About US
Join us in making a difference and creating a supportive, informed community for over 174,000 people in Martinsville, Danville, Pittsylvania County, and Henry County.
Who We Are
West Piedmont Trauma and Resiliency Community Network is a network of non-profit, for profit, and community leaders promoting empathy, equity, and trauma responsive approaches. We look forward to working with you, bringing awareness to the impact that exposure to trauma can have, and continuing to build resiliency within our communities!
History
The West Piedmont Trauma and Resiliency Community Network was formed in 2020 as a collaboration between organizations in the cities of Martinsville and Danville and surrounding counties of Henry and Pittsylvania serving over 174,000 community members.
Network Member Organizations
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Your interest matters, and we’re here to help. Join our monthly virtual meetings
HOw You Can Help?
Discover how you can make a difference! Join our Community Network to volunteer, host events, and learn about impactful practices. Together, we can create a more supportive and informed community.
Ways To Help
- Join our Community Network
- Volunteer to help us promote our efforts at community events
- Host relevant and exciting book studies
- Learn more about how to help your organization be more trauma-informed
- Offer ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) trainings
- Host or join one of the many free ACEs trainings
- Go to meetings that are held on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 2:00pm
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FAQS
What is Trauma?
Trauma is when a person experiences stressful, frightening, or upsetting events that are hard to cope with or out of their control. It could be a single event or something that happens over time.
For more information about types of trauma, please visit mind.org.
What is Resiliency?
Resilience means being able to adapt to life’s misfortunes or setbacks. If something difficult happens, resilience doesn’t make it go away but rather helps a person find ways to get through the difficulty, better manage stress, and learn to enjoy life.
(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research: How to build resiliency).
What are ways trauma can affect someone?
Trauma affects people differently. A person may respond physically as our bodies prepare to respond to a threat. They may freeze, fight, or try to get out of the situation. Someone may have feelings of anger, fear, grief, worry, frustration, confusion, shame, and others during the event or for months or years after. A person could also blame themselves for what happened. They can also experience physical symptoms like headaches, fatigue, sweating, dizziness, changes in eating habits, shaking, or memory problems.
It’s important to remember that trauma affects everyone differently – the effects listed above are not the only ones that someone may experience.
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