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How can we create local housing solutions that advance racial and economic equity, mitigate displacement, and ensure affordable and quality housing for all residents? Join us on Monday, August 16, at 11am PT / 2pm ET for Policy Solutions to Advance Housing Justice , an in-depth discussion. In this 75-minute episode, our panelists will focus on the intersection of health and housing, offering equity-focused and people-centered housing solutions. ChangeLab Solutions senior attorney Gregory...

You’re invited to join Kaiser Permanente’s Institute for Health Policy for a conversation on the future of healthy schools. This virtual forum will take place online August 30th from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET. REGISTER Schools systems have the power to improve the health of a whole community. This virtual event will explore how health and education professionals can collaboratively and sustainably build healthy schools. Attendees will learn about school funding,...

Representative Valerie Longhurst (l) and Senator Marie Pinkney (r) of Delaware A bill to address the mental health needs of children in Delaware ( HB 100 ) passed both the House and Senate unanimously in June and now awaits Governor John Carney’s signature. Strong support for the bill came from the Delaware State Education Association (DSEA), said Deb Stevens, director of instructional advocacy at DSEA. DSEA and the Department of Education collaborate on PreK-12 trauma/resilience issues and...

By Katherine Ellison, The Washington Post, July 31, 2021 Remember the lines from that old folk song? “If living were a thing that money could buy “You know the rich would live and the poor would die.” Sadly, research shows there’s little “if” about it. On average, poor people live less healthy lives and are more than three times as likely to die prematurely as the rich. That’s true for many well-documented reasons, including less healthy diets with too much processed food, polluted...

By Heather Forkey, Moira Szilagyi, Erin T. Kelly, and James Duffee, American Academy of Pediatrics, August 2021 Abstract Most children will experience some type of trauma during childhood, and many children suffer from significant adversities. Research in genetics, neuroscience, and epidemiology all provide evidence that these experiences have effects at the molecular, cellular, and organ level, with consequences on physical, emotional, developmental, and behavioral health across the life...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be a gateway to addiction and substance abuse. Knowing the signs and how substance use can become a problem is key to understanding how to avoid addiction. Treating PTSD PTSD can cause some physical and mental effects on the body such as hyper-vigilance, physical reactions to reminders of trauma, or symptoms of anxiety and depression. These signs and symptoms can be treated, and sometimes include conventional medication along with therapy or rehab.

PC Reacts is a new series by PACEs Connection in which we look at current events through a trauma-informed and PACEs science lens. In the next episode in this series, we will respectfully and mindfully discuss issues that are adjacent to Britney Spears' public struggle with mental health, human rights, as she fights to end her conservatorship with her father. The emphasis of our conversation will be on positive and adverse childhood experiences and potential trauma experienced for children...

By Lesley Stahl, CBS News, August 1, 2021 Imagine if your job were to give away upwards of $500 million a year trying to make the world a better place. That is the enviable, or perhaps unenviable, task of Darren Walker, president of one of this country's largest and most prominent philanthropies, the Ford Foundation. A gay Black man who grew up poor in a single-parent home in rural Texas, Darren Walker is probably not who Henry Ford would have chosen to give away the proceeds of the family...

By Chandelis Duster, CNN Politics, August 1, 2021 As the fight over voting rights intensifies, a longtime aide to late Congressman John Lewis hopes young Americans will use the lessons in the civil rights leader's posthumous graphic novel to change lawmakers' minds on the issue. Lewis' novel, "Run: Book One," comes amid efforts in state legislatures to enact restrictive voter laws , efforts that members of Congress are attempting to block through legislation. It is also being released August...

By Will Hobson, The Washington Post, August 2, 2021 At first glance, Rick Cunningham looks almost as formidable at 54 as he did during his playing days. As the 6-foot-7, 270-pound former offensive tackle led a visitor into his home recently, the only visible sign that eight seasons in the National Football League inflicted any lasting damage was Cunningham’s deliberate gait, caused by chronic pain in knees surgically repaired nine times and hips that need replacing. Then Cunningham tried to...

By Abby Schultz, Barron's, July 31, 2021 For people who have served prison time, the penalties never end. The California-based national nonprofit Alliance for Safety and Justice (ASJ) coined a term to describe what many of these people face: post-conviction poverty. After completing a sentence, and being freed from prison, a formerly convicted individual encounters thousands of restrictions depending on where they live that make it challenging to reintegrate into society. They may not be...

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