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NEK Wisdom of Trauma Movie and Community Conversation Event – All FREE

November 14th + 15th

Can our deepest pain be a doorway to healing?

Movie and Conversation Events in the NEK

Monday, November 14th:  NEKO, JTRCC & Orleans Federated Church – 34 School St, Orleans, VT 

  • 5:00pm – FREE Chili and Cornbread Dinner
  • 5:30 – 6:00pm- FREE Narcan & Fentanyl Test Strip Training, Free Care Kit Distribution
  • 6:00 – 7:30pm – Movie Screening
  • 7:30 – 8:30pm  – Community Conversation about Trauma, Addiction and Connection

Monday, November 14th:  Heart Space Healing Collective – 515 Bay Street, St. Johnsbury, VT 

  • 6:00 – 7:30pm – Movie screening (FREE refreshments)
  • 7:30 – 8:30pm – Community conversation

Monday, November 14th:  Online

Tuesday, November 15th:  NKHS Derby Office – 181 Crawford Road, Derby, VT

  • 9:00 – 10:30am – Movie screening
  • 10:35 – 11:30am – Community conversation (all welcome who have previously viewed the movie)

Tuesday, November 15th:  NKHS St. Johnsbury Office – 2225 Portland St., St. Johnsbury, VT

  • 9:00 – 10:30am – Movie screening
  • 10:35 – 11:30am – Community conversation (all welcome who have previously viewed the movie)

Tuesday, November 15th:  Online

Tuesday, November 15th:  St. Johnsbury Community Hub – 438 Railroad Street,  St. Johnsbury, VT 

  • 5:00 – 5:30pm – FREE Dinner
  • 5:30 – 7:00pm – Movie screening
  • 7:00 – 8:00pm – Community conversation

Tuesday,  November 15th:  Heart Space Healing Collective – 515 Bay Street, St. Johnsbury, VT 

  • 6:00 – 7:30pm – Movie screening (FREE refreshments)
  • 7:30 – 8:30pm – Community conversation 

Tuesday,  November 15th:  Catamount Arts– 115 Eastern Ave., St. Johnsbury, VT 

  • 6:00 – 7:30pm – Movie screening
  • 7:30 – 8:30pm – Community conversation

Film Synopsis

The interconnected epidemics of anxiety, chronic illness and substance abuse are, according to Dr Gabor Maté, normal. But not in the way you might think.

One in five Americans are diagnosed with mental illness in any given year [1]. Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24 [2], and kills over 800,000 people a year globally [3] and 48,300 in the USA [4]. Drug overdose kills 81,000 in the USA annually [5]. The autoimmunity epidemic affects 24 million people in the USA [6]. What is going on?

“So much of what we call abnormality in this culture is actually normal responses to an abnormal culture. The abnormality does not reside in the pathology of individuals, but in the very culture that drives people into suffering and dysfunction.” — Gabor Maté

In The Wisdom of Trauma, we travel alongside physician, bestselling author and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Gabor Maté to explore why our western society is facing such epidemics. This is a journey with a man who has dedicated his life to understanding the connection between illness, addiction, trauma and society.

“Trauma is not what happens to you. Trauma is what happens inside you, as a result of what happens to you.” — Gabor Maté

Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds. Dr. Maté gives us a new vision: a trauma-informed society in which parents, teachers, physicians, policy-makers and legal personnel are not concerned with fixing behaviors, making diagnoses, suppressing symptoms and judging, but seek instead to understand the sources from which troubling behaviors and diseases spring in the wounded human soul.

Partners

This NEK event would not be possible without the incredible support and partnership of Catamount Arts, Heart Space Healing Collective, Journey to Recovery Community Center, Northeast Kingdom Human Services, Northeast Kingdom Organizing, NVRH, Northern Counties Health Care, Orleans Federated Church, St. Johnsbury Community Hub, Umbrella and others.  Thank you.

Resources

Here are some additional resources which you may find useful in your healing journey:

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