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From Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, February 2021 Join Us! On March 5th at 1:30 ET, we’ll be discussing what U.S. communities can learn from countries like Brazil and Malawi about building food systems rooted in equity that prevent hunger, improve health and well-being for all, and protect our planet. Join us to learn: What’s needed to create a more equitable and sustainable food system How communities around the world are fostering food sovereignty What steps U.S. communities can take to...

By Dr. Richard E. Besser and Dr. Julie Morita, USA Today, February 2, 2021 In the rush to get as many people as possible vaccinated against COVID-19, the United States has become obsessed with numbers. How many doses have been distributed? How many people can be inoculated in President Joe Biden’s first 100 days? Is 1 million doses a day too modest, and is 1.5 million too bold? What percentage of people need to be vaccinated to reach herd immunity? Yes, we should work to get shots in as many...

By David Bloom, Forbes, February 2, 2021 The unintended tragedy behind today’s Sundance Film Festival premiere of Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir is that its director, James “Jamie” Redford, died less than four months before the documentary appeared at the celebrated indie showcase founded by Redford’s father. Cancer killed Redford in mid-October, just as the film neared final form and had gotten final sign-off from Tan, said the film’s editor, Jeff Boyette, who worked closely with Redford to...

Please consider taking the #HealAmericaPledge by signing up below, and printing this to keep with you. [ Please click here for more information .] A FILM ABOUT BRIDGING DIVIDES Out Now on Amazon, iTunes , and On Demand We are excited to share that we have partnered with the recently released documentary The Reunited States ! We wanted to bring the film to your attention because The Reunited States is looking like it will be a key part of the conversation around healing our divisions in our...

Listen as Lisseth London interviews Dr. Eric Gentry and Jenny Brackman about the Forward-Facing® Institute. "...the primary goal of FFTT is to develop resilience and the capacity to live meaningful, principle-based lives" (Gentry, 2020, p.33). Discussion points include: the purpose of Forward-Facing® Trauma Therapy the vision for Forward-Facing® Institute upcoming book Forward-Facing® Freedom Find out more about Forward-Facing® Institute here: ▶︎ https://www.forward-facing.com/ Take an...

Futures Without Violence (FUTURES) is excited to share A Road Map for Ending Domestic Violence in California: A Life Course Approach to Prevention with the ACEs Connection community. The Road Map , a policy paper supported by Blue Shield of California Foundation, draws upon our work at FUTURES as well as research and study on best practices for preventing violence. It presents four evidenced-based prevention and intervention strategies to prevent and end domestic violence in California:...

Our bodies are wired for survival, thanks to our biological stress system. However, without buffering protections, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), such as neglect and abuse, can lead to a toxic stress response. Fortunately, we know toxic stress is a health condition that is amenable to treatment. To help Californians better understand ACEs and toxic stress, we invite our ACEs Aware community to join us on Twitter on February 9 and use #SaludTues to Tweet about the lifelong consequences...

Sponsored by UC Davis Human Resources. Shout-out to Eddie Moore, Jr. and CUPA-HR for inspiring this challenge and for their great resources and ideas on structure!

By Associated Press, KEZI, February 6, 2021 During the 2021 legislative session, Oregon lawmakers, are discussing and considering a proposed bill that, if passed, would eliminate fees and court costs associated with juvenile delinquency matters. The fees being discussed include court appointed council, applying for court appointed council, financial penalties for unpaid fees, electronic monitoring, probation supervision and detention fees, explained Amy Miller, the executive director at...

By Charles Mutscheller, Global Banking & Finance Review, February 4, 2021 Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) announced today that its chapters in ten states—Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah and Wisconsin—successfully completed the organization’s strength-based chartering process, helping to extend the organization’s efforts to ensure the safe, stable and nurturing relationships and environments that enable children,...

By Jennifer R. Joe and Wendy K. Smith, Yes!, February 5, 2021 President Joe Biden committed the U.S. government to racial equity by issuing four executive orders on Jan. 26 that seek to curb systemic racism. In the orders, he cited the killing of George Floyd in 2020, which sparked months of protests and prompted many U.S. companies to likewise commit themselves—and hundreds of billions of dollars—to helping Black Americans overcome institutional discrimination. Shortly after the protests...

February 8, 2021 For many years, mental health professionals and the general public alike have studied and applied symptoms of CPTSD as related to women. However, men react differently to the stressors that cause complex post-traumatic stress disorder and are often either shamed for complaining or are misdiagnosed. In this article, we shall examine how men express the symptoms of CPTSD and how our culture must change their attitudes toward male survivors. To be honest, I am female and have...