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Tag Archive for: Trauma

What Does Healing Mean to Me?

Ultimately, healing meant realizing that I was the creator of my own life.

Reporting Assault

I never wanted the rapist in jail. I wanted him to see what happened in that room in the same way I do.

Gender-based Violence Resources

Resources recommended by our writers for assistance, action, and learning.

Minnesota Focuses on Seeing Trauma

“It is a way of being. It is not really a program. We are integrating skill sets on how to interact with each other.”

Trauma and the Chauvin Trial

The old white guard gets to define what trauma is, and that quickly snowballs into who gets chemical dependency treatment or who gets health care because how people exhibit their trauma doesn’t fit into that white framework.

Healing Trauma: Minnesota Black Land Trust

Why the land? Because Mother Earth can hold it.

Creating a Village

Taking breaths, pushing through mistakes — the process of creating beauty out of mistakes and never throwing anything away was so important. I am quite emotional writing this. I am realizing how therapeutic that process was for me.

Learning From Global Thought Leaders

Editor Mikki Morrissette recently attended the global, virtual…

The Journey of Sexual Assault Legislation: Part 1 of 2

There are winding roads that lead to systems and policy change. This is a snapshot of one of them, still in process, related to sexual assault legislation.

Sheila Lamb: The View From Cloquet

I did not feel vindicated that my testimony was proven correct but a deep sadness that what was foretold has come to be.

Sen. Mary Kunesh: A Central Issue

I felt I had no choice but to address the violence that has for too long destroyed so many families in Minnesota and across Turtle Island.

When Trafficking Hits Home

"For those who have exited trafficking, their biggest need is to rebuild a sense of belonging and identity within their community."