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In December, I had the privilege of connecting with Herbie Mack. He is a multi-times suicide survivor, and along with being a suicide prevention speaker and life coach, hosts the "Just Believe Podcast". The podcast aims to normalize conversations about mental health challenges, especially for black males and other males of color. He had me on as a guest to talk about the Connect All self-care framework - so wanted to share. Youtube link: https://youtu.be/JgIHjqJphgc Goodpods:...

A New Path Forward: A Report on How Stigma Harms Youth exposed to Parental Substance Use Disorder and Recommendations for a New Path Forward NEW REPORT: On February 3rd, Starlings Community released a FIRST of its kind report on how stigma impacts youth exposed to parental substance use disorder. Approximately 1 in 6 youth are exposed to the stress and stigma of a parent's substance use disorder. These children/youth are at double the risk for depression, triple the risk for addiction, and...

Happy #ListenFirst Friday! This week our message comes from Zenora Watford. In August of 2020, Pearce Godwin, founder and chief executive officer of the Listen First Project, sat down with Zenora Watford outside a Bojangles in North Carolina to discuss how she navigates conversations across differences. Her amazing perspective, garnered from over 80 years of living, is filled with grace, kindness, and experiences that can challenge us all to think and act differently, especially toward...

I've attached the PDF version, and you can also download the hardcopy from the website, https://www.connectall.online/ under the "Materials" tab.

By DeNeen L. Brown, Photo: AP, The Washington Post, February 1, 2022 In his red-brick rowhouse in the heart of D.C., the man who would become known as the “father of Black history” wrote furiously. From a second-floor “home office” at 1538 Ninth Street NW, Carter G. Woodson led and orchestrated a movement to document Black history, dictating dozens of books, letters, speeches, articles and essays promoting Black people and their place in American history. At 12:15 p.m. on most days, Woodson,...

By Terry Gross, Photo: Mary Altaffer/AP, National Public Radio, February 3, 2022 Across the U.S., educators are being censored for broaching controversial topics. Since January 2021, researcher Jeffrey Sachs says, 35 states have introduced 137 bills limiting what schools can teach with regard to race, American history, politics, sexual orientation and gender identity. Sachs has been tracking this legislation for PEN America , a writers organization dedicated to free speech. He says the...

By Damian Carrington, Photo: Yasin Akgül/AFP/Getty, The Guardian, February 1, 2022 Extreme heat in the world’s oceans passed the “point of no return” in 2014 and has become the new normal, according to research. Scientists analysed sea surface temperatures over the last 150 years, which have risen because of global heating. They found that extreme temperatures occurring just 2% of the time a century ago have occurred at least 50% of the time across the global ocean since 2014. In some...

From Marietta Daily Journal, Photo: Unsplash, February 3, 2022 Community leaders from across metro Atlanta convened on Feb. 1 for the first annual Resilient Cobb Summit presented by Cobb Collaborative. This half-day event was held at the Cobb Chamber of Commerce and hosted by Cobb Community Foundation. Speakers from Resilient Georgia addressed the significant need to recognize trauma, identify issues stemming from Adverse Childhood Experiences and work to build resilience to foster better...

Last week my mom texted me that a police officer had just stopped by her office and asked her to call the coroner's office. "It's about Kevin," she said. My heart sank. We'd been trying and trying the past three-and-a-half years to get Kevin the treatment he desperately needed. He had symptoms of so many illnesses: schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, bipolar. He'd been in and out of jail, homelessness, and sober livings since relapsing on methamphetamine...

I learned to ski as an adult so I will never be great, but I absolutely love it and can hold my own. As my two older kids have long surpassed me in terms of skill level, one of the things I now do when I go on a hard run with them is to let them go first and watch what they do. I look for the path they take, how fast they go, where they struggle, and then make adjustments based on my own strengths and challenges. When Origins Co-Founder Andi Fetzner and I started Origins back in 2017, the...

February is a special month – it’s Choose Love Awareness Month! It’s time to celebrate love and focus on our ability to choose love in our lives! For 28 days the Choose Love Movement shares daily action tips on ways you can bring more ‘Nurturing Healing Love’ to yourself and others all month long and beyond. We also share how you can live a Choose Love lifestyle by incorporating the Choose Love Formula into your daily life: Courage + Gratitude + Forgiveness + Compassion-in-Action = Choosing...

Miss Kendra Programs Teachers’ Support Group: A Bi-Weekly Discussion with Dr. Hadar Lubin and Erinn Webb When : Bi-weekly on Thursdays at 4-5PM EST via Zoom, starting soon! Join Dr. Hadar Lubin, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Miss Kendra Programs and Co-Director of the Post Traumatic Stress Center, and Erinn Webb, MA, RDT, Director of Primary Education Programs, on a journey exploring how stress is affecting your job as a teacher/educator. Previous participants are welcome back! This program...