Tagged With "Orlando Sentinel"
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Major decline in poverty rate for Central Florida children, report shows [Orlando Sentinel]
There’s some rare good news for Central Florida’s kids — the poverty rate dropped significantly from 2012 to 2017, juvenile arrests were down and more children were covered by health insurance. The findings were released Wednesday by the Florida Kids Count 2019 Child Well-being Index, produced by researchers at the University of South Florida and based on 16 measures of health, financial stability, education and social welfare in each Florida county. On the whole, St. Johns County — in the...
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Town Hall Meeting -Two Years after Parkland: Are schools safer, and at what cost?
Events that Make an Impact Two Years after Parkland: Are schools safer, and at what cost? Sponsored by the Orlando Sentinel and Valencia's School of Public Safety Thursday, February 13th Doors open at 6:30 pm Valencia College School of Public Safety 8600 Valencia College Lane, Orlando, FL 32825 We will address the safety measures in place and still to come, and what they’ve meant to the students and staff who now have to live with it. The panel will include parents, mental health...
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ACEs Connection Central Florida Launches at First Annual Conference
Photo by James Encinas Raising yellow “Visions & Commitments” cards, 550 attendees at yesterday’s Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference pledged their enthusiastic support to create a more resilient Central Florida. The standing-room-only crowd heard Dr. Vincent Felitti deliver a morning keynote address detailing the findings of the CDC-Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE Study) . He also shared moving testimonials of people who are...
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After Bryce Gowdy’s suicide, let’s elevate the conversation about poverty’s effects on youth | Commentary [The Orlando Sentinel]
By Shannon Green, The Orlando Sentinel, January 3, 2020 Are you going to be OK, mom? Shibbon Winelle said those were among the final words uttered by her son, Bryce Gowdy, before he left their motel room and stood in front of a freight train. Bryce, who was 17, died of suicide a week before the Deerfield Beach football star was due to start classes at Georgia Tech on a scholarship Jan. 6. Bryce, his mom and his brothers were homeless again, and family members said he wrestled with his...
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Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing
Welcome to ACEs Connection Central Florida! For a copy of the program for our conference, Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing, please check the resources below.
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Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference (April 21, 2020 - Orlando, FL)
Raising yellow “Visions & Commitments” cards, 550 attendees representing 176 organizations at the 2019 Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference in Orlando, Florida pledged their enthusiastic support to create a more resilient Central Florida. One year later, we are convening again for our 2020 conference to learn from experts in the field, continue community conversations and collaboration, and focus the tremendous momentum around this work. 2020 Creating a...
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Early Registration is Open! Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference - April 21st, 2020
The Second Annual Creating a Resilient Community: From Trauma to Healing Conference hosts cutting-edge keynote speakers and convenes participants representing multiple community sectors including Health, Education, Business, Public Safety, Government, Criminal Justice, Faith, and Non-Profit. This community initiative provides a space to discuss the impact of trauma, ways of healing, and how Central Florida can continue to build a resilient community. Come together again as we continue to...
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Ending cycle of violence starts with making children priority [Orlando Sentinel]
By Guest Columnists Rachel C. Allen and Dr. Judi Addelston “Teenage time bombs: A generation in danger,” a series of South Florida Sun-Sentinel stories printed in the Orlando Sentinel between Dec. 15 and 19, might lead readers to fear our children. Today, thanks to the research of Vincent Felliti and Robert Anda, we have a pathway to resilience and healing from the violence we see in our communities. Felitti and Anda studied the relationship of health risk behavior and disease in adulthood...
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Florida’s children: A missed opportunity [The Orlando Sentinel]
Assistant teacher D'onna Hartman, reads to Frederick Frenious, left, and Gus Saunders at the Creative Kids Learning Center, a school that focuses on pre-kindergarten for 4- and 5-year-olds, in Seattle. (Elaine Thompson / AP) By Kevin Sherin and Karen Willis | My Word Columnists |The Orlando Sentinel May 23, 2019 Florida’s 2019 legislators missed an opportunity to put our children first in the priorities of our state. And the first priority should include early childhood nurturing, bonding,...
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Re: Ending cycle of violence starts with making children priority [Orlando Sentinel]
Powerful and terrific piece. Thank you for writing it and sharing it. C.
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The Traumatic Impact of Racism on Young People and How to Talk About It [Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg]
Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg (Keynote speaker from the recent Creating a Resilient Community Conference) shared the excerpt from his book Reaching Teens titled The Traumatic Impact of Racism on Young People and How to Talk About It. This is a valuable resource for anyone interacting with youth and we are providing the excerpt as an attachment here for you to read and share. Also, Dr. Ginsburg will be coming back to our community (virtually) and you’ll be invited to his workshop. Look out for the...
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We must be willing to sacrifice for common good in troubled times [Orlando Sentinel Guest Column]
Guest Column: We must be willing to sacrifice for common good in troubled times By Rachel Allen, Director Peace and Justice Institute at Valencia College We are living in unprecedented times which invite each of us to grow our inner resources and resilience. Nurturing these strengths may seem daunting in light of the health, social and economic crisis our world is facing. Our humanity is being disrupted and tested. How will we adapt? COVID-19 lays bare the reality of our interconnectedness...
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Does VP Candidate Kamala Harris know about ACEs? You bet!
Nadine Burke Harris, California’s Surgeon General, has a lot in common with the vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris—Jamaican heritage, surname, home state—and a commitment to addressing ACEs and toxic stress. As reported in the New Yorker article by Paul Tough, “The Poverty Clinic,” Dr. Harris told Kamala Harris, then San Francisco district attorney, about ACEs in 2008 and in response, she offered to help. District Attorney Harris then introduced her to professor of child and...
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Does VP Candidate Kamala Harris know about ACEs? You bet!
[Ed. note: Elizabeth Prewitt wrote this article in August 2020. On this day, it's worth re-posting, to note that Kamala Harris is not only the first woman, the first Black woman, and the first South Asian woman elected Vice President, but also someone who's well versed in ACEs science.] Nadine Burke Harris, California’s Surgeon General, has a lot in common with the vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris—Jamaican heritage, surname, home state—and a commitment to addressing ACEs and toxic...
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Monique Worrell Creates SVU to Manage Domestic Violence and Sex Crime Cases in Ninth Judicial Circuit
Orange-Osceola State Attorney Worrell has created a special victims unit to manage domestic violence and sex crimes cases in the Ninth Judicial Circuit. Assistant State Attorney William Jay will lead the unit, which was created to reduce the backlog of cases. There has been a nationwide increase in domestic violence cases since the pandemic began in 2020. PJI recently hosted State Attorney Worrell as part of a panel of local leaders to discuss how domestic violence is being addressed in...
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As We Transition to the Recovery Phase of Hurricane Ian “Look out for the Helpers”
The last 24 hours have reminded us of our individual vulnerability, as well as the vulnerability of our community and our state. Hurricane Ian is an example of a traumatic event in the third realm of ACEs that can bring about increased stress and strong emotional reactions. We acknowledge that this can be an incredibly challenging time for many and we encourage people to stay connected, reach out for help when needed, and support each other as you are able. This is how we can build...
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Calling All Non-Profits in Central Florida
Help support Central Florida's Creating a Resilient Community Network in creating a baseline understanding of our local non-profit's knowledge and implementation of trauma-informed practices and policies. If you are a NONPROFIT , click here to complete the trauma-informed baseline survey. EVERYONE , please share with your contacts from other non-profits across Central Florida and let's get the word out. Research like this is essential for the CRC Network and our community, in understanding...
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Sofiya Asedrem supports PACEs Connection to help address root causes in her fast-growing Florida community & make mental health a human right.
Note: PACEs Connection is in dire financial straits. We need you, our almost 58,000 members, to help cover the loss of foundation funding that was promised and did not come through . Unfortunately, staff pay and hours have had to be cut for December. The good news is that, since sounding the alarm this summer, we’ve raised more than $52,000. Thank you to all who’ve donated. To get a sense of who your fellow members are, who is donating, and why, please read and share this seventh in a series...
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New Publication by Early Founder of CRC Network - ACPM’s Latest Recommendations Related to Screening
Dr. Kevin Sherin is no stranger to the CRC Network. He was a key Central Florida leader involved in planning the first Creating a Resilient Community Conference in 2019, which ultimately lead to the construction of a strategic planning group, later to be called the “CRC Network”. He and a team of researchers recently published an article (December 2022) detailing the position statement of the American College of Preventive Medicine regarding the application of the ACEs study. In the...
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PJI Announces Nonprofit Status and Mayor Dyer Proclaims March 2 as Peace and Justice Institute Day for Orlando, FL
Press Release (Released March 2, 2023) PEACE AND JUSTICE INSTITUTE FORMS AS NONPROFIT ENTITY Mayor Dyer Announces Peace and Justice Institute Day ORLANDO, March 2nd, 2023 – The Peace and Justice Institute (PJI) announced today that it has formed as a nonprofit. This is the next step in the organization’s long-term vision of continued growth, innovation and transformation. PJI’s work will continue without interruption and plans for expansion are in place. Under this new status they will...
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Re: Orlando conference promotes compassion, kindness to prevent violence (Wesh 2)
Sofiya, Good to see. Can we have this put on the National Website? Can you ask Carey? Rachel
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Orlando conference promotes compassion, kindness to prevent violence (Wesh 2)
(Originally posted May 11, 2023) The Peace and Justice Institute hosts 5th Annual Resilience Conference WINTER PARK, Fla. — The Peace and Justice Institute is hosting the 5 th annual Resilience Conference in Winter Park this week. The conference focuses on trauma and covers different ways of preventing and dealing with violence. In a crowded room on Thursday, Rachel Allen directed people’s attention to the trauma that folks are feeling in their neighborhoods, schools, homes and work. Allen...
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Press Release: Central Florida Leaders Taking Brightline to Miami to Attend Program on Improving the Court and Community Response & Decriminalizing Mental Illness
Central Florida Leaders Taking Brightline to Miami to Attend Program on Improving the Court and Community Response: Decriminalizing Mental Illness Who: Judges, nonprofit executives, city and county government, public safety, and criminal justice officials. When: December 13-15, 2023 Where: Camillus House 1603 NW 7th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, and The Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery 2200 NW 7th Ave., Miami, FL 33127 Convened by the Peace and Justice Institute’s (PJI) Resilience...
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PJI Director Commentary Featured in Orlando Sentinel - Empathy is key to managing conflict after Election Day
By JAY REDDICK | jreddick@orlandosentinel.com | Orlando Sentinel PUBLISHED: October 19, 2024 at 5:30 a.m. How do we manage what is coming the day after voting, with the anticipated conflicted feelings? This is my response. Years ago in couples therapy I learned that when I reacted to another’s poor behavior with my own angry, vengeful response, I received the “counseling.” This felt unfair. “Hey wait! Why am I getting feedback when they behaved badly?” I learned that I needed to manage my...