ACT SUMMIT 2024: MATTERS OF S.E.L.F
A Time to Discuss Public Health Under the Lens of Healing
What is Active Collective Trauma?
Multigenerational trauma experienced by a specific cultural, racial, or ethnic group. It is related to events that oppressed (and continue to oppress) a particular group of people because of their status as oppressed, such as Genocide, Homicide, Enslavement, the Holocaust, Forced Migration, and the Violent Colonization of Native Americans. For many groups this trauma actively continues today in the form of enduring, endemic, and systemic racism, which is typified by practices like redlining, gentrification of historically minority communities, hate crimes, denial of oppression, victim blaming by the dominant group, and police brutality. These types of practices are driven by the legacy, and continued influence, of white supremacy, leading to a situation where all parties live inside a system that creates collective trauma for all.
Matters of S.E.L.F.
Supporting Everyone’s Life Frequency: Home, Work, Community & Nation
It is our goal to unify positive lifestyles and influence fruitful thinking (UPLIFT) regarding matters of the self— raising awareness and sharing information on staying grounded during periods of personal and professional distress. By focusing on S.E.L.F. at home, work, in our communities, and in our nation, we can ascend to a higher state of being. We can rebuild, repair, and restore.
This year, we remain committed to compensating our presenters and healers for their contributions, ensuring that their expertise, medicine, and offerings are valued. Your sponsorship will play a crucial role in achieving this goal and in making the summit a meaningful and transformative experience for all attendees.Our commitment to providing food and childcare at no cost to our community holds strong, and in order to do so WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
We have attached our sponsorship deck for your review. To ensure your inclusion in our promotional materials and to maximize exposure, we kindly ask that you confirm your sponsorship by September 15th.
We are also excited to announce that REGISTRATION IS OPEN and we are now accepting applications for presenters, healers and vendors (see links below). If you or someone you know might be interested in participating as a presenter/healer or vendor, please submit your application by September 15th as well.
TWO DAY (NO-COST) EVENT
Thursday, October 10th
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday, October
11th 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
(Food and childcare provided for free! RSVP Today!)
LOCATION
The CSU SPUR Campus
4777 National Western Dr.
Denver, CO 80216
2023 IMPACT REPORT
Active Collective Trauma Summit
ACT Summit 2023 Review
Day 1: Discovery
Promote and elevate innate wisdom within communities.
The goals of the first day was to promote and elevate the innate wisdom within communities and knowledge among professions and sectors to inform and cultivate shared understandings around active collective trauma. It included a recap from the 2022 ACT Summit.
Day 2: Engagement
Apply community-centered decision making; elevate community voice
The goals of the second day were to apply community-centered decision making to address active collective trauma and elevate community voice to action. Participants were also encouraged to share resources, opportunities, and skills to cultivate healers and activists in communities.
Day 3: Transformation
Cultivate a platform for community to access consistent supports
The goals of the third day were to cultivate a platform for community leaders, dwellers, healers, and activists to access consistent supports and services to sustain healing and community-driven systems change. The Summit also celebrated community voice with a BBQ, live music, and communion with youth.
2022 IMPACT REPORT
Active Collective Trauma Summit
Active Collective Trauma (ACT) The partnering agencies of the Denver Office of Social Equity & Innovation, the Public Health Institute at Denver Health, and the Denver Office of Behavioral Health Strategies hosted a series of events that addressed the topic of Active Collective Trauma, defined as:
Multigenerational trauma experienced by a specific cultural, racial, or ethnic group. It is related to events that oppressed (and continue to oppress) a particular group of people because of their status as oppressed, such as Genocide, Homicide, Enslavement, the Holocaust, Forced Migration, and the Violent Colonization of Native Americans. For many groups this trauma actively continues today in the form of enduring, endemic, and systemic racism, which is typified by practices like redlining, gentrification of historically minority communities, hate crimes, denial of oppression, victim blaming by the dominant group, and police brutality. These types of practices are driven by the legacy, and continued influence, of white supremacy, leading to a situation where all parties live inside a system that creates collective trauma for all.
ACT Committee Goals and Evolution
The ACT committee set out to achieve an innovative and groundbreaking approach to bringing the collective knowledge of the community together to address a concept that evolved into the recognizable title of ‘Active Collective Trauma’. From our earliest conversations about what this community engagement effort would look like the primary goals were to:
1. Learn about the trauma that has been endured
2. Explore current practices that have been influenced by the experience (e.g., parenting, coping strategies, communal collaboration, religion, music, etc.)
3. Work together collaboratively towards healing
4. Address the separate (but related) issue of Continuous Traumatic Stress
5. Providing pathways to encourage and support more culturally relevant healing therapies within communities of color