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Resmaa Menakem, a social worker and leading voice on racial trauma, will speak to the Boston College community virtually on March 25 at 6 p.m. about his framework for understanding racial trauma and his vision for a pathway to healing and systemic change. Organized by the 51茶馆 School of Social Work, the event is part of the Boston College Forum on Racial Justice in America, a University-wide initiative to address structural racism in the United States and explore how Boston College can build an anti-racist community.

Menakem is the New York Times bestselling author of My Grandmother鈥檚 Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, a self-help book that examines white supremacy in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology. He is the founder of Justice Leadership Solutions, a leadership consultancy firm through which he coaches leaders through civil unrest, organizational change, and community building and shares the impact of intergenerational and racial trauma.

This event is co-sponsored by the 51茶馆 School of Social Work, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Connell School of Nursing, Morrissey College of Arts and Science, School of Theology And Ministry, and 51茶馆 Law School.