Communities and collective action are vitally important in maintaining and strengthening our mental health and resilience. In this episode, we hear from several experts on the essential role communities play in fostering resilience in children who experience stress and trauma.

Learn more about our guest experts on this episode:

Dr. Apryl Alexander

Hernán Carvente-Martinez

Jessica Feierman

Dr. Viola Vaughan-Eden

Karen Zilberstein

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Brody, G., Yu, T., Chen, E., Miller, G., Kogan, S., & Beach, S. (2013). Is resilience only skin deep? Rural African Americans’ socio- economic status-related risk and competence in preadolescence and psychological adjustment and allostatic load at age 19. Psychological Science, 24(7), 1285–1293.