Community: Resilience

How do adverse childhood events affect the mental and physical health of children? How might these events have affected you as an adult? How can we use this information to understand and improve our community?

Join a screening and discussion of RESILIENCE, a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress. Extremely stressful experiences in childhood are now understood to alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior, increasing the likelihood for conditions as diverse as heart disease, cancer, substance abuse and depression. Join us to learn more and explore how resilience can be supported and strengthened and how our community can respond.

After the showing, a discussion will be led by Dr. Andrew Bell, Ph. D, Program Director for the Westchester County  Department of Community Mental Health.

RESILIENCE is being offered in partnership with the Somers Partners in Prevention, Somers Library, the Alliance for Safe Kids, the Resilience Coalition, and the Westchester Library System.