Tagged With "Finding Hope"

Please welcome these 16 communities from CA, CT, FL, IN, IL, and OR to ACEs Connection . More i nformation about each one of them is below. You can also find theses communities among this list of all our communities . Brevard County (FL) ACEs Connection We are a collective of educators, health care professionals, community members and more who work to prevent and reverse the effects of childhood traumas such as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Our goal is to brighten the future for...

"The reality of my own “adverse childhood experiences” is just catching up with me at age 73. My guess is I’m not alone."

While members of the Maryland General Assembly did not dominate the Dec. 13th “MGA ACEs Roundtable” in numbers, they commanded the room and enlivened a focus on how ACEs science can inform current and future policies considered by elected officials.

By Charlene Belew, The Duncan Banner, January 17, 2020 “The child may not remember but the body remembers.” That was the key saying behind the “Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope” film screening Thursday, Jan. 16 when First Lady Sarah Stitt brought the Hope Rising Tour to Duncan in an effort to educate and help prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) plaguing youth in the state. “Resilience” focuses on the concept of ACEs, which is now understood to be a leading...

Room erupts in applause for the grandmother of witness William Kellibrew during July 11 House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing. The power of personal stories from witnesses and committee members fueled the July 11 hearing on childhood trauma in the House Oversight and Reform Committee* throughout the nearly four hours of often emotional and searing testimony and member questions and statements (Click here for 3:47 hour video). The hearing was organized into a two panels—testimony from...

With the headlines about Covid-19 shouting, "it's the end of the world," I'm sure you are all feeling *slightly panicked right along with me. This is a scary time for America and the world. There is a lot of uncertainty, and it is entirely reasonable to feel anxious and afraid. If you are experiencing symptoms of anxiety, you can find help here. I am writing to share my hope. When faced with tragedy, we can succumb, or we can rise. I am going to choose to rise every.single.time and I hope...

Register for A Better Normal- Our reckoning with race and equity at ACEs Connection

The CT ACEs Task Force invites you to join us for a virtual film screening and discussion of the award-winning documentary, PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools . The film will be available from December 13th-17th to watch at your own convenience, followed by a panel discussion on Dec. 17th from 6:00-7:30pm with community members, state and local experts, and moderated by State Senator Marilyn Moore. This feature-length documentary takes a close look at the educational,...

You’re invited to a virtual film screening of Resilience : The Biology of Stress & the Science of Hope , the award-winning documentary, and a panel discussion with experts in trauma and resilience on Thursday, March 18 from 6:00-7:30 pm, sponsored by the Connecticut State Taskforce on ACEs & Resilience (CSTAR). RSVP here ABOUT CSTAR: We promote equitable systems of health (physical, mental and behavioral), well-being, and support in order to build resilience in individuals, families,...

Former PACEs Connection employees Dana Brown (L) with Vincent Felitti, MD, co-author of the 1998 Adverse Childhood Experiences study, and Carey Sipp (R) in San Diego in January, 2024. The last few months have been quite challenging, but we pushed, persevered, and didn’t give up hope. The “we” is Carey Sipp and Dana Brown. We were long-time staff members of PACEs Connection determined to reinstate the website and the resources and information we provide to communities after the platform went...