5 New Communities Join ACEs Connection: June 2020

Please welcome the following five communities to ACEs Connection.

Details about each one of these communities can be found below. For those interested in starting or growing a community initiative, please reach out to one of our regional Community Facilitators at ACEs Connection - also listed below.

ACE and Trauma-Informed New Zealand: A safe place for all to be seen and heard. To connect, to reach out and find. To become trauma-informed. To gain strength and courage through solidarity.Community Manager: Adriana Van Altvorst

Charleston PEACExPEACE ACEs Connection (SC): Preventing and Eliminating Adverse Childhood Experiences by Promoting and Empowering All Children to Excel in Charleston, SC. The Center for Family and Community Wellness, Inc. is the parent organization of all PEACEXPEACE communities. Community Manager: @Benjenus Jenkins

Midwest Region (USA) on ACEs Connection: This group is dedicated to fostering resilience and building community in the US Midwest. Community Manager: @Ingrid Cockhren

Resilient Columbus County (NC): To promote resilience in Columbus County through education and engagement of community members regarding the lifelong impacts of adverse childhood experiences. Community Manager: @Selena Rowell

Trauma-Informed Utah: The Trauma-Informed Utah page was created in response to requests for support in navigating challenges highlighted due to COVID-19. This page serves as a resource bank and networking opportunity for organizations seeking to implement trauma-informed approaches both in policy and practice. This effort is dedicated to improving the well-being of Utahns and those who serve them. Community Manager: Mary Beth Vogel Ferguson (resilientutah@utah.gov)

ACEs Connection Community Facilitators

For questions about starting or growing an initiative, using our site and tools, please reach out to one of our regional contacts.

Communities in:

- - Northeast, Mid-Atlantic states, contact @Alison Cebulla
  - Western states, contact @Gail Kennedy
  - Northwest states, contact @Karen Clemmer
  - Southern states, contact @Carey Sipp
  - Midwest states, contact @Ingrid Cockhren
- Communities in California:
  - Southern California, contact @Lara Kain
  - Northern California, contact Karen Clemmer
  - San Francisco Bay Area, contact @Donielle Prince
  - Capitol region contact @Gail Kennedy
  - Central Valley contact @Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff)
- International communities: contact @Gail Kennedy

For more information on mapping the movement, please go here where you'll find more about all of our ACEs Connection geographic communities, U.S. states that have done ACE surveys, ACEs and trauma-informed legislation, and more. Be sure to click on each tab within the shinyapp to explore each community. The map is interactive and each dot includes a hyperlink and information about each initiative.

ACEs Connection founder, and ACEs Too High publisher, @Jane Stevens announced the Cooperative of Communities the month before last which offers "an additional layer of tools and guidelines, for ACEs initiatives that are more mature and ready to join the Cooperative as affiliates." More details can be found here and here in the video below.