Fractured Communities: Dissecting the Ripple Effects of Gun Violence

Fractured Communities: Dissecting the Ripple Effects of Gun ViolenceThis book is a fusion of conviction struggles and commitment towards the ideals of community healing. Within the pages of this book Rev. Sky Starr demonstrates her commitment to the healing of communities. As a community advocate and trauma specialist her work exemplifies the ideology that community healing is a natural part of community development. For racialized communities devastated by gun violence exposure death and injuries this development is wrapped up in the politics of race that hampers community healing.The modern politics of gun violence primarily related to race and criminality takes away from the social and psychological impacts of gun violence on individuals families and communities. Rev. Starr compels us to re-examine reframe and redefine the issue of gun violence from a humanistic perspective by settling on the heart of the matter-the traumatic impact of violence on communities. She challenges us to think of the centrality of the impacts on affected communities and calls attention to the urgency for social change. Annette Bailey PhD Ryerson University Toronto CanadaAbout the AuthorReverend Sky Starr is a well-known pillar of the Toronto community and functions as a minister therapist educator researcher author celebrant advocate and sought-out consultant for her grief trauma and gun violence expertise.Rev. Starr holds a Masters in Psychology and a Bachelors in Community and Religious Studies from Tyndale University. As an avid community stakeholder she helped form a crisis response network team in Jane & Finch that she co-chaired for three years as a crisis first-responder.Learn more at https: //outofboundsjf.org/ And https: //higherhealingcounselling.com/