Resilience
By: Jessica Bickford
Many community partners are coming together to host three screenings of the film, “Resilience.” This film looks at Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and how they can impact our lives into adulthood. Beyond ACEs, the film explores ways to come together as a community to support and create opportunities for resilience, or the ability to become strong, healthy, or successful (again) after something bad happens.
Resilience Trailer – KPJR Films from KPJR FILMS LLC on Vimeo.
Choose from any of three dates/locations. Reserve your free ticket today!
- March 21st Hazen Showing: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resilience-film-screening-and-panel-discussion-hazen-tickets-31351447022
- March 29th Johnson State Showing: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resilience-film-screening-and-panel-discussion-at-johnson-state-tickets-31351711814
- April 3rd GMTCC Showing: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resilience-film-screening-and-panel-discussion-at-green-mountain-tech-and-career-center-tickets-31351777009
Here’s a longer overview of the film:
“The child may not remember, but the body remembers.”
The original research was controversial, but the findings revealed the most important public health findings of a generation. RESILIENCE is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent Toxic Stress. Now understood to be one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression, extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior.
However, as experts and practitioners profiled in RESILIENCE are proving, what’s predictable is preventable. These physicians, educators, social workers and communities are daring to talk about the effects of divorce, abuse and neglect. And they’re using cutting edge science to help the next generation break the cycles of adversity and disease.
A must see for everyone in our communities!
Jessica Bickford has worked as Coordinator of Healthy Lamoille Valley for a little over two years, where she has enjoyed writing for their blog. Writing for Copley’s community blog is a natural extension of this experience! Healthy Lamoille Valley focuses on making healthy choices easy choices, realizing that when we have access to healthy options we are less likely to choose behaviors that are harmful. Prevention is really a lifestyle of wise choices that enable us to live life to the fullest.