TEAM ANGELS: CITYWIDE SUPPORT INITIATIVE
Creating better opportunities for trauma support in education
TA:CSI AT A GLANCE
OUR MISSION
The goal of the Citywide Support Initiative is to create a bigger discussion around trauma support in education, and to bring forward a system of not only peer education on the subject but also better education on trauma support for all people who could have an effect on a struggling student. This includes teachers, janitors, cafeteria workers, principals, and so on in addition to the guidance counselors in the school. We can take a page from Joel Pedersen’s book and try to achieve something similar to the work he did in the Cardinal Community School District as superintendent. “He believed that if you can empower everyone in an ecosystem to buy into the idea that they have the power to create a meaningful change, you could raise the potential and performance of the entire system, and every individual in it.” (Big Potential, Shawn Achor) And that’s exactly what he did. He turned a district seen as a “failure factory” into a district so successful that parents who could send their children to private school preferred as the better educational option. This is the kind of impact we wish to have, but in order to reach this goal we’re going to need all the support we can get.
WHAT QUALIFIES AS TRAUMA?
Community violence (e.g., shooting, mugging, burglary, physical or sexual assault, bullying)
Sexual and/or physical abuse
Natural disaster such as a hurricane, flood, fire, or earthquake
Being in or witnessing a serious car accident
Sudden unexpected or violent death of someone close (e.g., suicide, accident)
Serious injury (e.g., burns, dog attack), major surgery (e.g., heart surgery), or life-threatening illness (e.g., childhood cancer)
Domestic or family violence, dating violence
War or political violence (e.g., civil war, terrorism, refugee)
One Step at a Time
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
With our organization’s mission always in mind, we strive to find new strategies for dealing with this challenge. Volunteer Opportunities is something that we take very seriously, and our team is working each and every day to make a positive impact. Contact us to learn more about our commitment to this cause.
Help us gather information to perfect our support system!
TAKE THE SURVEY
A link to the survey can be found at the bottom of the page under our company email.
“Often it isn’t the initiating trauma that creates seemingly insurmountable pain, but the lack of support after.”
S. Kelley Harrell
CONTACT TEAM ANGELS: CITYWIDE SUPPORT INITIATIVE
Get in touch with Team Angels: Citywide Support Initiative to learn more about our work and how you can get involved.
