July is Disability Pride Month! As Elsie Tellier writes for Human Rights Watch, people with disabilities "have developed tools of resilience ...and as we celebrate Disability Pride Month, we should take this opportunity to learn from disabled wisdom."
"A Different Distribution of Power": ACEs, Trauma and Resilience Networks Sharpen Focus on Racial Justice and Equity from Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC): "If it’s not racially just, it can’t be trauma-informed."
The Workforce Resilience Framework is a trauma-informed approach for supporting staff across a wide continuum of need. Gail Kennedy of ACEs Connection talks with Pam Black of Trauma-Sensitive Education and Karen Johnson of Trauma-Informed Lens Consulting about the framework as part of ACEs Connection's 'A Better Normal' series.
Voices for Virginia's Children describes the ways that the child care landscape has changed during COVID-19 and how advocacy can help to shape necessary changes.
Visit the Voices for Virginia's Children blog to learn more about the upcoming Racial Truth & Reconciliation Week! Stay tuned for more details!
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.
Funding Opportunity:: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Culture of Health Prize elevates the compelling stories of places where residents are working together to transform education, jobs, transportation, housing, and more so better health flourishes for all. A Culture of Health recognizes that where we live—such as our access to affordable homes, quality schools, good jobs, and reliable transportation—affects how long and how well we live. Visit their website to learn more.
Pause for a minute to take some deep, soothing breaths by following the Calm Breathe Bubble. Calm's YouTube has many other soothing and uplifting mindfulness videos to help us through these ever-changing times.
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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