Registration is Open to All

A focused dialogue and deliberation
Defining and addressing the dynamics of inherited, unresolved communal trauma from one generation to the next, including historical understandings, the development and perpetuation of communal victim identities, exclusive cultural membership and rites of belonging, and implications for present and future relations between communities - particularly war and violence.

A search for new models and methodologies
Developing new practical models and methods at the societal level for healing and preventing communal trauma and it's transfer into future generations.

Transgenerational trauma is seen as an underlying and potent fuel for the eruption of violence in the past, present, and future. Understanding it's dynamics and implications, and developing new ways to effectively treat it, are essential to healing and reconciliation within and between communities, establishing compassionate local and global relations, and achieving sustainable peace.

 Promoting a collaborative global network of permanent working study groups with cross-cultural representation - essential to universal understanding and culturally appropriate applications - that cooperate on researching and addressing intergenerational trauma: the Global Network for the Study of Transgenerational Trauma.
 Providing an annual meeting place for these study groups to come together regularly to share knowledge and explore critical issues and applications.
Development of culturally appropriate perspectives, treatment models, and methodologies at the societal level for healing and preventing the intergenerational transfer of unresolved trauma and communal victim identity, and training programs to teach these skills and understandings to individuals engaged in social healing.
Increase understanding, sensitivity, and appreciation of the implications of these psycho-social dynamics within and between communities, and how to help reduce and prevent the carry over of unresolved trauma and victim identity into subsequent generations. Vital to achieving this goal is providing public education to the general public, and enlisting the involvement, support, and cooperation of those profoundly influencing the next generation in learning societal identity, including parents, educators, religious leaders, cultural/societal representatives, those generating public media, etc.
 Creating and compiling a body of knowledge shared globally with practitioners and researchers from related human service and relationship fields (including mental health, medical health, sociology, cultural anthropology, education, political science, religion & spirituality, etc.), conflict transformation and peace building activists, government representatives, public policy makers, community leaders, religious leaders, other stakeholders, and the general public. To facilitate this a virtual platform is being created for collecting and archiving research, conference proceedings, publications, training and treatment programs, and related materials to provide a multi-media resource library - including a professional virtual journal with a blend of scholarship, insight, and practical application - to the professional and lay public, as well as to political/community leaders, public policy makers, and educational systems. The platform will offer virtual work space for study groups with members located at a distance from each other, and a member blog.

  Underlying Concepts
Main TT Conference Page
Schedule and Program Overview
Invitation To Partners: Conference & Global Network
Guidelines for Global Network
2012 TT Conference Program  (to be posted)
2012 Presenter Biographicals  (to be posted)
FEES and REGISTRATION   (to be posted)
Site and Travel Information
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)  (to be posted)
Presenter Proposal Form  
Dialogue Facilitator Form
Press Room
   1 page Color Conference Flyer (pdf)
   1 page Black & White Conference Flyer (pdf)
   1 page Color Conf. Poster - 8 1/2 X 14 size (pdf)
   Email notice
TT Conference Staff Contacts

Advertize , Display, and Donate:
   Advertize in On-Site Conference Program
   Advertize in On-Site Tote Bag
   Exhibit Table Space is Available  

Donate
   Make a Tax Deductible donation to our subsidy fund to allow
   those with limited incomes from developing societes to attend.