“We need spaces like this to be heard. When somebody hears you, little by little, you begin to heal.”
What do survivors of color need after trauma?
This question was the heart of focus groups and one-on-one conversations where community-based, culturally specific organizations and partners in government agencies worked together to better understand the needs of survivors of color.
Participants’ experiences are as diverse as the people themselves, and their voices converged over shared themes of invisibility, strength, distress, resilience, unhealed trauma, and determination.
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