Projected on the enormous screen at the front of the room was a blue-tinged image of a brain scan with a seemingly simple phrase next to it: “Changing Minds.”
The striking image and accompanying messages are still being developed by national nonprofit Futures Without Violence (Futures) for a public outreach campaign about the complex issue of childhood trauma. Participants at the “Changing Minds and Creating Trauma-Informed Communities” convening, hosted by Futures in early February, got a preview of the campaign.
The two-day convening drew leaders and advocates from the child welfare, education, health and juvenile justice fields who gathered to share strategies around preventing and healing from childhood exposure to violence. The convening began on Feb. 2 in Los Angeles and concluded on Feb. 3 in San Francisco.
Teams from cities, counties and tribes from across California were invited to attend, with representatives coming to Los Angeles from the southern part of the state, and to San Francisco the following day from central and northern California.
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