Trauma and the Brain

Dr. Kim Gorgens is a Professor of Psychophysiology Clinical Neuropsychology and Psychology of Criminal Behavior at University of Denver. She manages a large portfolio of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) related research and has lectured extensively on those issues including a 2010 TED talk on youth sports concussion, a 2018 Ted talk on brain injuries and criminal justice, several NPR spots and an interview on CNN with Anderson Cooper.

Galleries

Galleries LAC Trauma Talks Graduation April 2024 LAC A Yard April 2024 LAC B Yard April 2024 RJD C Yard March 2024 RJD D Yard March 2024 LAC A Yard…

How it all began

How it all began In 2018, Grammy Award-winning film producer Fritzi Horstman read the book “The Body Keeps the Score” by Bessel van der Kolk and her life was changed…

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Fritzi Horstman

Founder and Executive Director

 

Fritzi Horstman is the Founder and Executive Director of Compassion Prison Project. She is a Grammy-award winning producer for her work on “The Defiant Ones”, has been a producer and post-producer on dozens of television projects and documentaries and has directed several films. She believes it is urgent to bring humanity and compassion to those living behind bars and these acts will help transform our society. She has a Bachelor’s Degree from Vassar College.

Returning Citizen Roundtable feat. Shaka Senghor, Jason Bryant, Eldra Jackson III and Robert Mosqueda