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By Genoa Barrow, Center for Health Journalism, August 23, 2021 As a Black female neurosurgeon in affluent Folsom, Dr. Kawanaa Carter is paid well, but has spent the last six months healing the community for free. Armed with the knowledge that African Americans are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic — and the data to back it up — Dr. Carter and other advocates have stepped up to vaccinate thousands throughout the region. They’ve focused on areas like Del Paso Heights, North...

From Kristene (K.N.) Smith, Mental Health America, August 18, 2021 We’re pleased to announce the launch of Brother Be Well , a multimedia health and mental wellness community for boys and men of color. While our blog is open to the public, the membership aspect of the site is for males of color (ages 13+). We’re offering scholarships for the 2021-2022 program year. Virtual programming such as classes, workshops, peer support activities, storytelling, mindfulness courses, and clinical talks...

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By Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks and Benjy Egel, The Sacramento Bee, July 22, 2021 In the middle of March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed daily life to a halt for many Californians, Sacramento leaders met on a Saturday for a kind of emergency war council to tackle the region’s response to the all-consuming public health crisis. Sitting in Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s office, they huddled around a whiteboard with a list of priorities, said policy advisor Julia Burrows. One of the most...

Tomorrow we will be reopening The Wisdom of Trauma Global Movie Broadcast. The movie is now available with subtitles in English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Turkish. Imagine a world informed by trauma. Imagine your own family and community. Might the teachers act differently in your schools? How about the doctors seeking to help you heal? The judges responsible for deciding sentences?

English: The California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP) , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative , ACEs Connection , and the Yolo County Children’s Alliance co-created “Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic” in both English and Spanish. This material is intended for Californian families experiencing the severe economic consequences resulting from...

By Sacramento City Express, July 21, 2021 Income-eligible residents living in Sacramento can now apply for free digital resources including computers, internet and digital training. The three-year digital equity program is lead by United Way California Capital Region in partnership with the City of Sacramento, SMUD, City of Rancho Cordova and community nonprofits. This program is built off of the pilot project the City of Sacramento and United Way launched in fall 2020 with federal CARES Act...

The Resilient Sacramento ACEs Connection Monthly Meeting is currently on hold. To find out what is happening with the ACEs Aware work in Sacramento, please join the ACEs Network of Care Partners hosted by Sacramento Office of Eduction's (SCOE) Help Me Grow.

From Office of the California Surgeon General, July 8, 2021 LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. , July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A national awareness campaign on the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the negative physical and mental health impacts that can result from them is swiftly capturing widespread public attention. Since a mid-May launch, more than 150,000 visitors have learned about ACEs through NumberStory.org . ACEs are potentially traumatic events that occur before the age of...

By Shawn Hubler, The New York Times, June 30, 2021 The mayor of Sacramento on Wednesday announced a plan to legally obligate California’s capital city to house its growing homeless population, a policy shift that would open a new front in the state’s struggle to address what has become a signature California social ill. Californians “are becoming homeless faster than we can get people the help they need,” said the mayor, Darrell Steinberg, as he proposed a municipal “right to housing” and a...

By My Brother's Keeper Sacramento Collaborative, July 1, 2021 About this event We hope you will join us for our second installment of the MBK Trauma and Healing Learning Series for 2021! This online event is scheduled for 2 hours, to allow ample time for dialogue and discussion with and among participants, focused around ways to challenge and improve the systems serving boys and young men of color, as well as how to protect them from trauma, across all sectors in our community. This event...

By Nigel Duara, Cal Matters, June 18, 2021 Eleven mayors, including two in California, announced today their commitment to support federal reparations legislation and establish pilot programs for Black residents in their cities as part of a new nationwide coalition. The mayors of Los Angeles and Sacramento will join nine other mayors, from cities as populous as Denver to tiny Tullahassee, Okla., one of the oldest surviving Black towns in the West, on the Mayors Organized for Reparations...