Symposium to tackle resiliency in the face of trauma

The New Canaan-based Voices of September 11th and the Rutgers University School of Social Work will host the symposium "Promoting Resiliency in Communities Impacted by Trauma: Identification and Treatment of Long Term Needs" Friday, Jan. 17. The symposium will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Rutgers University's Trayes Hall, Douglass Campus Center, 100 George St., New Brunswick, N.J.

The conference will mark the launch of the Voices Center of Excellence for Community Resilience, an initiative that will share lessons learned to promote healing in the lives of those impacted by mass violence and other tragedies. More.