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By Heather Tirado Gilligan, California Health Care Foundation, August 9, 2021 Throughout her pregnancy, Altagracia Mejía was nagged by feelings of anxiety and depression. Mejía, who lives in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles, gave birth to her daughter Alexa in September 2020. Within two months, the new mother’s feelings shifted to thoughts of suicide. “In my most lucid moments, I ask myself over and over again what is happening to me ,” Mejía told Los Angeles Times reporter...

By Eyal Press, The New Yorker, August 16, 2021 I n July, 2016, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Baton Rouge to protest the death of Alton Sterling , a Black man who was shot by a police officer after being pinned to the ground outside a convenience store, where he had been selling compact disks. Although the protests were largely peaceful, officers in full riot gear dispersed the crowds and made more than a hundred and fifty arrests. A coalition of advocates, including the A.C.L.U. of...

“ Gannett launches a network-wide push to rework its crime coverage .” It’s about damn time. We advocated this more than 20 years ago, and we go a LOT further in our suggestions to make crime reporting more relevant, less racist and more useful to communities. Berkeley Media Studies Group , a public health research organization, launched the Reporting on Violence project throughout California in 1997 and expanded it to interested newsrooms across the U.S. in 2001. The second edition of “The...

For the first time, state general funds are being allocated to the VA TICNs! " $1,000,000 [of American Rescue Plan funds] to the Department of Social Services for the Virginia Trauma-Informed Community Network (TICN) to provide a community awareness campaign, education, professional development, mini grants, and other initiatives to support existing networks. " We will continue to share information about this exciting news as we receive it! The website for Virginia's 2nd annual Racial Truth...

View Free On-Demand (CC) webinars from CALIFORNIA ACES ACADEMY CALIFORNIA ACES ACADEMY, a grantee of ACEsAware, is a collaboration of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) , the Academy on Violence and Abuse (AVA) , the California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (CAPSAC) , and the Center for Innovation and Resources, Inc. (CIR) working to support California's ACEsAware initiative . The CALIFORNIA ACES ACADEMY webinar series aspires to educate...

What is Connect? Adolescence is a remarkable developmental period, in which children are transformed neurobiologically, cognitively and interpersonally as they prepare for adult roles and relationships. The confluence of these diverse changes makes adolescence a “sensitive” developmental period, where vulnerability increases but opportunities for growth are also heightened Developed by Marlene Moretti, Professor and Canada Research Chair, in collaboration with government stakeholders and...

*For Mental Health, Human Services, Disaster Management, Climate Change, Faith, and Other Community Leaders, and Elected Officials Click here for a copy of the "Resilience for All Act of 2021" Click here to have your organization sign this letter Click here to personally sign this letter Deadline for signing the letter is September 30, 2021

Weave’s mission is straightforward. We are here to support weavers, because we think you are one of the best chances we have of building the connections and social trust we need to come together and create a better society. “So just how do you support them?” I’m often asked by friends. “We’re working on that,” I say, “and we know where to find answers.” We ask weavers what they need. That’s how we came up with the Weaver Awards (and other plans you’ll hear about soon.) We kept hearing that...

The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania is conducting a research study on the mental health experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic of older youth in foster care and those who recently exited foster care . We seek to understand what challenges young people experienced and learn what was, or would have been, helpful with addressing those challenges . Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 23 and either in or aged out of...

By Jonathan Watts, The Guardian, August 16, 2021 Three-quarters of people in the world’s wealthiest nations believe humanity is pushing the planet towards a dangerous tipping point and support a shift of priorities away from economic profit, according to a global survey. The Ipsos Mori survey for the Global Commons Alliance (GCA) also found a majority (58%) were very concerned or extremely concerned about the state of the planet. Four in five respondents said they were willing to step up and...

A Better Normal is a live Zoom event series by PACEs Connection in which we imagine and create a better normal together that is informed by PACEs science. PACEs = Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences. For an overview of PACEs science, check out this 5-minute video . Join us for our next event: Institutional Child Sexual Abuse: Problem and Prevention Wednesday, August 18, 2021 Noon to 1:00 PM PDT Hosted by PACEs Connection staff including @Natalie Audage (PACEs Connection Staff) and...

Following a brief mindfulness check-in, PACEs Connection staff meetings begin with the review of our Vision, Mission, and Values statements, as well as our Equity and Inclusion Statement. At a recent meeting, top row, L-R, Ingrid Cockhren, Carey Sipp, Donielle Prince, Jane Stevens. Middle row, L-R, John Flores, Porter Jennings-McGarity, Jenna Quinn, Gail Kennedy. Bottom row, L-R, Rafael Maravilla, Natalie Audage, Alison Cebulla, Samantha Sangenito. A couple of times last week I felt my body...