Aces & Racial Trauma

Event Description
The Therapy Fund Foundation, in partnership with the NAACP State Area Conference, invites you to an important community conversation on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Racial Trauma.

On November 18th, 2025, from 11 AM – 1 PM, join Dr. Nadine Burke Harris pediatrician, author, and national leader on ACEs and Ashley McGirt-Adair, MSW, LICSW trauma therapist, author, and CEO of the Therapy Fund Foundation for a powerful dialogue exploring the intersection of childhood adversity, toxic stress, and racial trauma.

Dr. Burke Harris will share groundbreaking insights on how ACEs and long-term health outcomes are compounded by systemic inequities, followed by an engaging discussion with Ashley McGirt-Adair on the impact within Black and historically excluded communities.

Workshop Objectives:

• Understand ACEs and their lifelong impact

• Explore how racial trauma compounds ACEs

• Gain equity-centered tools for leaders, educators, and clinicians

• Build dialogue and solutions for healing and systemic change

This conversation will not only deepen awareness of the links between trauma and health but also equip participants with practical strategies for healing, advocacy, and equity.

This event is free and open to the public. We invite you to pre-order The Cost of Healing in Silence: Navigating Racial Trauma and the Call for Culturally Responsive Care at www.thecostofhealing.com. Pre-orders not only enter you into a drawing for a wellness gift basket, they also help offset event costs and demonstrate to publishers that racial trauma is a critical and urgent topic deserving attention.