What's Going On: The Einstein Trauma Intervention Program, Virtual Graduation 2020, PCCY Let's Talk About Race

Published: June 12, 2020, 9:04 p.m.

b'A week ago there was a massive and peaceful justice for George Floyd demonstration in Philadelphia that filled the space between the Philadelphia Museum of Art and City Hall with a diverse and mostly young crowd demanding reforms to a system that led to the police involved death of not only George Floyd but has sustained economic disparities that have led to the disproportionate numbers of deaths of people of color during this COVID Pandemic.

I had the pleasure of emceeing a virtual town hall sponsored by Public Citizens for Children and Youth that featured some truly inspiring young activists and adult allies having a meaningful conversation about addressing racism in America. I\\u2019m bringing you an excerpt but if you\\u2019d like to see the entire PCCY\\u2019s Teen Town Hall \\u2013 Let\\u2019s Talk About Race check out this link:
https://www.pccy.org/news/pccy-pr-teens-talk-racism-town-hall-quotes-video/
Thousands of Philadelphia public school students took part in the District\\u2019s Class of 2020 Virtual graduation. We\\u2019ll bring you part of former Eagle Malcolm Jenkins keynote speech.
https://www.philasd.org/2020grad/
First - trauma can take many forms \\u2013 it can be physical and it can be emotional. For people of color \\u2013 trauma can be an outgrowth of living with racism. For under resourced communities it would be the result of exposure to violent crime. We\\u2019re going to talk about what one hospital is doing to address it. I speak with Dr. Erica Harris who heads Einstein Medical Center\\u2019s Trauma Intervention Program.
https://www.einstein.edu/trauma-and-critical-care/tip'