Dr. Bonnie Duran will be leading this session to help develop healing methods, through an acknowledgment of historical trauma in our BIPOC communities. Dr. Duran is a Professor in the Schools of Social Work and Public Health at the University of Washington, in Seattle and is on the leadership team at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute (http://health.iwri.org). The overall aims of Dr. Duran’s research are to work in partnership with communities to design health access and prevention efforts that are empowering, culture-centered, accessible, sustainable, and that have a maximum public health impact. She is a preeminent scholar of Historical Trauma and Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR).
Covid-19 and the impact on BIPOC Youth
Since the coronavirus arrived, depression and anxiety in America have become rampant. Federal surveys show that 40 percent of Americans are now grappling with at least one mental health or drug-related problem. But young adults have been hit harder than any other age group, with 75 percent struggling.
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