Virtual TRIGGER screening at PHRC Hazleton

Join us online for our first online TRIGGER screening.

More than 6.500 Pennsylvanians have experienced TRIGGER in person since its debut in 2022. Now, we’re bringing the full TRIGGER gun violence intervention online.Through a unique partnership with PHRC, First Person Arts will offer a series of hybrid TRIGGER screenings.

Join us online via YouTube!

TRIGGER is both a call to understanding and a call to action about the roles each of us has to play in combatting the gun violence epidemic in Pennsylvania and beyond. Featuring storytellers sharing their lived experiences with gun violence and their shared search for hope with a vengeance.

A father who lost his son, a trauma nurse at a city hospital, a high school principal, community activists, doctors, scholars, shooters, victims, and their families all share their stories revealing layers of hurt that extend beyond the individual, family, and first responders to entire communities in need of healing. And yet they each search for hope with a vengeance. These storytellers are committed to using their horrific experiences to help others. For some, resilience and hope are key elements of survival. TRIGGER is both a call to understanding and a call to action. Each of us has a role to play in combatting this gun violence epidemic.

Directed by: Glenn Holsten.

Produced by: FreshFly Films

Presented by the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, the DBHIDS Division of Planning Innovation, and the DBHIDS Engaging Males of Color Initiative.

The event is open to the public online via the First Person Arts, PHRC, and DBHIDS YouTube channels.