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LEVEL 2 HISTORICAL TRAUMA SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION MARCH 2022!!! The wait is finally over! Iya Affo and Heal Historical Trauma will present: Historical Trauma Specialist Certification- LEVEL 2: A Neurological, Environmental & Cultural Perspective on March 1st & 2nd 2022. LEVEL 2 will cover the following: Fossil fuel capitalism as an extension of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade & Native American Genocide. Climate change as a catalyst for violence and prolonged suffering in BIPOC...

VITAL: Relational Health seeks parents and caregivers who would be willing to consider a new tool being designed for pediatric providers to screen for and respond to families who want support to build safe, stable and nurturing relationships with their children. Total time is estimated at an hour or less. Email srock@rockresults.org if you have questions or would like to know more.

By Michael Sainato, The Guardian, October 28, 2021 Mendy Hughes, 46, has worked as a cashier for Walmart in Malvern, Arkansas, for 11 years. Her hourly wage, after a recent increase, is $12.85 an hour, a mere 85 cents more than the hourly starting wage for new hires despite her 11 years with the company. “You can’t pay your bills, rent and buy groceries on $12 an hour. I don’t think anywhere in the United States, you can do that. No way,” said Hughes, who is a member of the campaign group...

By Maya Brown and Emma Tucker, CNN US, October 30, 2021 When Philadelphia's mayor signs landmark legislation as soon as this week, the city will become the first major US city to ban police from stopping drivers for low-level traffic violations -- stops that studies show target Black drivers at disproportionately higher rates. The Driving Equality Bill , passed 14-2 by the city council on October 14, categorizes certain motor vehicle code violations as "primary violations," which allow...

By Sravya Tadepalli, The Lily, October 29, 2021 Today, reporting to the police is often the easiest way for survivors of intimate partner violence to access services and protections provided through the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) , first signed in 1994. But amid growing calls to limit police involvement in various aspects of life — especially as police mishandling of domestic cases makes headlines — some programs are seeking to provide alternatives. A 2015 study from the National...

From Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, October 26, 2021 Today the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced the ten communities chosen to receive the 2020–2021 RWJF Culture of Health Prize. The Prize honors and elevates communities at the forefront of advancing health, opportunity, and equity for all. The 2020–2021 Prize winners are: Addison, Ill.; Alamosa County, Colo.; Chickaloon Native Village; Drew, Miss.; Howard County, Md.; National City, Calif.; Palm Beach County, Fla.; Rocky...

Childhood should be a carefree time full of learning and joy. However, many children aren’t that lucky and grow up in homes that are dysfunctional and abusive. These encounters are known as adverse childhood experiences and change the future of the child forever. One question that burns in the minds of many survivors and researchers alike is how do positive childhood experiences (PCEs) come into play? Can positive childhood experiences help an abused child cope in some way? This article will...

By Ellen Lawton and Bethany Hamilton, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, October 20, 2021 Social ills, such as substandard housing and food insecurity, fuel sicknesses that our health care system must then address. What we don’t often consider—but should—is that many of these social and structural problems are also legal problems. As such, they may have legal solutions. Health care workers (and health care budgets) feel the brunt of these injustices. When there isn’t enough safe...

By Basma Alawee and Taryn Higashi, Stanford Social Innovation Review, October 28, 2021 As tens of thousands of Afghans have been forced to flee their country over the last few months, I’ve been listening to Afghans in the United States, worrying both for their families in Afghanistan and for new arrivals now facing an uncertain future. Their stories are often similar to my own, when—due to my husband’s work as an interpreter for the US military—I fled Iraq in 2010, in the middle of the night...

By Ally Schweitzer, DCist, October 22, 2021 The socioeconomic benefits of affordable housing are well-documented . Research has demonstrated that increased access to affordable housing is the most cost-effective way to both reduce childhood poverty and increase economic mobility. But what about its positive effects on health? That question is at the center of a new peer-reviewed study by two professors at George Washington University, who set out to examine the relationship between...

In this time of real need for mental health intervention, consider attending (virtually) this conference. Here is the material and hope to see you there. Our students need us to understand trauma and its symptomology. Date: Nov. 4 from 8 -- 2:30. Come for all or some of the event. https://www.massachusettspta.org/2021-health-summit-agenda/

Recording of Called to Care 2021 New Orleans Virtual Summit A one-day virtual summit held on Tuesday, October 26, 2021 to promote compassionate healing in New Orleans for our children, youth, and their families. Building on the 2019 New Orleans Summit on Compassion & Resilience and Called to Care strategic plan and report , the Called to Care: 2021 New Orleans Virtual Summit brought together mental health and well-being practitioners, community members, sector and systems leaders, and...