September 2022

By Hiroko Tabuchi, Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images, The New York Times, September 24, 2022 Documents obtained by congressional investigators show that oil industry executives privately downplayed their companies’ own public messages about efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and weakened industry-wide commitments to push for climate policies. Internal Exxon documents show that the oil giant pressed an industry group, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, to remove language from a 2019...

By Tim Craig, Photo: Thomas Simonetti/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, September 13, 2022 A record number of Black men and women are running for U.S. Senate and governor this fall, with the potential to increase diversity in the nation’s top elected offices, which are still overwhelmingly held by White men. Since Reconstruction, voters have elected just seven Black senators and two Black governors. This year, 16 Black candidates — 13 Democrats and three Republicans — are major party...

Our mind and body exist in a codependent relationship, unable to function or exist without the other. Despite their equal importance, I never quite understood why I, personally, have always heard the emphasis placed on maintaining strong physical health without much mention of the importance of mental health. Just as poor physical health inevitably causes low contentment and mental state, our minds can achieve the same effect on the body by altering our physical states and metabolic...

It's not too late to lead your own book study of What Happened to You? by Bruce D. Perry, MD PhD, and Oprah Winfrey in your community! Register NOW to attend the Book Study Leader Check-In with Children’s Trust Fund Alliance on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 7-8:30 p.m. ET This is an opportunity to share your experiences as a book study leader, raise questions, make recommendations, and celebrate with us. Open to all book study leaders and those who may want to facilitate a study! This event is part of...

Saturday, November 24 @1130AM ET Jessica Nathanson https://www.thegloriousbothand.com/ Topic: Discussion of Spirituality and Spiritual Practice to Stay Sane in an Insane World Time: This Saturday! @11:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Every week on Sat Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83898966952?pwd=b2plR21IV1JLa3dKUFBnMkZWZVlNdz09 Meeting ID: 838 9896 6952 Passcode: 808014 One tap mobile +16465588656,,83898966952#,,,,,,0#,,808014# US (New York)...

Brains aren’t just formed and its structure for development in early childhood is determined by more than just our genes, they are also built based on our experiences. Early childhood experiences can affect the development and physical architecture of our brain, which provides the foundation for future learning, behavior and health. Think about building something that will last through time. We would usually focus on a strong foundation and connect the rest of the structure from that...

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Nearly 150 people attended the Midwest session of PACEs Connection’s Historical Trauma in America series on September 15. The event was facilitated by PACEs Connection staff members Ingrid Cockhren (chief executive officer) and Dr. Porter Jennings-McGarity (director of continuous quality improvement) with support from St. David's Foundation . Click here to download the slide deck from this presentation. Then click “download file.” The series examines the impact of intergenerational trauma on...

In 2020 when I first started working with Coastal Horizons, in the Cape Fear area of North Carolina, my co-worker Amy talked about the Community Resiliency Model (CRM) Trainings she was giving. At that point I was new and wanted to learn more about it so I went to my first 8-hour CRM training. Little did I know this training would become a new way of communicating with the children in my home. See I am a single kinship/foster/adoptive/birth mother to at least four children, all of which have...

By Kimberly Kindy, Photograph: Provided by Rana Law Group, The Washington Post, September 14, 2022 The high cost of settlements over police misconduct has led insurers to demand police departments overhaul tactics or forgo coverage ST. ANN, Mo. — A patrol officer spotted a white minivan with an expired license plate, flipped on his lights and siren, and when the driver failed to stop, gave chase. The driver fled in rush-hour traffic at speeds of up to 90 mph, as other officers joined in the...

By Fay Walker & Eleanor Noble, Photograph: Christopher Boswell/EyeEm via Getty Images, Housing Matters, September 14, 2022 In late 2021, 15 percent of homes purchased across 40 major metropolitan areas were purchased by investors. Thirty percent of properties purchased by investors in these 40 metro areas across the US were located in neighborhoods where the majority of residents are Black. The increase in institutional investors is sending ripple effects across the housing market,...

By Samantha Chery and Anne Branigin, Photograph: Dariana Fleming/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, September 15, 2022 Viral videos of little girls reacting to the trailer of the live-action Disney film is a marketing bonanza Precious Avery remembers just how rare it was to see Black characters on television growing up, so she started recording as her 3-year-old, Emery, absorbed the trailer for the new “Little Mermaid” film. As turtles swam through coral reefs, an image of a mermaid...