Resilience Week

The first-ever “Resilience Week” is being recognized in North Carolina, starting Monday, November 18. As part of this event, UNC-TV will offer an exclusive public television broadcast of the award-winning film Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope. In partnership with KPJR FilmsUNC-TV and Prevent Child Abuse NC This documentary chronicles the impact of toxic stress on children’s well-being and explores strategies used by educators, therapists, pediatricians, and communities to disrupt cycles of violence and trauma.

The Resilience film will be broadcast on UNC-TV at 8 pm on November 19th, followed by a Statewide Twitter Townhall from 9–10 pm where the public can tweet their comments and questions using #ResilienceWeek to receive real-time answers from a panel of trauma-informed experts. See attached invitation.

This is open to all – professionals, parents, community members.

Visit http://resilienceweek.co for more information and to register for the Twitter Townhall.

This documentary chronicles the impact of toxic stress on children’s well-being and explores strategies used by educators, therapists, pediatricians, and communities to disrupt cycles of violence and trauma.

 

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