A film series about trauma starts Jan. 13 and will continue every second Tuesday of the month through June.
The Winnebago County Health Department and the Rockford Public Library are addressing how trauma impacts the community by showing these films. Sandra Martell, the public health administrator for Winnebago County, said this isn’t the first time they’ve used movies to help with messaging.
“In 2018,” she said, “we actually had our first trauma summit in Winnebago County, where we brought together over 150 different community partners [who] came. Then we worked on different working groups. From that we kind of give an introduction and an overview of trauma.”…