Understand Historical Trauma and Resilience:

Healing in Clinical and Community Contexts

Historical trauma is the cumulative emotional and psychological wounds that occur across generations following collective traumas such as colonization, slavery, forced migration, and genocide. These legacies do not remain in the past, instead they continue to shape families and communities today through epigenetic changes, relational modeling, and community narratives. This training provides a framework for understanding how systemic oppression, racism, and marginalization perpetuate stress and trauma responses, while also highlighting the culturally specific ways distress, resilience, and healing are expressed.

Details

Date: Friday, November 7th, 2025

Time: 9:00 -11:30 am (central time)

Sign in: 8:45 am

                          Location: Training Institute at Washburn Center for Children

                                            1100 Glenwood Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55405

                          Price: $25

                          Credits: 2.5 CEUs

                          *Approved by MN Board of Social Work || Pending approval by MN Board of

                                      Behavioral Health and Therapy, MN Board of Marriage and Family Therapy, MN Board of Psychology

Trainer

Christine Smith, MA

Directory of Equity and Inclusion at Washburn Center for Children

Christine brings a wealth of experience in the public and nonprofit sectors as a leader, program manager, and equity and inclusion practitioner.  

Christine most recently served as the Equity Director for the Penumbra Center for Racial Healing and is a co-founder of Alignment Global. Her professional experience also includes roles of increasing responsibility at People Serving People, Minnesota Department of Health. Minnesota Department of Human Services, and American Indian OIC.

Christine is a native Minnesotan from the Rondo community in St. Paul.  She is a proud descendant of Gaa-waabaabiganikaag (White Earth Nation) and George Bonga. She serves on the boards of the Laura Jeffrey Academy and We Are All Criminals.

Christine holds a MA in Family Life Education from Concordia University and a BA in organizational communication from Augsburg College.  She also holds certificates in holistic health science, adverse childhood experiences, and facilitation