinical and cultural perspectives on trauma and resilience have begun to inform our lives in myriad ways. The impacts of trauma â from individual and collective experiences of violence, historical, systemic and structural harms, and environmental devastation â reverberate through families, communities and the world. More people are courageously acknowledging the need to address these impacts. Organizations working in the midst of structural and direct violence are exploring how to trauma-inform their efforts and create more trauma-informed work places. Trauma-informed school and community networks have begun to form. Resilience-based programming is not an uncommon concept whether in education, economic and social development, or peacebuilding. Trauma-sensitive yoga is taught in schools and prisons. Keep reading.
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