Are you grappling with how to keep on keeping on? Struggling with your own reactions and stress? Or maybe you are noticing a collective fatigue, sense of hopelessness or helplessness, feeling like you cannot do enough, or a spike in negativity among your co-workers or community.

If so, Newtown’s Recovery and Resiliency Team (RRT) is inviting residents to a Trauma Stewardship workshop intended for the Newtown/Sandy Hook community, along with anyone who has served or participated in the healing and recovery efforts.

The RRT in collaboration with The Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation is hosting "Transforming Trauma from Suffering to Stewardship" on Friday, October 16, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.

The gathering is intended to bring diverse community members together to address the longterm, personal, and community challenges facing Newtown today.

Organizers invite residents to visit , where they can watch Trauma Stewardship Institute Founder Laura van Dernoot-Lipsky describe her journey from suffering to stewardship.traumastewardship.com/listen-watch/tedx-washington

Ms van Dernoot-Lipsky is the author of Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others. She has worked directly with trauma survivors for nearly 30 years, and is known as a pioneer in the field of trauma exposure.

The workshop will be held in the Knights of Columbus Building at St Rose of Lima Church, 46 Church Hill Road.

For more information visit traumastewardship.com, or register for the event by clicking here.

Residents may direct any questions to Deb Del Vecchio-Scully, LPC, CMHS, clinical recovery leader/trauma specialist for the Recovery and Resiliency Team at 203-270-4612.