Can the study of trauma be key to collective healing in the United States? This talk aims to use Indonesia's September 30, 1965 as a window for understanding America's collective trauma after September 11, 2001. How has this national event turned Americans inward and shaped an identity of what it means to feel safe and secure? What is our relationship to the violence all around us? How do we come to understand Islamophobia, racism, and our collective social struggle?
After graduating from North Central College in 2015, Nikki became a Dean's Fellow Scholar in a three year graduate program at Boston University School of Theology. A candidate for ordained ministry in the United Methodist Church, Nikki is completing her Masters in Divinity before returning to serve as a pastor in her own parish in Northern Illinois. She currently serves as the program coordinator for an intentional living community of first‐year Theology students. In her studies, Nikki focuses on Feminist/Womanist Theology, Critical Race Theory, and Trauma Theology. Nikki currently serves on the ministerial staff at Union United Methodist Church, a historically black congregation in the South End of Boston committed to engaging in faith formation and activism through the cultivation of a diverse community.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx