Rolling River First Nation member William Gaywish attended the “Untangling the Web of Complex Trauma” in Brandon Wednesday to better understand how to help break the cycle of inter-generational trauma.
Rolling River First Nation member William Gaywish was among the attendees at a Brandon conference focused on dealing with trauma. He's one of several people starting up a men's group in his community, focused on addressing the effects of intergenerational trauma.
Many people in his community are dealing with the effects of intergenerational trauma, he said, and the"It all starts off there, and we gotta work with each other. If we don't work with each other, it's all going to fail," said Gaywish.His goal is to create a better future for his nine children, he said.
Catherine Arnold, the company's co-owner, said the hope is to establish a committee in Brandon made up of community members and service providers focused on change and what people can do at the institutional and individual levels to address trauma. As part of the conference, participants created an action plan to address trauma impacting their communities.
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