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By Katie Atkinson, Billboard, June 11, 2021 Camila Cabello sat down with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, the surgeon general of California, to have a video conversation about how the negative effects of childhood trauma can affect someone's physical and mental health into adulthood. The chat is part of a national campaign to educate Americans about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) -- defined as highly stressful experiences that can happen to any of us before we turn 18 -- and how they impact...

Join nearly 1,000 child welfare professionals at the only international conference on treatment family care. Explore strategies and innovations that are being used to deliver effective family focused treatment services in bio, kinship, foster and adoptive homes. The program’s 60 workshops, micro sessions and keynotes will support your professional development in the areas of clinical interventions, leadership, program development, evaluation, resource family training & support, and more.

Join us! Starting a PACEs Initiative in Your Community Live Zoom Meeting Monday, July 12, 2021 1:00 - 1:45 PM PDT Click here to register. In this talk I'll discuss: What a PACEs Initiative is Where to find an initiative that might already exist in your community Finding the resources you need: speakers, film screenings, PACEs science presentations and more An overview of our website community pages and how to use them What being a Community Manager entails Some examples of successful PACEs...

July 8, 2021 There are thousands of therapists in the United States and, unless you live in a rural area, many for you to choose from. Yet, finding a therapist that is a good fit, especially one who treats complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), can be a daunting task. Asking questions and vetting a therapist for your healing journey requires you to ask many questions. Knowing what qualities to search for in a therapist is also vital. This article will seek to answer some of the...

Last week I attended the Lisa Project in Stockton Ca. and it was an interesting and indelible experience. From a person with lived experiences of ACEs and childhood trauma, I would say it was both visceral and real as well as informing and educational. Check out the Lisa Project… https://thelisaproject.org

Speakers and Seminars are set for the USBG Foundation's Social Responsibility Symposium!

By Kim Severson, The New York Times, July 4, 2021 Just before people started to take the pandemic seriously, Stacie Marshall slipped into the back of a conference room in Athens, Ga., and joined two dozen Black farmers in a marketing seminar called “Collards Aren’t the New Kale.” She stood out, and not just because she was one of only two white people in the room. Ms. Marshall, 41, still had the long blond hair and good looks that won her the Miss Chattooga County title in 1998. The win came...

This summer, the HOPE team welcomes several talented students to assist us with our many projects and presentations. Each one of them adds their unique perspective and expertise to our team, and brings a hardworking, equity-focused mindset that directly represents HOPE in action. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with each and every one of them! We asked each of them to introduce themselves to our readers. Sydney Grob I was born and raised in a small town outside of Denver,...

By Paulina Villegas and Hannah Knowles, The Washington Post, July 7, 2021 Several large-scale trials of a four-day workweek in Iceland were an “overwhelming success,” with many workers shifting to shorter hours without affecting their productivity, and in some cases improving it, in what researchers called “groundbreaking evidence for the efficacy of working time reduction.” Some of the trials’ key findings showed that a shorter week translated into increased well-being of employees among a...

By Laura Bliss and Hadriana Lowenkron, Bloomberg City Lab + Equality, July 1, 2021 U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has spoken often about the injustices created by federal highways built over the last 70 years, raising interest in the idea of tearing some of them down. “It’s disproportionately Black and brown neighborhoods that were divided by highway projects plowing through them because they didn’t have the political capital to resist,” then secretary-nominee Buttigieg told...

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Steve Almasy, CNN US, July 6, 2021 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday he had signed an executive order declaring a gun violence emergency and told an audience in New York City he was going to sign legislation that allows for civil lawsuits against gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for how they market and sell firearms. The new law would close what he said was a "Trump-backed federal loophole" that allowed people with active warrants to purchase...

By Darryl Fears, The Washington Post, June 28, 2021 A heavy snow was falling here in the Taconic Mountain Range outside Albany when Leah Penniman moved to the farm she bought with her husband. It was the day after Christmas, Penniman recalled, “and I cried.” They were not tears of joy. Penniman was having second thoughts. “I was, like, can we just stay in Albany?” Her family had left that city’s impoverished South End community because it was a food desert — devoid of grocery stores with...