Intergenerational Trauma: What is it and how does it affect us?

Event

Sep 10

Kerrie Mohr, AGP Founder, and Nubia DuVall Wilson, a writer and mental health advocate, discuss what intergenerational trauma means and how it affects us. Nubia and Kerrie unpack the topic of intergenerational trauma. They cover their own experiences with the topic and how they've come to understand it on a personal and professional level. They discuss the importance of acknowledging the ongoing trauma Black people have experienced in America and how being approached by the police can re-traumatize a race that for centuries has been treated inhumanely, especially with respect to police brutality.

The mental health on both sides can not be ignored. We all need to come together to understand both sides of the civil unrest happening in this country so that we can heal together by facing our race problems, talking about it, and finding solutions.

About Nubia:

Nubia DuVall Wilson is a published author, screenwriter and advocate for survivors of sexual abuse. As a storyteller, her mission is to liberate survivors of sexual abuse by curating content that supports their wellbeing and gives them a voice and a community to embrace the reality of living and loving after assault. In May 2018, she published her second book, The Survivors Club, a supernatural novella inspired by her journey to heal as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, which is the inspiration behind a new TV pilot currently being pitched. When she is not managing the day-to-day operations of her PR and marketing firm, Cielo Consulting, she works to break through the silence around the high prevalence of child sexual abuse in the united states, especially among women of color, and the long-term effects of abuse into adulthood, such as PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). Lately she has been focused on the epigenetics of trauma among Blacks since slavery. Through her healing process, she has learned about the importance of community and has since created a secret Facebook group for those who are survivors of abuse, who have PTSD and/or any other mental illness, and who need a safe space to connect with others.