Civic Trek on Trauma-Informed Community Violence Interruption
Civic Trek on Trauma-Informed Community Violence Interruption
Friday, April 28, 2023
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
The University of Chicago Crown Family School
Edith Abbott Hall, Lobby
969 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
We will tour UChicago Medicine’s adult trauma center with Dr. Selwyn Rogers, the Dr. James Bowman Jr. Professor of Surgery; Chief, Trauma & Acute Care Surgery; and Executive Vice President of Community Health Engagement. We will then meet with Dr. Franklin Cosey-Gay, director of the Violence Recovery Program at the University’s Urban Health Initiative and former Executive Director of the Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention (CCYVP) at the Crown Family School, to discuss how he and his colleagues help trauma patients and their families by providing wraparound care, crisis intervention, psychological first aid, social support, case management and connection to community-based social services.
Event Information
- This event is free and open to University of Chicago Crown Family Students.
- At 8:30am, attendees will meet in the Crown Family School Lobby then, head to the off-campus location.
- Sponsored by The Office of Civic Engagement at the Crown Family School.
If you have any questions about access or to request a reasonable accommodation that will facilitate your full participation in this event such as ASL interpreting, captioned videos, Braille or electronic text, food options for individuals with dietary restrictions, etc. please contact the event organizer.