URBAN TRAUMA

Survived physical abuse. Witnessed community violence. Conquered the streeÅ,ts.Saved by education.This is Dr. Maysa Akbar&rsquo,s story. A story of overcoming Urban Trauma.It&rsquo,s easy to look down at urban communities and wonder why economic and social disparities still exist when so many people of color, despite facing severe adversity, have done better. They have broken the &ldquo,cycle.&rdquo, ,Yet there are those in urban communities who continue to be plagued by what Dr. Maysa Akbar has defined as Urban Trauma &ndash, a set of conditions that sustain modern day oppression.In Urban Trauma