TEN SOLUTIONS THAT PROMOTE RACIAL HEALING FOR ALL BY ADDRESSING INTERGENERATIONAL RACIAL TRAUMA

Posted on by Joanne Scott Woods, M.A., M.Ed. in Solutions That Promote Racial Healing for All
  1. Successful Citizen Petitions for a Day of Racial Healing on the Tuesday immediately following MLK Day – to date, in Phoenix and the State of Arizona (Pending House Bill 2698/Representative Reginald – to include the “Template for a Day of Racial Healing (Free Use from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation)” on pdjcc.org
  2. Community Celebration of a Day of Racial Healing with Online and Email Invitations with Racial Healing Campaign Speakers sharing stories that affirm that healing and thriving is an achievable human right and with Racial Healing Campaign Practitioners demonstrating body-centered approaches for trauma awareness and trauma resilience
  3. Racial Healing Campaign Partners Allyships honored at the Celebration of a Day of Racial Healing (See pdjcc.org.)
  4. Racial Healing Social Media Hashtags #RacialEquity, #RacialHealing, #TraumaHealing, #RacializedTrauma, #TraumaAwareness, #TraumaResilence, #DayofRacialHealing, #EndRacism, #EndDiscrimination, #HumanRights, #HowWeHeal, and #RacialHealing4All
  5. Racial Healing Campaign Endorsements by local organizations and companies secured via email with a “Template for a Day of Racial Healing by an Organization/Company” (See pdjcc.org.)
  6. #HowWeHeal Book Club on Racialized Trauma, an Annual Communal Racial Healing Project, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem, 2nd Tuesdays, February – November, 6 to 7 pm, Zoom Meeting (See pdjcc.org.)
  7. Racial Healing Campaign Talking Points Highlights selected from My Grandmother’s Hands for educational and promotional use in the Racial Healing Campaign and included in the Discussion Section of the Online Event for the #HowWe Heal Book Club on Racialized Trauma (See pdjcc.org.)
  8. Self-Help Body Practices – My Grandmother’s Hands – Practical Strategies for Individuals and Groups to Address Racialized Trauma (Also see www.Resmaa.com/courses – Free E-Course)
  9. Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Institute (traumahealing.org/about-us) on six continents
  10. International Trauma-Healing Institute (ITI), Trauma-Informed Certification Program (traumainstitute.org) The ITI is a non-profit organization dedicated to global trauma healing through the Ross Model (rossinst.com/trauma-therapy-certification), EmotionAid™ (healingtrauma.org/il/en/emotionaid/tools) and Somatic Experiencing ® (traumahealing.org)

Published by Joanne Scott Woods, M.A., M.Ed.

Coordinator of People Demanding Justice Community Coalition (formerly People Demanding Action Community Coalition with Geoff Woods, Chapter Leader, Joanne Scott Woods, Chapter Secretary, and Dan O’Neal, State Director) / Organized in 2015, Currently a Racial Justice and Racial Healing Nonprofit / Spokesperson for the Family of Fallen Phoenix Citizen Rumain Brisbon, December 2, 2014, along with Geoff Woods / Metropolitan Phoenix Citizen Advocate for Kim Baker and Family Since 2015 / Committee Chairman, “Ten Solutions to Build Trust in Our City,” in Collaboration with the Phoenix Police Department, Executive Assistant Chief Michael Kurtenbach, 2015-2020, People Demanding Justice Community Coalition with Geoff Woods, Chapter Leader and Contributor, Joanne Scott Woods, Chapter Secretary and Contributor, and Wade Padgett, Contributor, and Contributors from Coalition Members of Arizona Black Lives Matter Chair Reverend Reginald Walton and Co-Chair J.J. Johnson, now J.J. Westgate / Author of “Ten Solutions to Promote the Healing of Racialized Trauma,” 2020 / Facilitator, #HowWeHeal Book Club on Racialized Trauma, 2020 / Secretary of Somos America Coalition, 2016 / Director of Arizona Communities for Change Public Forums, 2016 / Acting Secretary of Arizona Black Lives Matter, Reverend Reginald Walton, Chair, 2015

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