Tagged With "Orlando"
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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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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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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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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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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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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...