Visit the Voices for Virginia's Children blog to learn more about the upcoming Racial Truth and Reconciliation Week!
Artists and activists are encouraged to submit pieces that address cultural, historical, and racial trauma in addition to the embedded themes of community resilience, truth, reconciliation, and justice.
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities is increasingly called upon to help schools, businesses, and communities across Virginia achieve success through inclusion. Take a look at their expanded programming and how the organization is widely recognized locally, regionally, and nationally.
Interested in learning what it takes to Grow a Resilient Community? ACEs Connections 'A Better Normal' series recently featured Brian Semsem of Fresno's Every Neighborhood Partnership discussing their path to addressing trauma and how they used tools provided by ACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities to build a more resilient community.
In order to implement strategies to prevent and treat trauma, it is important to understand the systems of trauma and societal injustices associated with traumatic stress. FACT created their 'Systems of Trauma' issues briefs as free resources to help in this work. Access the first two PDFs in the series: Racial Trauma and Economic Trauma.
The Praxis Project is a national non-profit organization that works in partnership with national, regional, state, and local partners to achieve health equity and justice for all communities. Their website is a wonderful resource for examples of ways to build power and center community, with videos on their Learning Circles and Roots & Remedies Convenings. You can also view past webinars, which provide strategies for grassroots organizing and community-led change.
July 15, 3:00-4:00pm | Investing in Community Resilience: Evaluating Trauma-Informed Practice
June 15 7:00-8:00pm | Prevent Teacher Burnout: Free Live Webinar with Niroga Institute Founder Bidyut Bose, PhD
Activist, scholar, and author Angela Davis describes the importance of radical self-care in healing trauma and sustaining the long-term work of collective liberation.
The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call or text 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453). Serving the U.S. and Canada, the hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with professional crisis counselors who—through interpreters—provide assistance in over 170 languages. The hotline offers crisis intervention, information, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources for children and caregivers. All calls are anonymous and confidential.
Mental Health America of Virginia's Warm Line is a peer-run service for individuals, family members, and other concerned parties in Virginia who would like someone to talk to, or who request community mental health resources, or who have specific questions about their recovery journey. The peers who answer the Warm Line listen with compassion and provide non-judgmental support. Call 1-866-400-6428, Mon-Fri 9am-9pm and Sat-Sun 5pm-9pm.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides 24/7 support for survivors and their loved ones. Call 1-800-799-7233, use the website's live chat function, or text LOVEIS to 22522. They also provide services for those who are deaf and hard of hearing.
SAMHSA (the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) offers a Disaster Distress Helpline for immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. For services in both English and Spanish, call 1-800-985-5990. To connect with a trained crisis counselor, text TalkWithUs (for English) or Hablanos (for Spanish) to 66746.
For questions and support, contact:
Melissa McGinn, MSW, LCSW
State Trauma Informed Community Networks Coordinator
mmcginn@grscan.com
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