Bishop Joey Johnson says the goal is to have mental health professionals go into different communities, see what’s going on and prescribe what’s needed to heal.
AKRON, Ohio — In light of the events surrounding the Jayland Walker case, Akron’s community of faith leaders and activists are opening their door for those, like Charity Burton, who are experiencing emotional fatigue.
“I don’t know what would happen if he complied. I don’t know what would happen if he doesn’t comply. It seems like the same results,” said Burton. As the community continues to march the streets of Akron, local pastors are opening their doors to offer a space of healing. “There's only so much that a person can take in, in terms of trauma before it becomes very taxing, before it weighs on your emotional health,” said Monford Dent. “That's what we're experiencing right now is this: we've been heightened so long with anger and with frustration and with feelings of hopelessness that now we're kind of moving into more hopelessness and helplessness.”
“One of the things that we want to do is train people to be able to respond after the trauma has created perhaps even a post-traumatic stress reaction or some kind of physical reaction. We want to help people to be able to process that,” said Johnson.
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