Trauma Response Institute

Each term, the Trauma Response Institute (TRI) has students working to complete their trauma capstone projects. This term, we have one student who has been diligently working on a project that increases our knowledge and understanding of an area in the field of traumatology. This student is ready to present their final project in a one-hour Zoom meeting. Come and support your GSC peers and celebrate with them as they complete this milestone in their certification.

August 19th, 2025 at 6pm
Zoom Link: https://georgefox.zoom.us/j/89045712728

Meeting ID: 890 4571 2728

Questions about the TRI?? We hope this sheds some light on our goal and mission!! If you have any questions feel free to email us!!

INTRODUCING: Our first issue of the TRI Newsletter!! Please look through our newsletter to get yourself reacquainted with what we are up to over here!! We are so excited to continue to connect with you!!

Hello and welcome back to the TRI page!! We have been a little quiet over here and wanted to relaunch this page in hopes of connecting with past, present and future TRI students! We plan to share, events, capstone projects, and different updates here and on our new instagram page!!

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we are so excited to get in touch with you all!!

So many tough news stories that most of us adults struggle to metabolize. But when violence targets supermarkets and schools, children are especially vulnerable to increased fear and anxiety. Here’s a great set of ideas from PBS for parents as all of us search for ways to be that safe haven for children in the aftermath of horrific mass tragedies whether they happen across the globe or our own communities.

Helping Children with Tragic Events in the News | Parenting Tips &… In times of crisis, children want to know, "Who will take care of me?" Here are some tips to help reassure children during scary times.

A lot of tough news out there. These kids have given us all a gift. Their number is now in my contact list! Enjoy.

Press 3 for a pep talk from kindergartners. A new hotline gives you options for joy What started as an art project at a California elementary school has gone viral. The free hotline offers wise advice and encouraging messages from kids to anyone who calls.

LOVE this story. And a great recommended book about depression a few comments down that I might just have to check out as I resonate with “disconnection” being such a huge contributor to depression for many.

Wandering around the Albuquerque Airport Terminal, after learning my flight had been delayed four hours, I heard an announcement: “If anyone in the vicinity of Gate A-4 understands any Arabic, please come to the gate immediately.” Well — one pauses these days. Gate A-4 was my own gate. I went there.

An older woman in full traditional Palestinian embroidered dress, just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing. “Help,” said the flight agent. “Talk to her. What is her problem? We told her the flight was going to be late and she did this.”

I stooped to put my arm around the woman and spoke haltingly.
“Shu-dow-a, Shu-bid-uck Habibti? Stani schway, Min fadlick, Shu-bit-se-wee?” The minute she heard any words she knew, however poorly used, she stopped crying. She thought the flight had been cancelled entirely. She needed to be in El Paso for major medical treatment the next day. I said, “No, we’re fine, you’ll get there, just later, who is picking you up? Let’s call him.”

We called her son, I spoke with him in English. I told him I would
stay with his mother till we got on the plane and ride next to
her. She talked to him. Then we called her other sons just
for the fun of it. Then we called my dad and he and she spoke for a while in Arabic and found out of course they had ten shared friends. Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian poets I know and let them chat with her? This all took up two hours.

She was laughing a lot by then. Telling of her life, patting my knee,
answering questions. She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool
cookies — little powdered sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts — from her bag — and was offering them to all the women at the gate. To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the mom from California, the lovely woman from Laredo — we were all covered with the same powdered sugar. And smiling. There is no better cookie.

And then the airline broke out free apple juice from huge coolers and two little girls from our flight ran around serving it and they were covered with powdered sugar, too. And I noticed my new best friend — by now we were holding hands — had a potted plant poking out of her bag, some medicinal thing, with green furry leaves. Such an old country tradition. Always carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere.

And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and I thought, This is the world I want to live in. The shared world. Not a single person in that gate — once the crying of confusion stopped— seemed apprehensive about any other person. They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women, too.

This can still happen anywhere. Not everything is lost.

~ Naomi Shihab Nye

This documentary by the very talented and passionate Sarah Menzies deserves another watch. Sarah, I imagine your heart has been breaking this past week. Thank you again for sharing these women and girls’ stories.

Afghan Cycles | NW Film Center Following several young Afghan women who have taken up competitive road cycling and joined the national team, Menzies’ eye-opening film exposes the threats these women must go through simply to ride a…

Parents and educators, hope this infographic is helpful. Thank you Dr. Jetelina from Your Local Epidemiologist.

Advocating for kids: Resources that can help

In a post last week, I volunteered (I need to stop doing this) to create a one-pager that outlined the current state of affairs and evidence for safely opening schools during a pandemic. Well, I got about a million requests. So, here you go! I hope this helps amplify your voice. Feel free to copy and paste the language and/or disseminate as you see fit. If you’re a paying subscriber, just reply to this email for a PDF.

Some more resources:
-There are a ton of change.org petitions circulating around, here is a great one about masks in school: https://www.change.org/p/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-universal-masking-in-k-12-schools-a-call-to-action?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=7966bee0-e84b-11eb-bbca-0515b1aa7bb8
-Texans: Go here to make a fuss: https://www.fuss-texas.org
-The situation across the country greatly varies. Some schools cannot make changes because of state-level policies. Other schools are choosing not to implement public health measures. For two letter examples/templates you can use dependent on your situation go to my newsletter here: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/advocating-for-kids-resources-that

Hope this helps!
Love, YLE