Episode One: The Time is Now Special Guest Babalwa Kwanele

On June 12, 2020, Rayshard Brooks was shot in the back in front
of Wendy’s in Atlanta, GA the cradle of the Civil Rights
Movement. Dr. Martlin Luther King jr was born there and Rayshard
Brooks was murdered there by Atlanta police. Setting buildings on
fire is a “fight” response to the complex trauma experienced
because of state-sanctioned murder. To help us recognize the
manifestations of complex trauma that we are seeing in Black
communities, I turn to my friend, my sister, Babalwa Kwanele, MS,
LMFT. Recently, I sat down with Kwanele. She explains how complex
trauma impacts the mind and the body. She also provides us with
concrete advice for ways to address the trauma that is
terrorizing us every day.