Addressing and Preventing Trauma at the Community Level

Young people are powerfully affected by the environments they grow up in, and this has implications for preventing violence. In many neighborhoods across the U.S., entire communities experience traumatizing events and conditions. This publication summarizes a conversation between UCSF Professor Howard Pinderhughes and UNITY Project Director Rachel Davis on community-level trauma and what can be done about it. Read other publications in the Making the Case series.