All listed events, and more, can be viewed online on The OBSERVER’s community events calendar at SacObserver.com. Be sure to submit your events two weeks in advance to have the chance to be featured on the list. • BREAKING DOWN BLACK TRAUMA 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, at South Sacramento Family Resource Center, 4343 Williamsbourgh Drive. Facilitated by Rev. Dr. Philippe SHOCK Matthews, trauma-informed minister and pioneer of Africana phenomenology, this intensive will clarify the clinical vs. cultural definitions of PTSD and CPTSD; explore how racial trauma manifests as complex trauma across generations; deconstruct medical gaslighting and misdiagnoses in Black mental health; introduce somatic and spiritual tools for interrupting trauma cycles; and create space for collective processing

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