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This is a collection of resources regarding structural racism and trauma. This list aims to give a broad overview and is not all-inclusive. We welcome suggestions; if you have any, please comment below! The titles below and the PDFs in attachments are in alphabetical order. BSC Full Report Trauma Resilient Informed City Baltimore: This is the full report of the work, data, lessons, and direct quotes from several teams of people from various backgrounds in the Baltimore community as they...

I began riding the “trauma-informed care” wave three years prior to realizing I was part of something bigger than my own vision to bust open the conversation on trauma. When my life as a writer, editor, and advocate for parenting survivors of childhood abuse collided with my professional life as a mental health care manager, I knew the universe was trying to tell me something. Having long ago succumbed to the realization that everything really does happen for a reason, I started to see my...

Resilient Sacramento has recently made explicit, their commitment to doing trauma-informed education & engagement that centers race, and other forms of structural oppression, as sources of trauma. The resources shared in a recent Resilient Sacramento meeting are described here for the entire ACEs Connection community. Please add your resources to the comments!

Susan Traylor says “When they see the cross on the table, they know someone has died.” The ‘they’ she is talking about are the many folks experiencing homelessness in our small community of Tarpon Springs, Florida. A few weeks ago, the cross was on the table for Terry. I knew him by sight but never knew his name. I observed him over the past few years quite often in a state that makes most people not only uncomfortable, but anxious and fearful as he argued with someone only he could see. He...

Dawn: Those tears you had and shared with Joyelle - I totally get it and I'm so inspired by how you have merged all you know about trauma, ACEs, service, stress and found ways to continually improve things for individuals, families, organizations and communities. You bring together care managers, survivors, parents, and who used to be called clients (also known as people) and make it so that all perspectives can be shared, said, heard and considered. This movement needs you and I'm glad you...

Cis, you always have powerful words of support to offer. I love you for that. And I had to laugh when you called me out for using the word "client." lol I was at a training recently and the presenter used the term "participants." I have mixed feelings about that one too. The language needs to change in a big way. We have a long way to go but progress is starting to pop up all over. And how amazing is that?!

Dawn, than you for sharing. I too had a similar experience to you. I had been working in international HIV work through a university for almost 20 years and was searching for the next chapter in my professional life. I enjoyed my work and felt like it was important but something was missing. THen I learned about the ACE study, met Jane Stevens and my world got rocked... ACEs were underlying the folks i worked within the PH work i did and were underlying my history (i determined i had an ACE...

Love this piece and the process report. Thanks for seizing the moment, doing the work, documenting your process, sharing your enthusiasm. “ What actually occurred when I sat down ended up not being a pitch as much as it was a conversation. A dialogue between two women about how we can make our residences safer, our services more compassionate, and our staff less stressed. I didn’t have to sell her the idea. All I needed to do was introduce her to the framework for providing services through...

Thank you, Carey. This truly is an "everybody wins" win!

Becoming Trauma-Informed "As we come together facing this global pandemic, we are all experiencing heightened levels of stress which could be viewed as a collective trauma. The purpose of this toolkit is to build a better understanding of what trauma is and how trauma affects the thoughts, actions and behaviours of people affected by it so that we can come together in solidarity and hope. As we come together facing this global pandemic, we are all experiencing heightened levels of stress...