Wendy EllisUnderstanding the Role of Supports and Buffers in Community ResilienceIn the Community Resilience framework, we talk about supports and buffers as an inter-woven complex system of formal and informal policies…Aug 28, 2020Aug 28, 2020
Wendy EllisWhat to People of Color is the Fourth of July in 2020?“What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross…Jul 3, 2020Jul 3, 2020
Wendy EllisBuilding Community Resilience: Examining the Roles of Hope and FearIn communities across the country a dialogue is underway to help us all reckon with the drivers of inequity that lead to differential…May 5, 2019May 5, 2019
Wendy EllisA Call to Action: Healing through Equity & ResilienceWatch Building Community Resilience’s Newest Video: Healing Through Equity & ResilienceApr 25, 20191Apr 25, 20191
Wendy EllisMy Father’s Final Act of TraumaThe call from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office came on a sunny afternoon this week. It was the call I had been expecting for more…Mar 30, 201916Mar 30, 201916
Wendy EllisHow Do You Build a Resilience Movement?Know when to lead, when to follow and when to partnerApr 5, 2018Apr 5, 2018
Wendy EllisWhen Racial Targeting Happened to MeAs the adage goes, actions speak louder than words. I was reminded of this after being racially targeted during a business trip to Los…Apr 20, 2017Apr 20, 2017
Wendy EllisWhy It Hurts So Much: When the Death of an Icon is Really about UsThe news of Prince’s death came to me in the midst of the Building Community Resilience national meeting. I literally backed away from the…Apr 24, 2016Apr 24, 2016