TRAUMA COMES in many forms. The current COVID-19 global pandemic is leaving behind the ripples of trauma in its wake as families and communities are robbed of loved ones. People all across America and from every walk of life are grappling with the scale and scope of this crisis and will face the upward battle towards a collective recovery. We can and we will overcome this virus, but we must be intentional about building ourselves back up afterwards—and that starts with treating our trauma.

For too many people, this is not the first nor the only systemic trauma they are working to overcome. The epidemic of homicide and violence tears at the bonds of community, particularly black and brown communities across the country. It shows up in our homes in the form of domestic abuse and intimate partner violence—violence that has only increased as a result of COVID-19 mandatory social distancing measures.

 

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