Module 10: Generational Trauma

Readings

Read Chapter 7 from Break the Cycle by Dr. Mariel Buque.

Buqué, Mariel. Break the cycle: A guide to healing intergenerational trauma. New York: Dutton, 2024.

Read Chapter 5 from Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Dr. Joy Degruy

DeGruy, Joy PhD. Post traumatic slave Syndrome Joy Degruy, ph.D. Portland, OR: Joy DeGruy Publications, 2005.

Videos

Watch these two videos that feature conversations around work and books each individual has authored. These HIGHLY recommended books are linked below the videos.

Menakem, Resmaa. My grandmother’s hands: Racialized trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts and Bodies. London: Penguin Books, 2021.

Wolynn, Mark. It didn’t start with you: How inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle. London: Vermilion, 2022.

Assignment

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