Trauma-Informed Practices

Six Trauma-Informed Practices That Build Trust and Shift Power in Community Engagement

By |2026-08-13T13:39:27-04:00July 31, 2025|Community Engagement and Power Building|

Last month, we partnered with Washington State's Department of Ecology to deliver a workshop on trauma-informed practices for transformative community engagement. The session brought together more than 60 Ecology staff across programs, and the energy was palpable. Participants were engaged, asked powerful questions, and shared a strong desire for continued learning. Many reflected on how the tools we shared helped them think differently about building trust, navigating harm, and showing…

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Transformational Healing: Facing Hard Truths – Part 1 of 2

By |2026-08-13T13:45:24-04:00March 26, 2025|Blog|

Shifting Trauma from an Individual to a Collective Responsibility In a prior post, Healing: A Path to Personal and Collective Liberation, I discussed how systemic oppression has shaped living conditions that harm our physical, environmental, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Healing is not just personal - it is deeply tied to processing the trauma that oppressed and marginalized communities have endured for centuries. These conditions have caused historical trauma -…

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