Baptist News Global has published my commentary, "Responding with love to mental illness." This also links to a new issue of our publication, The Christian Citizen , focusing on "Communities of Care: The Church and Mental Illness." See: ...
Cities are increasingly getting tough on food distribution programs for the homeless. According to the Sun Sentinel, a 90-year-old activist and two pastors from two churches in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were arrested at a park on Sunday and then...
Let’s start a book club! OK, I’m not Oprah but let me explain what book clubs have to do with juvenile justice reform. In just the last 15 years, the field of juvenile justice has exploded with knowledge gained through scientific...
While societal support of LGBTQ persons is growing, as demonstrated by rising acceptance of same-sex marriage, the fact remains that LGBTQ youth continue to be vulnerable to discrimination and hostility. In the recently released National School...
One in six Californians has experienced severe childhood trauma, which is strongly linked to serious health problems in adulthood, according to a new study released today by the Center for Youth Wellness, a San Francisco health organization, and the...
According to a new statewide report released Wednesday, there is a strong correlation between childhood traumatic experiences and poor health. These adverse childhood experiences, often referred to as simply ACEs, are defined by researchers as...
Californians who experienced verbal, physical, sexual abuse or neglect in childhood are more likely to have long-lasting serious health problems, according to a health report released to the public Thursday. But early intervention can reduce the...
It is no secret that the United States prison population surpasses that of any other nation, that the country has very harsh sentencing laws for minor offenses, and that, as many argue, the inherent racial bias in the system is powerful and...
Between 60 percent and 62 percent of Kern County adults surveyed have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience traumatic enough to affect their lives years later. That's according to the report, "A Hidden Crisis: Findings on...
Karen Hill, PhD of the Center for Youth Wellness moderated the health sector discussion of the agenda topic “Building the Foundation to Help Children Thrive.” On the panel were two pediatricians (Elisa Nicholas, MD, MSPH of...
T he morning breakout session on juvenile justice at the California ACEs Summit featured Susanna Osorno-Crandall (Center for Youth Wellness), Shanta Ramdeholl (Children’s Hospital Oakland and Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center), Karleen...
I thought the most creative and optimistic speaker on the National panel at the California ACE’s Summit this week was Esta Soler, who started Futures Without Violence. Influential in getting federal legislation passed in 1994 to stop violence...
Three pioneers in transforming the cultures of public schools from one of punishment to compassion for children suffering from adverse experiences spoke at a panel in education today at the California Summit on ACEs. Godwin Higa, principal of...
The afternoon panel at the California ACEs Summit on national ACEs work featured Esta Soler (Futures Without Violence), Denise Dowd ( AAP), Melissa Merrick (CDC), and moderator Mark Cloutier (Gateway to the Golden State American Red Cross). (See...
The leaders of the ACEs movement in Iowa, Wisconsin and Arizona shared the histories of how it all got started, the challenges along the way, and what the future holds in their respective states. Martha Davis of the Robert Wood Johnson...