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Superintendent Jorge Aguilar will be a guest at a town hall event co-sponsored by Sacramento ACT, Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP), Black Parallel School Board, and Communities for a New California (CNC).

From ASM Kevin McCarty: https://a07.asmdc.org/event/daca-renewal-workshop DACA Renewal Workshop As you may know, the Trump administration recently announced plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) federal program which allows immigrants who came to the United States as children to apply for temporary protections from deportation and to receive work permits. As a result of the President's decision, only DACA recipients whose benefits expire on or before March 5, 2018...

Hi everyone! At yesterday's Resilient Sacramento meeting we started discussing some ideas for a spring community event. We would like to create a space to start kicking around some ideas. Please comment below! Here were some suggestions from the group yesterday... A performance of "Trigger," DeAngelo's AWESOME play Screenings of movies that address Trauma Informed Perspectives in pre-natal care, birthing ("In Utero" or "American Way of Birthing") A town hall on community issues Your ideas...!

Origins offers a number of training and consulting services. We developed The Basics as a half-day session to provide the foundation to support trauma-informed and resilience practices across sectors and industries. The session includes an overview of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, the neurobiology of toxic stress, the impact of social and historical trauma, and the science of resilience. We have tested The Basics with two cross-sector audiences, in Los Angeles and Phoenix.

Kristina sent these wonderful notes on the same day of the meeting; I forgot to post! What a wonderful recap full of great resources to refer back to.

On August 25, Bina Lefkovitz was inducted as the new Trustee for Area 1 of the Sacramento Board of Education. Bina's community work has long foregrounded socio-emotional supports children, and she will certainly bring this perspective to her work at SCOE.

At the center of Tanya Bean-Garrett’s home is a makeshift memorial, honoring her teenage son who was shot just steps away in the room next door. Closet doors have been removed to reveal walls lined with photos, drawings and scrapbook photos of Deston Garrett, a 19-year-old Sacramento Charter High School student athlete who grew up in the Oak Park house. Known to most by his nickname “Nutter,” Garrett was a jokester who always seemed to have a smile on his face. He died from his gunshot...

First 5 Community Connections Grants- Now Accepting Applications through October 6th

We wanted to share information with you about an important event taking place next week sponsored by some of our California Essentials for Childhood Initiative partners on Monday, August 28, 2017 from 4:45 pm - 7:00 pm at the California State Capitol, Eureka Room (1315 10th Street, Sacramento - basement). The event - “Equal Rights to Parental Leave: A Strong Start for all Children” - includes a special screening of “The Raising of America,” as well as an interactive forum on the benefits of...

There won’t be any more cheese sandwiches served at Elk Grove Unified schools. The region’s largest school district will no longer give students a bland, alternative lunch when they run out of meal funds or forget their lunch money. Elk Grove Unified is joining districts across the region and nation that are changing rules so that children who come up short for lunch money aren’t embarrassed with a different meal than what their peers receive – or not fed at all, as has been the case...

This week-end! See flyer for details!

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