The forum (Tackling Gun Violence- WBUR March 2019) is now on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWrqtnfDwFY
Around 1 hour 20 mins in is when "Monica" spoke.
2019 seems like a lifetime ago which is why I was thinking a "few" years ago :)
My husband and I just finished watching "The Wire" (2002-2008). Watching the video of the forum…
2019 seems like a lifetime ago which is why I was thinking a "few" years ago :)
My husband and I just finished watching "The Wire" (2002-2008). Watching the video of the forum within the context of the complexities of the show in my head . . . we have gone nowhere!
I should qualify that while it was not explicitly stated, my takeaway (not intended to sensationalize) was that most of the Black kids in the room had a family member killed/injured and/or they had been shot . . . but without more specific information, it is probably more accurate to state that, at the very least, most had been exposed/witness to the horrors of gun violence on a regular basis. Certainly, the point Monica was driving home relative to the PTSD that the community experience. It is as real as being in any other war zone.
The forum (Tackling Gun Violence- WBUR March 2019) is now on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWrqtnfDwFY
Around 1 hour 20 mins in is when "Monica" spoke.
2019 seems like a lifetime ago which is why I was thinking a "few" years ago :)
My husband and I just finished watching "The Wire" (2002-2008). Watching the video of the forum within the context of the complexities of the show in my head . . . we have gone nowhere!
I should qualify that while it was not explicitly stated, my takeaway (not intended to sensationalize) was that most of the Black kids in the room had a family member killed/injured and/or they had been shot . . . but without more specific information, it is probably more accurate to state that, at the very least, most had been exposed/witness to the horrors of gun violence on a regular basis. Certainly, the point Monica was driving home relative to the PTSD that the community experience. It is as real as being in any other war zone.
Listening now, and that's pretty much exactly what she said about PTSD.
Just watched the portion where "Monica" spoke. She is a force.
❤️🙏thank you!