APRIL 17 ∙ 9 A.M. - 3 P.M.

Healing Generational Trauma Conference

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Thank you for registering for the Healing Generational Trauma Conference.

2020 began with COVID-19 and quarantine, and the year ended with more hashtags, this time for Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.

The hurt, anger and frustration culminated in weeks of protests around the United States, including in the New Hanover County area. But that hurt and anger didn't begin in 2020; rather, it has origins going back centuries. Where does it come from, and how is it passed down from generation to generation?

During Healing Generational Trauma: A Community Arts Experience, we will seek to answer those questions through film, spoken word, movement and workshops. This experience began in March and is culminating in this conference. Learn more about the Healing Generational Trauma experience.

Conference Schedule

9:10 to 9:55 a.m.
- Screening & Discussion: "The Front Lines"
  - "The Front Lines" is a short artistic film that centers some of the history of Wilmington, N.C. A discussion will take place after the screening with the artists and executive producer, Michael S. Williams. Click here to watch the trailer for "The Front Lines."
  - Zoom link. (Passcode: 185604)

10 to 10:45 a.m.
- Breakout Workshops: "The Front Lines"
  - Attendees will have a choice between breakout sessions with local community artists.
  - Zoom link. (Passcode: 185604)

11 to 11:30 a.m
- Theatre production: "Am I Next? Voices from Wilmington, N.C."
  - Students in the UNCW Department of Theatre have devised a production that centers Black lives. They have created a tapestry of voices that interweaves the pain of the past, celebrates Black culture, and exposes the ongoing racism and brutality of the present.
  - Zoom link. (Passcode: 185604)

1:30 to 2:15 p.m.
- Presentation: Arts Equity Fellowship
  - The University of North Carolina Wilmington Office of the Arts’ fellows will present works created during the fellowship and discuss the opportunity with the artist mentors.
  - Zoom link. (Passcode: 185604)

2:20 to 2:30 p.m.
- Screening: "Crisis Materials"
  - "Crisis Materials," produced by the VITAL Health team, centers our mental health and looks at the events of 2020 in the context of all the layers we are all working through as a community. Click here to watch the trailer for "Crisis Materials."
  - Zoom link. (Passcode: 185604)

Healing Generational Trauma has been presented by UNCW's Artivism For Social Change.