THE WORK MOVING FORWARD

Throughout the process, the core planning team at AEN and its partners, have continued to respond to the changing environment and to incorporate new ideas and strategies. As the world continues to grapple with the impact of the pandemic, and an ongoing reckoning with racial, social, economic, and environmental injustice, we are just beginning to understand the longterm effects these traumas have on our behaviors, our emotions, and our physical and mental health. All the more reason to celebrate the work of AEN and its partners in demonstrating how the incorporation of arts-based trauma-informed practices can provide safe spaces that offer opportunities for creativity, expression, joy, and wellness that foster healing and liberation.

The incorporation of arts-based trauma-informed practices can provide safe spaces that offer opportunities for...