Community Quote by Kofi Annan

“I think a look at suffering humanity would lead to the realization that trauma is perhaps the greatest mission field of the twenty-first century.”

— Diane Mandt Langberg

As long as anyone anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake, and we are all…

— Kerry Washington

The tragedy of the human condition is that the thing that makes us most human - community - originates in the inhumanity of war.

— George Friedman

When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy.

— Carter Burwell

“Trauma is any terrifying event that instantly changes the world as we know it, leaving us helpless and emotionally overwhelmed.”

— Sue Johnson

“The willingness to challenge hardships taps the power within human beings to transform even a place of tragedy into a stage for fulfilling one's…

— Daisaku Ikeda

The single most important issue for traumatized people is to find a sense of safety in their own bodies,

— Bessel van der Kolk

The human community is evolving... . We can survive anything you care to mention. We are supremely equipped to survive, to adapt and even…

— Doris Lessing

“When we learn how to become resilient, we learn how to embrace the beautifully broad spectrum of the human experience.”

— Jaeda DeWalt

“Which reality should we focus on? Should we focus on the trauma itself? Should we focus on the heroism of women, men, and children…

— Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky

“Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very…

— Bora Chung

When we fall short of meeting community needs - for stable housing, safe streets, open space, reliable transportation, food access, a healthy environment -…

— Michelle Wu