I am sharing the notes I took during the ACEs Conference as a snapshot of the collective wisdom of this event. Feel free to add to the list. Let’s create a shared document that archives the notes that each of us took. What messages resonated with you so strongly that you took a moment to write it down? I would love to read what others found to be helpful, hopeful and memorable.
- ACEs is a social justice issue
- We do this work because it is personal
- We are building the ship as we are sailing it
- Manage through trust rather than control
- We live what we know – we have to change that paradigm if it is an adversity lens
- Build a culture of love, hope and caring
- Read “More Than a Bird” by Liz Huntley
- There is power to the buffering effect of a nurturing environment = hope
- If you are in a position to help children, tap into their potential.
- Don’t meet people where they are, meet them where they dream.
- There is power to change when people understand their position
- We need to build systems in order to integrate this work
- Understand how ACEs impacts health
- We need strategies that systematically address maternal mental health = upstream
- Build systems for people and families, not for provider systems alone
- What are the collective social factors within a community that impact outcomes?
- Structural inequities, look at the underlying structures that are not often seen
- Structural competencies – see what is not easily visible
- What does it look like to work towards a more equitable and just world?
- What can we do collectively about those who are socially marginalized?
- Solution finding approach – look at community capacity
- A trauma-informed framework curates and shares data
- Share outcomes, share improvements, share generously
- Give power to the parents
- Look up networksofopportunity.org
- Remember the power lies in the connection
- Human dignity includes the worthiness of every child
- Look for the counter-narrative
- We have a collective will issue
- We have to be outraged about the loss of human dignity and then channel that outrage into action
- What do we need in order to be healthy? – Powerful question
- Here is a radical choice = Let’s buy health and not healthcare
- Screen for unmet social needs
- Access to healthy foods, decent wages, and affordable housing is health.
- Change the questions we ask: It’s not what’s happened to you, it’s what do you dream?
- The way toxic stress is responded to in this country is deeply impacted by race.
- We must be our best selves to best serve
- Mitigate the harms and amplify the strengths
- Our ACEs can be our superpowers – the fight or flight response is designed to give us an adaptive advantage
- Talk about High Return vs High Risk
- Language is so important
- “I don’t want people to meet me where I am, I want them to meet me where I dream”
- One system of support across many directions is key to collaborating and ending silos
- Create an eco-system of support
- Look at results-based accountability
- Read about the Theory of Aligned Contribution
- Read about Developmental Repair – Anne Garrity
- Mission – Growing Great People
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