January Program Agenda

The Council meets on the second Thursday of each month at 8:00am at the
Alpert Jewish Community Center unless otherwise noted.

Program:

"Generational Trauma in Immigrant Communities"

Speaker:

Krystel Edmonds-Biglow Psy.D.

Dr. Krystel Edmonds-Biglow is a licensed clinical psychologist with approximately 13 years of experience providing services to children, adults and families in the Los Angeles area. In addition to providing direct services, Dr. Edmonds-Biglow serves as a faculty member for the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University, where in she is responsible for teaching and coordinating the Intercultural Processes course for all first year students. She is also responsible for teaching intervention courses. In addition to her teaching role, Dr. Edmonds-Biglow is the Associate Training Director for the South Central Training Consortium, an organization that provides clinical training to master and doctoral level trainees. Dr. Edmonds-Biglow also has a private practice where she provides direct clinical services to children, adults, adolescents and families. Dr. Edmonds-Biglow has a particular interest in treating emotional distress resulting from the experience of trauma. She is also skilled in working with multicultural populations.
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Keynote

Race, a social construct, has evolved to be perceived as a biological truth that provides information about various innate attributes related to a person’s value and ability to positively contribute to modern civilization. The myth leads us to believe that there are inherent and fixed differences between human beings that can be identified by skin color and hair texture. The beliefs about these differences are perpetuated and sustained by all socializing institutions within our society. As a result, a large proportion of individuals (within various racial categories) living in our society have internalized these messages and act as if they are true.
The relative value assigned to various people of color often results in acts of aggression against people of color. This aggression is manifested in a number of ways and exists on a continuum. At one end of the continuum aggression may be manifested in the refusal to acknowledge one’s right for equal treatment and the other end of the continuum may be characterized by violent acts towards individuals and communities. People of color experience these aggressive acts on a regular basis and over time, have significant emotional distress related to their victimization.
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Opinions expressed are those of the speaker and not necessarily those of the Council and its membership.
For information about End Abuse Long Beach, please visit www.EndAbuseLB.org or contact the Program Chair:
Paul Sharpe (562) 434-1345 or email Paul@EndAbuseLB.org