Tagged With "collective trauma"
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2019 Hope Endowment/CBJ Social Services Grant Awards [Philanthropy Northwest]
Juneau Community Foundation awards $1.8M in grants to local nonprofit service providers in the areas of homelessness, food security, substance abuse disorders, domestic violence, suicide prevention, senior care, hospice, mental and physical health, education and income stability. These grants are provided through a unified process that includes funding from the Juneau Community Foundation’s Hope Endowment Fund ($1,053,978) and the City & Borough of Juneau’s Social Service Funds...
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ACE Resolution introduced in the Alaska Legislature
Representative Geran Tarr, (D-Anchorage) introduced a resolution in the Alaska State House of Representatives yesterday to encourage the governor and legislature to address ACEs in Alaska. Here is the title of the Resolution: “Urging Governor Bill Walker to join with the Alaska State Legislature to respond to the public and behavioral health epidemic of adverse childhood experiences by establishing a statewide policy and providing programs to address this epidemic.” The...
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ACEs Connection Info
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ACEs mural project offers hope to victims of childhood trauma [anchoragepress.com]
“Art is a powerful venue through which to have hard conversations,” said Trevor Storrs, President and CEO of the Alaska Children’s Trust, as he was drawing the attention of the crowd at the Church of Love for the opening of Resilience After Trauma: An ACEs Mural Project last week. It was an accurate description for the nature of the project being unveiled. Steve Gordon, a renowned local artist, art instructor at UAA and creator of the project, explained that it had all started a year ago as...
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"ACEs Primer" (5-minute video)
This is an excellent introduction to ACEs and the trauma-informed movement. https://vimeo.com/139998006
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Advanced Trauma Conference, April 18 - 21, Anchorage
Featuring international superstars in the trauma field such as Dr. Martin Teicher and Christopher Blodgett and amazing local trainers and change makers like Kristen Mortenson and Patrick Sidmore, this 4-day will cover topics of neurobiology, ACEs, trauma-informed systems, and more. Info on registration from the website: Registration Process : Registration for the Alaskan Advanced Trauma Training Institute is online only. During the Priority Registration period from March 18 th through March...
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Afterschool programs and a trauma-informed approach [Afterschool Alliance]
“A trauma-informed, culturally responsive lens must be a part of everything we do.” This statement by Laura Norton-Cruz, Director of the Alaska Resilience Initiative, sums up the key message of last week’s Senate Afterschool Caucus briefing for Congressional staff which focused on “Afterschool Programs and a Trauma-Informed Approach.” On Wednesday, Sept. 11, the Senate Afterschool Caucus* — in partnership with the Afterschool Alliance, Alaska Children’s Trust – Alaska Afterschool Network,...
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Alaska ACEs pamphlet
In case you haven't seen it, here's the pamphlet. The PDF is attached, in case you want to download it, and it's also been added to the Clips section of this group.
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Alaska Edition: "The Impacts of Childhood Trauma on Overall Health" on KAKM Alaska Public Media
Alaska Edition is a weekly news program on Alaska Pubic Media (TV and radio). In recognition of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Trevor Storrs and Gennifer Moreau-Johnson were interviewed live in the studio. Deborah Bock appeared in brief (2-mins.) videotaped interview. Alaska Edition (30 minutes) http://www.alaskapublic.org/2016/04/15/national-child-abuse-prevention-month/ Full interview with Deborah Bock (19 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPMVMC4f-lU&feature=youtu.be
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Alaska legislature takes up ACEs resolution similar to those passed in Wisconsin and California
A hearing will be held April 2 on Alaska House Concurrent Resolution 21 (HCR 21) to respond to adverse childhood experiences. The resolution is very similar to those passed in Wisconsin and California . Testimony will be heard in the Health and Social Services Committee on the bill introduced by Representative Geran Tarr. In her statement about the bill , Tarr calls on Governor Walker “to establish policy and programs to address the public and behavioral health epidemic of adverse childhood...
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Alaska Native & Native American gathering on trauma and resilience in AK
On May 18th, the Alaska Resilience Initiative, First Alaskans Institute's Alaska Native Policy Center, and the Native Village of Chickaloon hosted a gathering of Alaska Native and Native American people from across the state to discuss ACCCEs (adverse childhood, cultural, and community experiences) and resilience.
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Alaska one of 14 communities awarded MARC grant
[Originally posted by Leslie Lieberman] Fourteen communities from across the country now have an opportunity to expand their innovative work in addressing childhood adversity through a new project launched by The by The Health Federation of Philade lphia , with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The California Endowment. Called Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC), the project supports communities building the movement...
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Alaska passes trauma-informed legislation
In the dark early hours of Mother’s Day, May 13th , before the 2018 Alaska legislative session adjourned, Senate Bill 105 was approved by both the Alaska House and the Senate...making Alaska one of only a handful of states to pass ACEs awareness into statute. This represents years of education, collaboration, and some creative and dogged advocacy this last legislative session. It also represents a promising path forward.
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Alaska Resilience Initiative to begin trauma-informed training program [stateofreform.com]
In December, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield granted two years of funding to the Alaska Resilience Initiative (ARI) to develop a program to train professionals in recognizing and responding to trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The Alaska Resilience Initiative is a statewide organization that brings together a variety of groups and individuals with the goal of ending child maltreatment and systemic trauma. The ARI works to develop solutions to systemic trauma in Alaska while...
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Anchorage Faith Leaders Forum on "Safe Children, Healthy Families"
Leaders and youth, family, community workers from all faith communities in Anchorage are invited to this January 24th forum on "Safe Children, Healthy Families," sponsored by the Alaska Governor's Office, Alaska Children's Trust, and Alaska Resilience Initiative. First Lady Donna Walker will be there to welcome and participate with us. Churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, ashrams, groups for meditation or prayer or ritual or conversation, all faith communities have a role to play in...
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Artists in the ACE and Resilience Movement: Creative Avenues to Change
They began with a song and ended with a poem. In-between, there were photographs and giant graphic renderings, movement exercises and a “human pulse” formed when 90 people stood in a circle and squeezed each other’s hands. At a June summit in Whatcom County, Washington, titled “Our Resilient Community: A Community Conversation on Resilience and Equity,” the arts played a starring role. Kristi Slette, executive director of the Whatcom Family and Community Network, one of two Washington sites...
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As teens, they faced the same temptations. One made it, one didn’t. Why? [ADN.com]
This is the story of two childhoods that brought two grown men to opposite sides of a table in Mountain View, one after a life of pain and one of privilege. The meeting was a little awkward. A fine art painter was recruited to learn about a recovering addict, now a car salesman, and depict how childhood events had shaped his life. "It's certainly not something that I'm used to," said painter David Pettibone. "I was absolutely nervous going in. I wasn't quite sure of the questions I was going...
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Behavioral health focus of Mat-Su Health Foundation grants [AlaskaPublic.org]
As state lawmakers prepare to grapple with a tight state budget, one non-profit is gearing up to deal with health needs in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The Mat-Su Health Foundation is stepping in to provide funding for behavioral health services in the face of expected cuts. One program benefiting from grant money is aiming to curb the earliest sources of drug and alcohol abuse with a focus on Adverse Childhood Experiences awareness. .....Minard says a third report to be released in...
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Breaking the link between childhood trauma and suicide [KTOO.org]
Close to 200 people in Juneau joined forces Thursday to break the link between childhood trauma and suicide. They’re taking part in a two day suicide prevention conference. Day one focused on establishing the trauma-suicide link....
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Bush Fellowships awarded to 24 who can use the $100K to develop leadership skills[MinnPost]
This article describes the award by the St. Paul, Minnesota-based Bush Foundation of 24 fellowships to individuals in North and South Dakota, Minnesota and 23 Native nations to develop leadership skills. Some of the awardees are doing work trauma-specific work such as Susan Marie Beaulieu who is teaching ACEs in Native American communities. Others are using the arts, drumming and other culturally-grounded approaches to heal communities. One is a state legislator (not seeking re-election),...
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"Business Leaders in the ACE and Resilience Movement: A Different Kind of Bottom Line"
This is a fantastic article about trauma-informed businesses and business efforts across the country, including Vigor Shipyards in Ketchikan, Alaska! Toxic stress in the childhoods and current lives of workers affect worker productivity, safety, retention, and more, and these affect the bottom line. Find out what businesses and resilience coalitions are doing about it: http://marc.healthfederation.org/shared-learnings/business-leaders-ace-and-resilience-movement-different-kind-bottom-line
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Call for Abstracts for NCHDV 2020 conference
The National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence (NCHDV) seeks submissions that highlight research reports, practice innovations, advocacy initiatives, educational advances, and/or community programs that address one or more aspects related to domestic/sexual violence, other forms of violence, and health. The Call for Abstracts (CFA) invites leaders working in the fields of health and domestic/sexual violence to present their work at the 2020 Conference. Submission Deadline: Monday,...
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Childhood trauma could be causing your adult health problems [adn.com]
It’s no secret that Alaska struggles with high rates of sexual assault and abuse, neglect, and other crimes against children. Alaska consistently has one of the five highest child abuse rates in the country, according to the Child Welfare League of America. The state Office of Children’s Services told Alaska Dispatch News this summer that in 2017 it has averaged more than 50 reports of abuse and neglect per day. What's less well known is that these kinds of traumatic experiences, along with...
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Conference in Anchorage Aug 18th on Complex Trauma and Addictions
Longitudinal Progression of Complex Trauma and Addiction: Case Studies and Interventions The University of Alaska Anchorage - Department of Human Services is hosting a conference on August 18, 2017 from 8 am -5:30 pm with a Dinner presentation from 6 pm - 7:30 pm at the UAA Lucy Cuddy Hall. The conference will spotlight case studies highlighting the necessity of a multi-disciplinary approach in addressing the complexity of trauma combined with addiction. See attached flyer for more...
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COMPLEX TRAUMA IN CHILDREN Conference this Saturday at UAA
I just learned about this free conference this Saturday. For information click on the link below: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/psych/bscn-information.cfm?utm_source=Behavioral+Sciences+Conf+North-April+2016&utm_campaign=Technical+Assist+FY16&utm_medium=email
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Do you live in Arizona, Hawaii, California, Nevada or the US Pacific Islands? Come to our no-cost mental and school mental health Winter Institute!
Do you live in Arizona, Hawaii, California, Nevada or the US Pacific Islands?If so...Check it out! 👇 NO COST. MENTAL HEALTH & SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE. AMAZING FACULTY. JANUARY 14, 15, & 16th! LONG BEACH, CA. JOIN US. 🤝 👏 Learn more here: http://bit.ly/mhttc-winterinstitute-flyer Register here: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07egq2f9gaebafa6bd&llr=8wdk4ubab
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Dr. Chris Blodgett's talk last week: recordings available soon
Dr. Chris Blodgett of Washington State University's CLEAR Trauma Center spoke on Nov 3rd in Anchorage, Alaska, to nearly 200 people attending either in person at the Anchorage Loussac Library or online. An audio recording, and the webinar recording, and presentation slides will be made available here on ACEsConnection once file size issues are sorted out.
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Dr. Linda Chamberlain's Toolkit on DV & ACEs now available
Dr. Linda Chamberlain from Homer, Alaska introduces the Domestic Violence and ACEs toolkit that she developed and tested throughout the Arctic.
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Expansion of ACEs in Alaska
I just want to pass along ACT's recent announcement regarding work tied to ACEs in Alaska. It is an incredible opportunity and encouraging to see this work move forward in Alaska. WKH Alaska Children's Trust (ACT) is proud to...
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Fighting 'toxic stress' [Frontiersman.com]
PALMER — School and public health officials say teachers need to know what’s going on in their students’ home lives to help them succeed. At the Glenn Massay Theater on Saturday night, Mat-Su Health Foundation (MSHF)...
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First statewide meeting of the Alaska Resilience Initiative
Last Thursday, the first statewide meeting of the Alaska Resilience Initiative was held. Over 80 people from different regions in Alaska who work in different sectors, organizations, schools, tribes, etc. gathered around the same goal of building healthy families and communities and moving beyond trauma and the intergenerational transmission of trauma. Participants rolled up their sleeves and got to work on how to structure this collective impact initiative so that it is inclusive,...
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Free Discussion Guide and Movie Loans
Do you ever see a post from us and wonder about ACEs? Want to educate your friends? We can help! For free, ARI can lend you an hour-long documentary (Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope) about the history of ACE science and early years of the Resilience movement, as well as a hard or soft copy of the movie’s discussion guide. This guide ( https://www.recharge4resilience.org/sites/default/files/slides/Resilience%20Guide%20-%20FINAL.PDF ) created in partnership with the...
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(Free!) Epigenetics webinar with Dr. Courtney Griffin
Alaska Children's Trust is sponsoring this training called “What is the science of epigenetics teaching us about multi-generational transmission of trauma?” for the second time because Dr. Griffin's first training was so incredibly informative, clear, and visually-engaging.
September 22, 2016 @ 12:00 PM
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/583399901
and/or +1 (408) 650-3123 Access Code: 583-399-901
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FREE webinar! Trauma History and Extensive Service Use: Strategies for Treatment and Prevention
FREE WEBINAR:
Trauma History and Extensive Service Use: Strategies for Treatment and Prevention
Presented by National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)’s State Technical Assistance Project
Wednesday, February 15, 2 to-3:30 p.m. ET
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LEARNING/TA OPPORTUNITY FOR TRAUMA-INFORMED COMMUNITIES! -- Applications due Jan 8!
LEARNING/TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITY!
Announcement & call for submissions from the for the National Council on Behavioral Health’s:
• 2017 Trauma-Sensitive School Learning Community for schools and districts
• 2017 National Trauma-Informed Care Learning Community for behavioral health, social service, community and large system organizations.
Applications are due 5:00 PM EST on January 8, 2017.
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Gabor Maté :How to Build a Culture of Good Health
Physical well-being depends on more than keeping our bodies fit. Emotions and the people who come into our lives matter just as much! For more information click on the Yes! magazine article
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Greetings & introduction!
Hello Alaska ACEs Action members! I want to introduce myself, as I am the new Program Director for the Alaska Resilience Initiative and will be working to enliven this ACEs Connection group and make it an active and useful space for us to learn and organize together. The picture is of me with my now two-year-old daughter, Ida Luna. I am mama to her and to a baby boy due in late July. I just began at the Alaska Children's Trust a few weeks ago as the Program Director for the Alaska Resilience...
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Guidance from Alaska Native & Native American Gathering on Trauma & Resilience in Alaska
In May, the Alaska Resilience Initiative partnered w/ First Alaskans Institute & the Native Village of Chickaloon to convene a gathering of Alaska Native and Native American people from every region of Alaska who work on issues of child & intergenerational trauma. The goal was to seek input that would be used to guide the Alaska Resilience Initiative, the training-of-ACEs/Resilience trainers and the curriculum used to present on ACEs, and the overall framing & approach to this work.
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Healing our Relatives: Webinar on Trauma-Informed Approaches in Indian Country
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Tribal Technical Assistance (TTA) Center is hosting a series of webinars on the impact of trauma and trauma-informed approaches in the American Indian and Native Alaskan cultural...
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Helpful trauma-informed phrases to calm an anxious person
The link below provides helpful phrases which are recommended to use when speaking with a young child who is anxious. With just a little tweaking the phrases can be very helpful and relevant with teenagers and adults, too. 49 Phrases To Calm An Anxious Child
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Homework: Moving Toward Compassionate, Trauma-Informed Schools
It was the little red trauma-informed schoolhouse. Katherine Wickersham-Wade, the Nay’dini’aa Na’ Kayax (Chickaloon Village) clan grandmother who started the Ya Ne Dah Ah School , Alaska’s first Tribally operated school in 1992, might not have used that language. But she did envision a school that would wrap its students in Native ancestral traditions and Ahtna language, instill self-confidence and repair some of the damage inflicted by historical trauma—the disruptions to culture and...
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How ACEs Play Out In Small Town Alaska [sewardcitynews.com]
Seward is a thriving and warm community, full of people who care and want to nurture one another. Even so, the fact remains that we don’t all start with the same opportunities and that early childhood trauma can have a lasting impact on people’s lives. This is the concept that has broken into the field of child development over the last few years. The new way of talking about this concept of unequal starts is known as ACES. According to the national Prevention Institute “Adverse Childhood...
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'In my childhood the monsters were very real' — Lt. Gov. Valerie Davidson talks about childhood trauma [KTUU]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) — Valerie Davidson is Alaska's version of a rock star. Well-liked and respected, she's often stopped in public by people for a hug or chat. The 51-year-old Yup-ik from Southwest Alaska first made headlines when she was just an 18-year-old college student who spoke out against alcohol abuse in villages. These days, she's serving as the state's first woman Alaska Native lieutenant governor. She's also a sexual abuse survivor "Even though it's really hard to talk about,...
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International Women's Day & the Feminist Origins of Child Trauma Work
Today is International Women's Day, an appropriate day to take note of and honor the decades of feminist-led research and activism that preceded the ACE study and built the foundation for so much of the trauma and resilience field of work. While the high percentage of people experiencing child sexual abuse may have been unfamiliar to the medical field prior to the ACE study, feminist researchers, anti-violence activists, and community leaders had been studying, writing, and b reaking the...
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Investigating historical trauma endured by Native Americans, Alaska Natives [AlaskaPublic.org]
An Ojibwe woman and independent journalist Mary Annette Pember recently visited Alaska for a series of stories on historical trauma and Native American mental health practices. Pember says the troubled lives of Native Americans reflect their troubled...
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ITRC calls for Universal Resilience Education and Skills Training for Climate Trauma
Sneak Preview for ITRC ACEs Connection Members! Next Tuesday, Jan. 8, the ITRC will release a major report Preparing People on the West Coast for Climate Change. The media release about the report is below (and attached). It includes a link to the webpage for the report, where people can download the full report, and find a link to the webpage with examples of resilience programs across the west coast. You can connect with the ITRC CA and PNW Facebook page:...
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Jill Burke: Cuts to early childhood care will deepen Alaska's fiscal crisis [ADN.com]
As the state grapples with a $3.5 billion budget deficit, we must not lose sight of slowly acquired gains, those that require continued investment now before they pay off in the future. If we dont, the dollars the state might think it is saving now will be lost later when we have to spend more as we try to undo trauma-based harm to our states future workforce. This presents a crucial intersection of social and economic policy that should not be overlooked. In a bare-bones fiscal era, we need...
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Join a webinar on Friday (Jan. 11) featuring Alaska’s new statute directing state policy to incorporate principles of brain development
Please join ACEs Connection and the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) for a free 60-minute webinar this Friday (Jan. 11) starting 8:00am AK/ 9:00am PT/ 12:00pm ET that features a new Alaskan statute directing state policy to incorporate principles of brain development. Hear the story first hand from the champion of the bill in the Alaska legislature, Rep. Geran Tarr, and the lead advocacy group—the Alaska Resilience Initiative —executive director, Laura Norton-Cruz.
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Lunch & Learn: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Resilience and Trauma-Informed Policy-Making
Join me in Juneau to learn about the impact of ACEs on our communities, workplaces and state. ACEs are a significant contributor to all the issues we struggle with, and cost Alaskan an estimated $866 million per year. Learn examples of trauma-informed approaches to business and policy-making. For those not in Juneau, the Lunch and Learn will be broadcast live and archived at www.360north.org/watch . When: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 12 PM – 12:45 PM Where: Capitol Building in Juneau,...
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MARC Booklet 2016: Features Alaska
Please find attached the 2016 booklet for the Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC) project, including Alaska and the other 13 communities that have been selected to participate in this 2 year learning collaborative. This is a great summary of the work happening in all 14 communities across the country. I look forward to working with you all in Alaska!