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RACE: Are We So Different?

0000017c-e1ee-d5b7-affd-edeea8700000The traveling exhibit RACE: Are We So Different? is now on display at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. WXXI, RMSC and several other community partners are working together to promote awareness about racial issues and to foster meaningful conversations about we can improve our understanding of one another. WXXI's reporting on RACE: Are We So Different? is supported by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities.

Examining Hidden Trauma Through the Lens of Race and Culture

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Published January 18, 2013 at 8:40 AM EST

A Rochester community forum aims to take a long, hard look at the effects of trauma on communities of color.

The Hidden Effects of Trauma on Our Lives: Historical and Present Trauma in Communities of Color public forum will be held February 28th in the auditorium at St. Mary's Hospital.

The Mental Health Association is facilitating the discussion. The overall goal is to help minorities of all ages maintain mental wellness by uncovering and ultimately ending self-defeating and violent behaviors.

WXXI’s reporting on RACE: Are We So Different? is supported by a grant from the New York Council for theHumanities.