Creating Pathways for THRIVING! Trauma is an experience or series of experiences that overwhelm a person's ability to cope, make sense of and effectively respond to the situation. The research is unequivocal: Untreated trauma is the common thread weaving through many of the problems facing individuals and society. Violence, poverty, crime, addiction, mental health issues, chronic medical issues, and lack of educational performance can all be directly linked to unresolved trauma. And yet institutions and healthcare systems provide woefully inadequate services and care for traumatized people, perpetuating suffering for individuals and social problems for the community. MN Trauma Project aims to put an end to this needless suffering in our state. We are dedicated to increasing awareness of the effects of trauma, creating training opportunities for human services professionals to become trauma-informed, and facilitating collaboration across providers and systems regarding trauma-informed modalities.