CONCLUSION: Section 4

You've reached the end of the section 4 materials.

I look forward to seeing you in the group session.

For the group discussion, consider these questions:

What did you take away from the materials about trauma and adverse childhood experiences?

Has reviewing these given you new insights about working in public defense?

How can we create culture within public defense that helps mitigate traumatic impacts?

What is your office/agency doing to mitigating trauma or create supportive spaces, that might be useful to share with others in the group?

What extra or different self-care or community care is needed during a pandemic or larger crisis?

What expectations (or ourselves or others) must be adjusted during a pandemic or larger crisis?

How can we continually include the larger framework of systemic oppression and liberation in our thinking and discussions of trauma?

How can we normalize conversation about substance use?

How can we begin to decenter alcohol in our public defense community?

How can we use some of the experiential practices and tools that we are learning to address the harms of oppression?

Did you try a movement practice as a specific response to a workplace challenge? How was that experience?

For asynchronous participants, discuss these topics with a friend or colleague, or use these questions as a journal prompt.