After a short summer break, the Lee County Community (NC) Resilience Collaborative is back in action.
There was a brief meeting of the group this morning to discuss program and grant updates and the group was introduced to their free PACEs Connection website, which they can use to help educate other members about what the Collaborative is doing.
The site can also be used to invite other community members to join the Collaborative, as cross-sector groups that emphasize diversity, equity and inclusion are the groups that grow, flourish, and see the greatest impact, according to Carey Sipp.
Sipp helps community initiatives in 11 states get started, grow, and advance the PACEs science movement to prevent and heal trauma; build individual, family and community resilience in their respective communities. She will be working with group to leverage the tools and resources PACEs Connection provides to more than 430 communities worldwide.
"It's exciting to see this group reconvening. Many groups were ready to launch when COVID hit, and they are leveraging Zoom now to grow their communities. In some cases, they may be growing communities more quickly because they don't have to travel to meet, it is easy to include others via email and Zoom, and groups can bring in speakers more easily than they did when meeting face-to-face," said Sipp.
If you live in Lee County and are active in community resilience work, or work with families and children, please be on the lookout for an invitation to join the community. For more information about joining the Collaborative and to receive an invitation, please contact Tonya McLean at tonyam@pfcf.org. It is free to join.
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