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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>In her TED Talk, Dr. Allison Jackson reminds us of the importance of connecting to those dealing with trauma. Grassroots organizations offer a platform and a space for this silence breaking and connection (TEDx, 2016).<\/em><sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>After some research, I realized that very few grassroots organizations deal directly with the issue of urban trauma in schools or even, more broadly, with the issue of urban trauma in general. Instead,\u00a0<strong>I found organizations that address specific urban traumas.<\/strong>\u00a0While the range of issues that we could call urban traumas is wide, I limited myself to the traumas that Woodbridge et al. considered in their study (Woodbridge et al., 2015).<sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Concerned community members founded most of these grassroots organizations, but a few are powered by youth (BAY-Peace and REEP) and a couple are coalitions (People\u2019s Justice for Community Control and Police Accountability and The North Brooklyn Coalition against Family Violence).<\/p>\n<p>Given the diverse focuses of these ten organizations, each comes with a unique set of challenges, strategies, approaches, demographics, and stories. Even so, I was able to discern some common threads. All of the organizations have an\u00a0<strong>education component<\/strong>, although the populations that they target vary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some focus on educating decision-makers, policymakers, and companies, the people that hold the money and power.<\/strong>\u00a0For instance, Collective Action for Safe Spaces educates decision-makers about sexual harassment and publicizes personal testimony in an effort to spur more research and policy change on the matter (Our Work, 2017).<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other organizations educate the victims of the trauma event.<\/strong>\u00a0For example, VOCAL-NY\u2019s POWER Academy teaches victims of HIV\/AIDs about campaign strategy, coalition building, action planning, and other skills that allow them to participate in policymaking (Training and Leadership, 2017).<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other grassroots groups focus on educating community members.<\/strong>\u00a0Sarah\u2019s Inn, for instance, annually educates over 3,000 middle and high school students on violence prevention in its Together Strong Project and certifies individuals to be volunteer advocates (Violence Prevention, n.d.).<sup>5<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at a few other similarities. Many of these organizations\u00a0<strong>provide support<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>often via counseling or advocacy, to trauma victims.<\/strong>\u00a0As an illustration, Hope For Miami operates Coordinated Care Centers which offer crisis support and counseling to children of inmates (Offering Hope, n.d.).<sup>6 \u00a0\u00a0<\/sup>Lastly, a few of the groups, namely BAY-Peace (Home, n.d.)<sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>and People\u2019s Justice for Community Control and Police Justice,<sup>8\u00a0<\/sup><strong>use art as a form of resistance <\/strong>(Public art, n.d.).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ol>\n<li>TEDx. (2016, May 17). <em>A call to connection: Making childhood trauma personal<\/em>. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-HG8H4n2j9I<\/li>\n<li>Woodbridge, M.W., Sumi, W.C., Thornton, S.P., Fabrikant, N., Rouspil, K.M., Langley, A.K., & Kataoka, S.H. (2015). Screening for trauma in early adolescence: Findings from a diverse school district. <em>School Mental Health 8, <\/em>89-105.<\/li>\n<li>Our work. (2017). Retrieved April 25, 2017 from\u00a0http:\/\/www.collectiveactiondc.org\/our-work\/<\/li>\n<li>Training and Leadership Development. (2017). Retrieved April 25, 2017 from\u00a0http:\/\/www.vocal-ny.org\/our-work\/training\/<\/li>\n<li>Violence prevention. (n.d.). Retrieved April 25, 2017 from\u00a0http:\/\/www.vocal-ny.org\/our-work\/training\/<\/li>\n<li>Offering hope to children of incarcerated children. (n.d.). Retrieved April 25 from\u00a0http:\/\/www.hopeformiami.org\/childrenofinmates<\/li>\n<li>Home. (n.d.). Retrieved April 25, 2017 from\u00a0http:\/\/www.baypeace.org<\/li>\n<li>Public art. (n.d.).\u00a0Retrieved April 25, 2017 from\u00a0http:\/\/peoplesjustice.org\/programs\/public-art<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> In her TED Talk, Dr. Allison Jackson reminds us of the importance of connecting to those dealing with trauma. 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