Healing Intergenerational Trauma

We are so delighted to share:

Earlier this year, hubs in Canada received funding from Canadian Roots Exchange - indigenous youth organization under the track: “Shared Struggle and Solidarity” for the project: “Healing Intergenerational Trauma: A Pan-Canadian Initiative by Global Shapers!”; convening Indigenous, Black, and Palestinian Shapers.

As the saying goes: "Pain pushes until the vision pulls". The project is based on the premise that no-one is free until we are all free and on the understanding that intergenerational trauma continues to bleed from the past, until healing takes place and within that healing is a wealth of wisdom that these communities can offer us all. Ultimately, we are all one, and a healthy Canada in the future, one that we envision, stands for the freedom of everyone.

The project consists of three phases:

(1) “Unpacking intergenerational trauma”: Four events for information, education, and storytelling; one focusing on each of the three communities and a fourth showcasing the connections between all three.

(2) Healing intergenerational trauma, via two tracks:

Track one: healing sessions facilitated by trauma informed therapists acknowledging, tackling, and healing the trauma shared in stories by the three communities; ex: grief, denial and intimidation, joy, etc.

Track two: Reconstruction panels focusing thematically on the role of major sectors in impacting said communities; ex: media, education, politics, etc.

(3) Creating a movement with a Canadian youth manifesto for mobilization, committing to delivering at least one of the Truth and Reconciliation 94 'calls to action', and passing on the baton to another youth organization to replicate this project and focus on another one of the 94 ‘calls to action’; creating a ripple effect through a “pass the candle” model.

Finally, the project aims to include other communities as it grows: Afghan, Irish, South Asian (Kashmir, Sri Lankan, Indian), etc.

* The project continues with our third event, on December 15th, honoring the journey and stories of Black communities in Canada, led by Dr. Clyde Ledbetter Jr., an Ottawa-based scholar of African-American Studies. *

Join us and invite your friends. The event is meant for the public at large including Shapers.