Monday December 3rd 5:30pm-8:00pm
Harvard Law School Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall 1515 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge
This documentary film depicts the stories of gang-involved youth, entangled in the intractable violence haunting Boston’s neighborhoods, and the StreetSafe Boston social and street workers tasked with helping to transform their lives. This Ain’t Normal examines the individual circumstances behind the violence, thereby gaining a deeper insight and understanding into the issue of youth violence, as it has grown to epidemic proportions in the City on the Hill and the nation. Cosponsored by the Transformative Justice Program
“Health and Human Rights in Turkey: Caring for Survivors of Violence.”
2018-2019 Cambridge Health Alliance Global Health and Human Rights seminar
Wednesday December 5th 6:00-7:30pm
Center for Professional Development, 2nd floor, 10 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA 02143
Dr. Sahika Yüksel is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and former Director of the Psychosocial Trauma Program at the School of Medicine, University of Istanbul. She is also a founding member of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Her clinical work and research have spanned the treatment of sexual and physical violence survivors, torture survivors, mass violence survivors, and transgender patients. She will be introduced by Judith Herman. Dr. Herman is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Co-Founder and Former Director of Training of the CHA Victims of Violence Program, and author of Trauma and Recovery.
Fridays 10:00-11:50am, William James Hall 1550
Fall 2018 Schedule:
December 7th: Warwick Anderson - University of Sydney
