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INTERVIEWS WITH 29 OF PHILADELPHIA’S INTELLECTUAL LEADERS, PUBLIC SECTOR CHAMPIONS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS DISCUSSING THE JOURNEY TO BECOMING A TRAUMA-INFORMED CITY.

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Question 1: How did you come to recognize trauma as an issue? 

Question 2: What changes have you helped to facilitate in your system?

Question 3: What lessons have you learned? 

Question 4: What are necessary next steps that should inform public policy in Philadelphia?  

Question 5: Ten years from now, what does Philadelphia look like as a trauma-informed city?

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Center for Hunger Free Communities

Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice

December, 2015. Mayoral Candidate Briefing, 2015: Sandra Bloom: Why Should Philadelphia Become a Trauma-Informed City? 

February, 2016. PHILANTHROPY NETWORK GREATER PHILADELPHIA , Giving with Impact: The Trauma Revolution: What Funders Need to Know about Trauma-Informed Care

There is revolution afoot. Belief systems about the causes of “misbehavior” that have been a part of culture for centuries, are quickly changing as a result of new research on brain development and how childhood adversity impacts educational, health and social outcomes. We now know that childhood toxic stress literally changes the architecture of the developing brain. 

To address these recent discoveries, the Trauma-Informed Care movement is about building capacity in people, organizations, systems and communities to help us better understand and more effectively serve children and families impacted by stress and adversity. Years from now, we will look back at this point in time, and see that it was a turning point for reforming our systems of care and education in our region. 

In this session, Dr. Sandra Bloom, MD, Drexel University School of Public Health and Diane Wagenhals M.Ed, Child Trauma Academy Fellow will share new research and best practices on trauma-informed care. A panel discussion, facilitated by Allison Acevedo, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, will highlight local funders and their efforts in local initiatives and partnerships designed to build a trauma-informed region.