Foreword, Cirecie West-Olatunji. Preface: On Trauma and Resilience: An Autoethnographic Reflection, Laurie Garo. PART I: YOUTH VOICES ON URBAN TRAUMA.
The Urban Youth Voice: A Letter to My Teachers, Sydney Williams.
From the Victim of Abuse: Breaking Our Trust vs. Breaking Our Silence, Sydney Williams.
From the Voice of the Rape Victim: The Lost Child vs. the Lost Cause, Sydney Williams.
Poetic Expression: Mask, Elizabeth Rainey.
PART II: TRAUMA-FOCUSED RESEARCH.
The Trauma Informed Classroom: What Every Educator Should Know, Paula Barbel.
Expressive Arts as a Response to Adverse Childhood Experiences in Urban Communities, Sejal Parikh Foxx and Kristie Opiola.
Stress, Resilience, and Empowerment: A Trauma-Informed Peer Mentoring Model for Youth of Color, Maryse Richards, Catherine Rice Dusing, Kevin M. Miller, Ogechi Onyeka, Amzie Moore, Jenny Phan, Dakari Quimby, and Katherine Tyson-McCrea.
The Trauma-Sensitive Urban Educator Model: An Interdisciplinary Framework for Preservice Urban Educators, Jasmine Graham, Eric Kyere, and Tambra O. Jackson.
Poetic Expression: Protest, Elizabeth Rainey.
PART III: CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND TRAUMA SENSITIVE PRACTICES.
Not the Brady Bunch: Three School-Based Strategies to Facilitate Post Traumatic Growth among Urban Families, LaTonya M. Summers.
We Wear the Mask: Unmasking Racial Trauma through use of Spoken Word Poetry as a Therapeutic Tool, Tiffany Hollis.
Mercy Me: Recognizing and Responding to Student Trauma Using Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Bettie Ray Butler and Shanique Lee.
Poetic Expression: God Colored on Me, Minea (Nea) Driver.
PART IV: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT STEPS.
Rethinking Youth Trauma in Preparation for a Post-Pandemic Learning Environment: The Afterword, Bettie Ray Butler and Laurie Garo.