Author Interview
Shana described organizations as having both strengths and these.
What are shadows?
This teenage resident is known for repeatedly trying to run away at the beginning of the film
Who is Marcus
A natural response of individuals to care fo caring for or helping those who suffer from trauma
What is Secondary Traumatic Stress
This is the year UAF was officially founded
What is 1917?
Shana’s approach suggests that healing in organizations begins with this before structural change.
What is awareness
The film explores the relationships between staff and residents in this U.S. state.
What is California?
A way organizations interrupt trauma patterns
What is reflective supervision?
This is the building the Alaska state constitution was actually signed
What is Signers Hall?
Shana said the greatest strength we can bring to the table when entering an organization are these
What are new eyes
Marcus’s rap is performed in celebration of this milestone, highlighting both growth and lingering pain.
What is his 18th birthday
Noticing and naming trauma in staff or culture
What is recognizing organizational trauma?
This is the building the Alaska State Constitution was drafted, that is now the Book Store
What is Constitution Hall.
Identifying these are vital in order to facilitate healing within any organization
What are patterns?
Jayden shares a story about an octopus to symbolize her feelings about this person in her life.
Who is her father
Loss of connection to founding values
What is organizational amnesia?
In 2021 the bus from Into the Wild, Bus 142 was in this specific UAF building
What is Usibelli?
Shana stated, “It is not about providing a ‘safe space’, it is about providing a “____ ____.”
What is a “Brave Space
This actress plays Grace, the supervisor at the group home
Who is Brie Larson
Repeated behaviors rooted in unresolved trauma
What are organizational patterns?
This concrete slab held the inscription “Here Lies Tradition 1957”
What is the Tradition Stone