From Risk to Resilience, From Despair to Hope: Shifting Our Framework for Responding to Harm

"Since the ACE studies, we researchers and professionals in the criminal justice, mental health, and youth development fields have learned or demonstrated that many of us and many of the people we serve have always known intuitively about what helps people survive hard times. We have learned that relationships matter, and we cope better together than apart. We have learned that a single place or person who offers consistent sanctuary can be the difference between life and death — not just in the moment, but also in the long term. We have learned that what and how we learn in our schools can fortify us to contend better with the world around us. And we have learned that our peers are not only people who put us “at risk”— they can also be the people who keep us safe and well...."

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