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The Sacramento play TRIGGER raises awareness about the impact of trauma on youth lives

Donielle Prince ·
The original play TRIGGER, written and directed by Resilient Sacramento member DeAngelo Mack and acted by local youth, was a smash hit.
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The seven leaders who are putting the focus on Sacramento’s black children [Sacramento Bee]

Gail Kennedy ·
The chatter of children in a bright yellow activity center is the only sign of life in south Sacramento’s otherwise desolate Phoenix Park apartment complex. Inside, children line up for an after-school snack before shuffling to supervised recess and homework help with the Focus on Family Foundation, a local nonprofit group. Many of the kids come from homes riddled by domestic conflict, said director Jackie Rose, and if not for the daily program, they wouldn’t have access to healthy foods,...
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This Weekend! Cal Expo clinic to provide free dental, medical care to thousands

Gail Kennedy ·
Even as medical and insurance costs rise, free health care will be on hand at Cal Expo this weekend for anyone willing to wait in line. The three-day medical, dental and vision clinic, hosted by volunteer corps California CareForce, will begin registering visitors at 6 a.m. Friday to offer fillings, extractions, eyeglass fittings, diabetes screenings and flu shots to adults and children for no cost. The clinic will also be held Saturday and Sunday, opening at the same time. People can get a...
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Trump has traumatized thousands of children. Now we have a responsibility [Sac Bee via UC Davis Center for Regional Change]

Gail Kennedy ·
The Trauma of Separated Families A recent op-ed in the Sacramento Bee written by UC Davis Human Ecology Professor Leah Hibbel and human development graduate student Andrea Buhler-Wassmann discusses the recent executive order to end the separation of immigrant children from their families, and calls attention to the trauma already experienced by separated families. The authors state that "The U.S. government is responsible for traumatizing these families and has a moral obligation to fix the...
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We owe Afghan refugees far better than this

Gail Kennedy ·
Read these two Sac Bee articles about the situations of recently arrived Afgani refugees. http://www.sacbee.com/news/investigations/afghan-refugees/article84312717.html http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article85897252.html
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Why Neuroscience, Positive Feedback Are Transformative in Youth Work [youthtoday.org]

Alicia Doktor ·
I am a long-time advocate for how the power of neuroscience can transform the youth-serving profession. When combined with a commitment to putting the needs of youth first and a sizable dose of courageous leadership, the insights and practical guidance provided by brain research can have remarkable results. A prominent example of the transformational application of this “secret recipe” can be found at the Sacramento County (California) Youth Detention Facility (YDF). In 2010, Sacramento...
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WORKSHOP: A Healthier, Happier You!

Bonnie Berman ·
Mark Your Calendars and Don’t Miss Dr. Susan Biali Haas workshop; A Healthier, Happier You: Manage Stress, Prevent Burnout & Live a Resilient Life! Are you lacking work-life balance, feeling burnt out, suffering from staff turnover and need a positive boost? If this is you, then don’t miss this one-time event! The Office of Child Abuse Prevent is excited to present, a FREE full day workshop , Dr. Susan Biali Haas will share personal experiences and wisdom to get you motivated. Dr. Biali...
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Yolo County African American Student Leadership Conference on 2/1/20

Bonnie Berman ·
Please invite high school students to join the Yolo County African American Student Leadership Conference on February 1, 2020 at Sacramento City College. Please see the attached flyer for more information and to register.
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6th Annual Boys & Men of Color Summit

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Community nursing corps to amp up health education in low-income areas [Sacramento Bee]

Gail Kennedy ·
Nurses are working with local health leaders to bring free health education directly to a city-designated “promise zone” of Sacramento’s most impoverished neighborhoods, officials announced Friday during a kickoff of the community nursing program. The corridor of struggling neighborhoods stretching from Del Paso Heights down to Florin Road will receive federal funding over the next 10 years to improve health, schooling and employment opportunities. Starting this month, they’ll also receive...
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Could first jobs mean better futures for these teens? Mayor hopes so [sacbee.com]

Alicia Doktor ·
Seventeen, shy and a self-described homebody, Kamryn Skeaton isn’t “college material,” she says. But a few weeks into a new city-sponsored internship at the South Natomas library, she’s starting to think about herself differently. She is a junior at Leroy Green Academy, a quirky teen who loves weightlifting, cooking and all types of mustard. Now, she is also an intern. “I didn’t know I had such a good work ethic until I had this job,” Skeaton said. “I think my grandmother, my Noni, knew all...
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Do you or a loved one need mental health help amid the coronavirus crisis? Here's who to call [sacbee.com]

By Andrew Sheeler, The Sacramento Bee, April 7, 2020 With unemployment soaring, a statewide stay-at-home order and no end in sight for the coronavirus pandemic, this is a trying time for the mental health of all Californians. To that end, the state maintains a resource at covid19.ca.gov that includes advice and multiple hotlines to call. The site also offers some advice to people struggling at home. That advice includes limiting social media and news intake, and being mindful of your sources...
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Emergency Child Care for Foster Families [saccounty.net]

By Sacramento County, SacCounty News, January 9, 2020 To recruit more loving families for children in foster care, Sacramento County is making it easier to find and afford childcare services for resource families. The Emergency Child Care Bridge Program’s goal is to increase the number of resource families for children in foster care by helping families find the right child care provider, connecting families to long-term child care subsidies, and by providing vouchers to pay for childcare...
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Emergency Child Care for Foster Families [saccounty.net]

By Sacramento County, SacCounty News, January 9, 2020 To recruit more loving families for children in foster care, Sacramento County is making it easier to find and afford childcare services for resource families. The Emergency Child Care Bridge Program’s goal is to increase the number of resource families for children in foster care by helping families find the right child care provider, connecting families to long-term child care subsidies, and by providing vouchers to pay for childcare...
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For California Firefighters, How 'Mindfulness' Can Ease the Deadly Stress of Their Jobs [sacbee.com]

By Cathie Anderson, The Sacramento Bee, November 12, 2019 About three and a half years ago, paramedic Susan Farren underwent major surgery for kidney cancer, and as she lay in the recovery room, one of her doctors told her that he had treated quite a few first responders with organ cancers. The comment stuck with her. “I went home and started researching it after getting out of the hospital,” Farren said, “and for the next year and a half, that’s what I did every single day. I researched...
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Momentum on ACEs and Resilience in Sacramento!

Donielle Prince ·
Did you see this article in the Sacramento Bee? This Community Connections Forum was hosted by Health Net, and focused on educating the community about childhood trauma, as well as the need to build resilient communities in Sacramento and throughout California. Health Net expects to continue to engage this issue. Local partners include Greater Sacramento Urban League, La Familia Counseling Center, Sacramento County, and WellSpace Health. As you can see from the photo, members of Resilient...
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‘None of us will ever be the same’: Survivors of 2017 Tubbs Fire face long-term trauma [Sacramento Bee]

Gail Kennedy ·
BY PANCHALAY CHALERMKRAIVUTH pchalermkraivuth@sacbee.com August 3, 2019 Robert “Priest” Morgan hasn’t slept without a cocktail of pills since the night he says God kicked him in the head to wake him up – the night he opened the front door of his Santa Rosa mobile home to see a fire engine, a few people running up and down Sahara Street and screaming. “The sky looked like the Fourth of July,” he said. “The entire park except for my street was an inferno.” It wasn’t Independence Day – it was...
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PowerPoint Presentions Developed for ACEs/TIC Education

Wendie Skala ·
I am uploading several presentations I have developed concerning ACEs/TIC for the community.
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PREVENTION: A key solution to reducing ACEs

Carolyn Curtis ·
Bringing Baby Home Training of Trainers, Sacramento May 17-18, 2018 A friend of mine recently referred her grandchild and his pregnant wife to a Bringing Baby Home class, because she noticed that the wife had a horrible background of abuse and at times had difficulty functioning. What the grandmother noticed with this couple was a change in the family dynamics. The couple knows how to get along, the father is engaged in parenting, and the baby thriving. This is really starting at the root of...
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Prevention: Teaching people how to create healthy families

Carolyn Curtis ·
PREVENTION: a key solution to reducing ACEs. Bringing Baby Home Training of Trainers, Sacramento, April 25-26, 2019 Building healthy families is key to reducing ACEs. Even the strongest relationships are strained during the transition to parenthood. Lack of sleep, never-ending housework and new fiscal concerns can lead to profound stress and a decline in marital satisfaction — all of which affect baby’s care. Not surprisingly, 67% of new parents experience conflict, disappointment and hurt...
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Goodwill, Sacramento County give funds to reopen youth shelter [Sacramento Bee]

Gail Kennedy ·
Goodwill Industries and Sacramento County are providing a combined $60,000 in seed funding to reopen Wind Youth Services’ shelter for the region’s homeless adolescents, but nonprofit and government leaders are asking the community to match the gifts to keep the operation going this year. Wind operates two shelters for youths in the Rancho Cordova area – one serving clients from 12- to 18-year-old students and the other serving high school graduates from 18 through 24. The nonprofit suspended...
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Here’s another thing about millennials – they get in less trouble with the police [Sacramento Bee]

Gail Kennedy ·
Members of the millennial generation live with their parents more, have less sexual interaction and start families later than prior generations. Turns out they also got in less trouble with the law as teenagers. On average, 5 percent of Californians born between 1982 to 2004 were arrested while younger than the age of 18, according to a new report by the national Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, a nonprofit. That compares with 11 percent of those born between 1943 and 1960 and 8...
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In Sacramento, Youth Activists Push to Get Police Out of Schools [chronicleofsocialchange.org]

By Susan Abram, The Chronicle of Social Change, January 6, 2020 As a 10th grader at Sacramento’s Luther Burbank High School, Stephanie Lopez remembers when she saw a school resource officer treat her brother like a criminal. Her brother had bumped into the officer and apologized, Lopez said. But the officer proceeded to question him and asked him for his ID. “It was all new to me,” said Lopez, now 17 and a senior, of the aggressive approach the officer used with her brother. “When I was...
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It shouldn’t take a crisis to address mental illness – let’s find a better way [Sacramento Bee]

Gail Kennedy ·
As you gather with children this Father’s Day weekend, consider how far you would go to ensure their well-being: If your child had cancer or diabetes, would you wait until the disease were critical before you called doctors to intervene? Of course not. And yet this year, as in every year, thousands of young adults will cross the threshold into serious mental illness and go untreated because of a health care paradigm that California must change. To understand the need, consider that...
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‘Matter of life and death for our babies.’ How neighborhoods are saving black children [Sacramento Bee]

Gail Kennedy ·
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...
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May 22nd as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Resilience Awareness Day by Sacramento County Board of Supervisors

Wendie Skala ·
In preparation for the proclamation being presented today at the Sacramento Board of Supervisors meeting May 21st at 9:30 AM, I sent the attached news release to the Sacramento Bee and Capital Radio. Please feel free to share with the community. Dear....... I wanted to let you know about an important event that is coming up next week and see if you could help me spread the word. On May 21st Supervisor Patrick Kennedy and the Sacramento Board of Supervisors are going to declare May 22nd as A...
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6th Annual Boys & Men of Color Summit: October 31

Alicia Doktor ·
Don't miss the 6th Annual Boys and Men of Color Summit! Tuesday, October 31, 2017 9:00 AM -4:30 PM , located at California State University, Sacramento (Ballroom). Please see flyer below for more details. You can register youth here: https://goo.gl/VPZK4w For additional information on the Boys and Men of Color Summit, please contact Kim Williams, BHC Sacramento HUB Director, at kim@sacbhc.org
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Alternative to Violence Project Training offered at Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento

Wendie Skala ·
Solving conflict . . . peacefully!  Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) Sacramento Training Schedule Level I   January 15-17, 2016 Level II February 19-21, 2016 Level III March 11-13, 2016 WHAT is AVP? an experiential program with creative and fun exercises helps us better understand how to resolve conflict situations in a more positive,       productive manner helps us turn our conflicts into opportunities for growth A series of three...
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APA Sacramento Valley Speaker Series: Making Communities Stronger Through Housing Affordability – Focus on ADUs

Bonnie Berman ·
DATE: Friday, September 27 TIME: 8.30-10.30am LOCATION: West Sacramento Community Center 1075 West Capitol Ave, West Sacramento Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are an innovative, affordable, and effective option for adding much-needed housing in California. How can communities encourage the development of ADUs? The American Institute of Architects California has developed a website to assist homeowners. Come learn about the new website, discuss real life challenges, and discover how local...
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Become a Trauma Informed Community

Julie Langston ·
Sacramento Bee Letter to the Editor submitted regarding:  Report: Girls Face ‘Sex-Abuse-To-Prison-Pipeline’ article by Stell Simonton.    http://jjie.org/report-girls-face-sex-abuse-to-prison-pipeline/114808/  ...
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California Protective Parents Association Spring conference, April 8 in Davis, CA

Connie Valentine ·
California Protective Parents Association (CPPA) is celebrating our 20 th Anniversary at a Spring conference. Domestic Violence and the Battle for Custody: Moving Towards Child Safety will take place on April 8, 2018 from 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm at the Brunelle Performing Arts Center, 315 West 14 th Street, Davis CA 95616. The program includes: Rachel Meyrick’s excellent documentary What Doesn’t Kill Me A panel discussion including Kathleen Russell from the Center for Judicial Excellence Retired...
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Capital Learning Convening: Engaging the Youth on 4/7

Bonnie Berman ·
DATE: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 TIME: 9:30 am - 1:00 pm in Sacramento Youth involvement can benefit organizations and their programs as well as the youth themselves. Programs that are developed in partnership with youth are more likely to be effective at engaging the population and, therefore, to have a greater impact. The Learning Community will discuss types of youth participation, successful youth engagement programs, and tips and tools to effectively engaged youth. ...
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Resilient Sac at Dr Pan's Community Health Fair in Del Paso Heights

Wendie Skala ·
This year I embarked on a year long project to mentor 5 Samuel Merritt RN to BSN Nurse Scholars at Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento during their public health rotation. I have been able to immerse them in ACEs and Resiliency. In addition to researching ACEs, they have been able to attend many community events to include Resilient Sac's monthly meetings, the screening of Resiliency and the talk by Dr Nadine Burke-Harris and the Health Education Council's Health, Faith, and Justice Summit.
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Resilient Sacramento Joined by Local and State Representatives to Discuss Addressing ACEs in Our Community

Kristina Gelardi ·
For our October 2017 meeting, we had the honor of hosting two guests: California State Assemblymember McCarty and Sacramento County Supervisor Serna. Assemblymember McCarty and Supervisor Serna are both allies of ACEs work. They joined our Resilient Sacramento meeting to share their ACEs-related efforts and to learn from the expertise of our community partners. We, Resilient Sacramento, had several primary goals for the meeting. First, we wanted to give our partners an opportunity to share...
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Sacramento Community Profile

Alicia Doktor ·
Please see attached for the community profile foe Sacramento from the 4CA Legislative Action Day 7/11/17.
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Sacramento County Juvenile Probation is among Trauma Informed Practice leaders in the State

Donielle Prince ·
Just as state senators work toward ending the practice statewide of charging families exorbitant fees for their juvenile justice involved youth, Sacramento County Probation has already acted to end the practice. Ending these fees is an example of a trauma-informed approach to the care of struggling families- taking into consideration how the charging of fees exacerbates family stress.
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Sacramento’s $961 million budget plan funds development efforts, homeless services [Sacramento Bee]

Gail Kennedy ·
See recent Sacramento Bee article about city budget planning. Funds are being proposed for a couple of priority areas that the Sacramento ACEs Connection group are addressing but is it enough to address what is needed here in Sacramento? Sacramento would direct money toward development in the railyard and along the riverfront, as well as pay for homeless needs and after-school programs under a $961.1 million budget proposed Monday by City Manager John Shirey for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Save the Date: July 11, 4CA Policymaker Education Day in Sacramento

Benita Tsao ·
Save the Date: Tuesday, July 11 4CA Policymaker Education Day on Childhood Adversity, Sacramento The California Campaign to Counter Childhood Adversity (4CA) invites you to Sacramento for Policymaker Education Day. Our lawmakers need to hear from you about how adverse childhood experiences and childhood trauma affect your community and what they can do to help. Join with allies from across California to engage your elected officials on this important issue. Who: 4CA Policymaker Education Day...
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Seniors on the Streets: Growing Number of Older People in Sacramento are Experiencing Homelessness [abc10.com]

By Mike Duffy, ABC 10, February 5, 2020 There is a growing problem on the streets of California, and it could be the canary in the coal mine for the rest of the country. Seniors are increasingly finding themselves homeless, priced out of highly competitive housing and rental markets. After working for years, many are living on fixed incomes that simply cannot compete with the rise in the cost of living. Without adequate familial and community support, some of these individuals are finding...
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Sex-trafficking victims get specialized care at Mercy clinic; doctors watch for telltale signs [Sacramento Bee]

Gail Kennedy ·
Family physician Ronald Chambers has spent hours searching the website Backpage to see if he might recognize former patients among the dozens of girls posing and smiling in sex ads. He wonders if their layers of makeup hide bruises or if he might have missed the telltale signs of sex trafficking in patients at his south Sacramento clinic. Chambers, like a growing number of health care providers across the country, has waded into the disturbing world of human trafficking to learn how to...
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SMYVP at Sacramento State Multicultural Education Conference - 2016

Daniel Cisneros ·
Daniel Cisneros, Administrator of the Sacramento Minority Youth Violence Prevention Collective at the Health Education Council presented a workshop at the 22nd Annual Multicultural Education Conference at Sacramento State. The presentation included a detailed presentation on the ACES Study, trauma and the impact on minority youth of color. There were over 40 participants in the training, with standing and sitting room only. The training also outlined other situations that are traumatic and...
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Speaking and training services from a first-hand, tenaciously resilient experience

Rebekah Couch ·
My name is Rebekah Couch and I am a former teen mother of five children, the youngest child being my only clean & sober pregnancy allowed to remain in my care. I am a survivor of multiple sexual assaults and was afflicted with untreated mental health issues as an adolescent. My destructive journey began with self-medicating and illegal activities in Jr. High and a daily cocaine addiction by the age of fifteen that eventually advanced to methamphetamine abuse. My addiction and criminal...
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State surgeon general’s prescription for a healthy Sacramento: Alleviating childhood trauma [sacbee.com]

Alicia Doktor ·
California’s new surgeon general made Sacramento the first stop on her statewide listening tour, and after Tuesday’s event, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris told The Bee that capital residents are powerfully grappling with the long-term impact childhood trauma has on their families and neighborhoods. Burke Harris said many of the 100 Sacramento-area residents she met with asked her to find ways to bring training, resources and support to families, educators, nonprofits and other community-based...
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Statute of limitations on sexual assault limits justice (Sacramento Bee)

Julie Langston ·
California’s rape and sexual battery laws have a 10-year statute of limitations, and minors have until they are 28 to report the assaults. That time is ridiculously short. The statute of limitations on sexual assaults should be eliminated. BY LACEY WAYMIRE,  Special to The Bee Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article58256338.html#storylink=cpy
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12th annual human trafficking conference

Bonnie Berman ·
Hosted by My Sister's House, the conference; "Human Trafficking in Businesses" will be on January 17, 2020 at California State University, Sacramento. This conference is open to law enforcement, victim advocates, services providers, educators, community leaders, and concerned citizens. Registration is now available and I encourage everyone to register and attend! General registration: $45 Student Registration: $20 Register Here: https://humantraffickinginbusinesses.bpt.me Early registration...
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Re: 12th annual human trafficking conference

Rebecca Moser ·
Hi Kathryn, Do you know anything about this. There’s no outline of content anywhere. If it’s good, it may be something the region would like to send people to. I’m thinking I’ll attend as well; there is no CSEC/trafficking training that the agency has at this point. Becky
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Re: 12th annual human trafficking conference

Wendie Skala ·
Thanks Bonnie for posting this information. It will be helpful to many. Wendie
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Re: Prevention: Teaching people how to create healthy families

Carolyn Curtis ·
Thanks Carolyn On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 5:57 PM ACEsConnection < communitymanager@acesconnection.com> wrote:
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Re: Why Neuroscience, Positive Feedback Are Transformative in Youth Work [youthtoday.org]

Gail Kennedy ·
This is a great article! Is this the work that Shaunda presented about (unfortunately I missed her presentation). Go Sac Co - a model to be highlighted!
 
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