The topic for the next Black & Green Wednesday Forum is Trauma

Trauma is a deep emotional wound. Children, especially black children, are exposed to too much toxic stress and upsetting situations that impact overall health and well being. What physical changes go on in the body when a person has too much stress? How do personal problems and community issues interact with each other?

Even when trauma is not due to a PTSD-type event, it still has enormous effects on a person's emotions, behaviors and judgment while reliving the trauma. After we understand these Issues, how can we help others and ourselves cope? How do we "get upstream" with resources, policy changes and effective early intervention activities through screening and access to care? What type of political and international crises have distressing effects and what needs to change?

Black & Green Wednesday

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Legacy Books and Cafe, 5249 Delmar (near Union) St. Louis MO 63108

Scheduled speakers include:

Joe Yancey, Places for People, Inc.

Vontriece McDowell, Alive and Well Communities

Larry Kiel, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist

Rev. Elston Mccowan, Green Party of St. Louis [moderator]

Black & Green Wednesdays are sponsored by the Gateway Green Alliance and the Universal African Peoples Organization

For more Info call 314-727-8554 or visit www.gateway-greens.org