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Looking at ACEs through Trauma Informed Lens

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...

Historical Trauma in the American Midwest Event Recap

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...

The True Power of Community Resiliency Model (CRM) Skills for Foster Youth/Families

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...

Insurers force change on police departments long resistant to it [washingtonpost.com]

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...

Ensuring Safe and Affordable Housing Stock Starts with Understanding Who Owns Rental Units [housingmatters.urban.org]

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,...

In the new ‘Little Mermaid,’ Black girls and moms see themselves [washingtonpost.com]

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...

Facing Budget Shortfalls, These Schools Are Turning to the Sun [nytimes.com]

By Cara Buckley, Photograph: Janie Osborne for The New York Times, The New York Times, September 15, 2022 Public schools are increasingly using savings from solar energy to upgrade facilities, help their communities, and give teachers raises — often with no cost to taxpayers. One school district was able to give pay raises to its teachers as big as 30 percent. Another bought new heating and ventilation systems, all the better to help students and educators breathe easier in these times. The...

The Surviving Spirit Newsletter September 2022

Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “ Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”. Kahlil Gibran The Surviving Spirit Newsletter September 2022 [scroll down for newsletter links] Greetings folks, Well...here we are in September and it's dark at 7:10pm, some leaves are dropping, flowers gone by the wayside and nights are...

HOPE on Social Media [positiveexperience.org/category/blog/]

By The HOPE Team, 9/15/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The HOPE National Resource Center is now on social media! We launched our social media in February of this year and have spent the past several months growing our presence on both Twitter and LinkedIn . Social media is a great way to stay in touch and to connect with others who are using the HOPE framework. Be sure to follows us and share all the ways that you promote positive childhood experiences in your family and in...

School gun case sparks debate over safety and second chances [jjie.org]

By Martha Irvine, Photograph: hxdbzxy/Shutterstock, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, September 13, 2022 Oak Park, Ill. (AP) — Keyon Robinson was just a month away from graduating from high school when he took a loaded gun, placed it in his backpack and headed to campus. He’d fought with a relative that morning. He was angry, and scared someone would come after him. The firearm, a ghost gun with no serial number that he’d bought via social media, was his security blanket. “I felt like I...

Court Victories Deliver Cautious Hope for Voters With Disabilities [pewtrusts.org]

By Matt Vasilogambros, Photograph: Wong Maye-E The Associated Press, PEW, September 14, 2022 Editor's note: The story has been updated to say a federal judge limited a state court's decision. Paralyzed from the neck down, downtown Milwaukee resident Martha Chambers has difficulty voting. She can use a mouth stick to mark her ballot and sign her name on an absentee ballot, but she has no way of folding the ballot, slipping it back in the envelope or returning it to the mailbox. Driven by its...

The US Has No Early Childhood Infrastructure. Libraries Are Picking Up the Slack [bloomberg.com]

By Kendra Hurley, Photograph: Courtesy of Salt Lake City Public Library, Bloomberg, September 12, 2022 Most American institutions pretend very young children don’t exist. Public libraries are one of the few places to put their needs front and center. The design was hardly earth-shattering: a small wooden desk with a computer, chair and simple fenced-in play area. Yet when Ali Faruk, policy director of the nonprofit Families Forward Virginia, tweeted a photo of the work-play carrel at Henrico...

Oklahoma Is Prosecuting Pregnant Women for Using Medical Marijuana [themarshallproject.org]

By Brianna Bailey, Photograph: Brianna Bailey/The Frontier, The Marshall Project, September 13, 2022 Two district attorneys have targeted mothers with child neglect felonies. NEWKIRK, OKLA. — Early in her pregnancy, Amanda Aguilar struggled with severe nausea that sometimes made it hard to eat. A doctor had previously approved a medical marijuana license for her, so she used pot to ease her morning sickness. Aguilar, 33, said she stopped using marijuana after her third month of pregnancy and...

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