Tagged With "Sesame Street"

Who should you partner with to create lasting change through resilience in your community? The Building Community Resilience (BCR) initiative aims to address, prevent, and reduce the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adverse community environments (ACEs) on children’s health and wellbeing ( The “Pair of ACEs” ). An essential element of the successes of BCR’s five test sites around the country has been strategic collaborations. In your work to build resilience, identifying...

Mobilizing action can be intimidating. Creating a movement even more so. John Hagel provides the following definition of a movement: “an organized effort mobilizing a large number of independent participants in a grassroots effort to pursue a broad agenda for change.” He indicates that there are two key ingredients in movement making: 1) compelling narratives and 2) fostering creation spaces. In Buncombe County, we are experimenting with both of these notions. Opportunity-based Narrative A...

City Heights was likewise changed forever when eight city blocks along 40th Street- people’s homes and businesses–were scoured from the face of the earth in the early 1990’s to make way for the last connecting link of I-15, which extends from Canada to Mexico. City Heights would become a scorched earth community divided by an enormous ditch in keeping with Caltrans signature construction style. Resistance was spearheaded by the City Heights Community Development Corporation ( CHCDC ), whose...

Thanks to Alejandra Labrado from First 5 Sacramento for providing the links to these resources! Sesame Street's Traumatic Experiences: https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/traumatic-experiences/ When a child endures a traumatic experience, the whole family feels the impact. But adults hold the power to help lessen its effects. Several factors can change the course of kids’ lives: feeling seen and heard by a caring adult, being patiently taught coping strategies and...

The large picture windows at Lotus Garden Seafood and Noodles restaurant in City Heights overlook the corner of Euclid and University. Over a heaping plate of chicken chow fun , one can observe the comings and goings of Hispanic, East African, Asian, African-American, and Caucasian pedestrians, as well as teenagers of indeterminate race risking their lives crossing the street against the light on skateboards. City Heights has a population density of 17,900 people per square mile, says...

Here's a great article about a grassroots effort in Teralta Park in City Heights started by Arturo and Gabby Soriano called Youth Empowerment.   Instead of dodging bullets on the street, they’re dodging paintball pellets in a park. Instead...

Please disseminate the attached information: As you may already be aware, San Diego County is currently experiencing a marked increase in deadly drug overdoses from fentanyl which is often being marketed to substance users as other drugs, including prescription oxycodone (blue pills), cocaine and methamphetamine. Attached are informational flyers about fentanyl and a public awareness campaign that will be coming out soon. It is important that all substance users and potential substance users...

Having a ghost gun is now illegal in the city of San Diego. The city's ghost gun ordinance took effect Saturday banning San Diegans from owning, purchasing, and transporting firearms without serial numbers. Marni Von Wilpert said an incident in April where a man shot and killed one person and injured four at the Gaslamp District is the reason she authored this law. She authored and introduced the ENUF ordinance which was approved by the city council on Sept. 14 then signed into law on Sept.

Committed planning team members met bi-weekly, beginning December 2, 2021, in preparation for the four-part Trauma-Informed Learning Community series which launched in San Diego, California, with Session #1 on May 20th. This series brought together seventy-five cross-sector service providers, agencies, and schools who work with teens, transitional-age youth, and families and was hosted by Diego Hills Central. The series would not have been the success that it is without Area Superintendent...

The listening sessions will be conducted by HARC (Health Assessment and Research for Communities), a local research non-profit, on behalf of the County of San Diego. If you have any questions or need language translation services at one of these events, please contact HARC at ARamos@HARCdata.org . For general information, please visit https://harcdata.org/client-projects/ Listening Sessions fliers in English and Spanish are attached.

The (click here for the Regional Plan) Regional Community Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness in San Diego sets forth a shared vision and foundation for ending homelessness throughout the San Diego region over the next five years. The Regional Plan identifies system and resource gaps, promotes evidence-based approaches for the homelessness crisis response system including person-centered orientations like Housing First, Trauma Informed Care, and progressive engagement, places a focus...

City announces opening of first safe sleeping lot for homeless © Provided by KSWB-TV San Diego To read more of Sir Milo Loftin's article, please click here. The opening of San Diego’s first homeless sleeping site was announced Wednesday as part of the city’s new Safe Sleeping Program. Located at the city’s Central Operation Yard at B Street and 20th Street, the site will open Thursday and will have capacity for up to 136 tents. City leaders held a news conference Wednesday morning to...

Sesame Place San Diego’s free admission for kids begins © Provided by KSWB-TV San Diego To read more of Domenick Candelieri's article, please click here, Sesame Place San Diego’s free admission for kids begins (msn.com) CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Children can now splash it up for free at Sesame Place San Diego in a limited-time deal. The free admission, which started Tuesday and goes through Oct. 29, is valid for kids ages 3 to 9 when accompanied by an adult with a paid ticket, Sesame Place San...

Come join our next San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team (SDTIGT) meeting on Friday, April 5th, from 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm. We are a hybrid meeting via Zoom and in-person at the San Diego Center for Children. Join in-person at the San Diego Center for Children located at 3002 Armstrong Street, San Diego, CA 92111. Please sign in at their front office. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89760652302 Meeting ID: 897 6065 2302 Call mobile +1(669)444-9171