Understanding Racialized and Intergenerational Trauma: A Conversation with Resmaa Menakem

Join UCSF for a conversation with New York Times best-selling author and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem. The author of "My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies", Menakem will discuss his framework for understanding racial trauma through body-centered psychology and his vision for nurturing systemic change.
Conversation Facilitators:
Eve Ekman, PhD, MSW
Greater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley
Lisa Fortuna, MD, MPH, MDiv
Chief of Psychiatry and Vice-Chair at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF
John R. McCoy, MBA
Director of Alumni Relations, UCSF
Co-sponsored by the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Office of Alumni Relations, the National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, Black Women's Health & Livelihood Initiative, and Office of Diversity and Outreach.