In 2025 we celebrated the Risking Connection curriculum’s 25th anniversary! While the underlying theoretical framework has stood the test of time, trauma knowledge, awareness, social-cultural perspectives have evolved. The current Risking Connection training meets the challenges that 2025 and 2026 has brought to those in the United States who are committed to advancing trauma-informed care, equity, and racial healing.

At the Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI), we do what we do because we believe:

• Adversity and trauma are common
• Trauma training and trauma-informed care must address the trauma of racism
• Relationships are critical to healing
• Trauma-informed organizations are places where staff thrive, and clients heal

Our Risking Connection Change Model, which includes Risking Connection training, supports this view by incorporating research, case scenarios, images, and language representing diverse communities, identities, and traditions across various sectors. Now more than ever, TSI’s bold vision is a world where organizations and service systems fully embrace and embed trauma-informed care so that all trauma survivors who enter their doors heal and thrive.