born April 4, 1928 died  May 28, 2014

Maya Angelou was a promi­nent poet, writer and activist in her adult­hood after hold­ing a num­ber of pre­vi­ous posi­tions.  Her auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal poet­ry works, includ­ing I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, opened up dis­cus­sions on trau­mat­ic expe­ri­ences in African-Amer­i­can house­holds. This con­ver­sa­tion is still going on today as we explore Trau­ma-Informed Care and cul­tur­al­ly com­pe­tent edu­ca­tion pro­grams in African-Amer­i­can Men­tal Health and African-Amer­i­can domes­tic vio­lence initiatives.

Thanks Dr. Angelou for your moti­va­tion­al words. Here is one of our favorites:

 “We can­not change the past, but we can change our atti­tude toward it. Uproot guilt and plant for­give­ness.  Tear out arro­gance and seed humil­i­ty.  Exchange love for hate, there­by mak­ing the present com­fort­able and the future promising.”

Addi­tion­al Resources:

http://mayaangelou.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou

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