CONFERENCE ON HEALING GRIEF & TRAUMA IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY

Join us to explore healing from grief and trauma in Black communities and how to expand access to culturally responsive mental health care.

The Conference on Healing Grief & Trauma in the Black Community is long overdue. For generations, African-Americans have suffered high levels of mortality and exposure to trauma. In 2023, death rates in the U.S. were highest among African-Americans. A 2019 study found that African-Americans have the highest lifetime prevalence of Post-traumatic stress disorder at 8.7% compared to their White, Latino, and Asian counterparts. In spite of these realities, African-Americans have endured death and trauma without the benefit of accessible, culturally competent, high-quality mental health professionals.

This conference aims to serve two purposes:

To draw greater attention to the need for more “healing-focused” practitioners to serve the African-American community in the areas of grief and trauma.

To highlight outstanding practitioners in the fields of grief and trauma and to present information on key aspects of doing grief and trauma work.

Speakers:

Dr. Sonya Lott – “On Being a Grief Therapist

Dr. Allen Lipscomb – “I know why the Black male grieves”

Dr. Senem Zeytinoglu-Sadam – “The Person of the Therapist”

Rev. Dr. Torin Sanders – “The role of spirituality in healing from Grief & Trauma”

Presented by: THE CENTER FOR GRIEF & TRAUMA THERAPY

THE MILLIE M. CHARLES SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS