Commissioned by a social service agency in an underserved rural area with no grief resources for traumatic loss, I created sustainable infrastructure for survivors of suicide, homicide, and accidental death. Adapting my book on traumatic grief, I designed a community healing curriculum and trained volunteer facilitators to lead ongoing peer-to-peer support groups—a model proven to foster deeper connection and understanding than academic-led interventions.

To further empower this community and break communal silence around suicide, I designed and moderated a public Town Hall with civic and faith leaders, establishing not just immediate support but durable architecture for grief care in a community that had long been without it. The work transformed isolation into sanctuary, centering survivors as both recipients and agents of healing.