Four New Communities Join ACEs Connection / March 2021

Please welcome these four new communities to the ACEsConnection.com network!

Details about each of them are below as is information about starting and growing your community initiatives and joining the Cooperative of Communities.

ACEs Caribbean Community : We are the ACEs Community Initiative for the Caribbean. We educate our region about ACEs science to build empowered, trauma-informed and resilient people, families, communities and organizations. Community Managers: @Adrian Alexander .

American Academy of Pediatrics, California Chapters : A curated space by the American Academy of Pediatrics, California chapters for pediatricians to view relevant events and resources as well as have dialogue on the ACEs Aware initiative, implementation, best practices and more. Community Manager: @Aliza Newman .

RAISE [Resilience Alexandria: Inform. Support. Elevate.] (VA) : Our Trauma Informed Community Network, located in Alexandria, Virginia, is called RAISE, short for Resilience, Alexandria: Inform. Support. Elevate. Our mission is to build a more Trauma-Informed, equitable, and resilient Alexandria by informing, supporting and elevating our community. Community Managers: @Chelsea Eickert & @Noraine Buttar .

Resilient Brunswick County (NC) : We are the Brunswick County (NC) Resiliency Task Force working to increase awareness of ACEs, trauma-informed practices, and resiliency. We hope to be a guiding light leading Brunswick County to a brighter tomorrow. Community Managers: @Lauren Clark .

Interested in Starting a Community on ACEs Connection?

For questions about starting or growing an initiative, using our site and tools, please reach out to one of our regional community facilitators. Communities in:

Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southwestern states, contact @Alison Cebulla (ACEs Connection Staff)
Northwest states, contact @Karen Clemmer (ACEs Connection Staff)
Southern states, contact @Carey S. Sipp (ACEs Connection Staff)
Midwest states, contact @Ingrid Cockhren (ACEs Connection Staff)
Communities in California:
- Southern California, contact @Lara Kain (ACEs Connection Staff)
- Northern California, contact Karen Clemmer
- San Francisco Bay Area, contact @Donielle Prince (ACEs Connection Staff)
- Capitol region contact @Gail Kennedy (ACEs Connection Staff)
- Central Valley contact @Rafael Maravilla (ACEs Connection Staff)
International communities: contact @Alison Cebulla (ACEs Connection Staff)

For more information on mapping the movement, please go here where you'll find more about all of our ACEs Connection geographic communities, U.S. states that have done ACE surveys, ACEs and trauma-informed legislation, and more. Be sure to click on each tab to explore each community. The map is interactive and each dot includes a hyperlink and information about each initiative.

ACEs Connection founder, and ACEs Too High publisher, @Jane Stevens (ACEs Connection staff) announced the Cooperative of Communities which offers "an additional layer of tools and guidelines, for ACEs initiatives that are more mature and ready to join the Cooperative as affiliates." More details can be found here and here in the video below.