Tagged With "measure U"
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Structural Oppression is Trauma: Resources from the Resilient Sacramento Best Practices Presentation
Our June meeting focused on best practices in broadening the trauma lens to include structural oppression. Key resources attached.
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8/18/18: The Annual Coalition for Health Equity Conference at UC Davis Medical Center
For more information about this free conference on Saturday 8/18 in Sacramento, see attached flyer. Registration information is here: bit.ly/2uAdCYM
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Trauma Informed Principles through a Culturally Specific Lens (pdf)
This document attempts to define the core principles of trauma informed work through a culturally specific analysis. The content of this resource is primarily intended for culturally specific, communitybased organizations and seeks to provide practitioners with accessible language to describe the trauma informed/culturally specific overlap of their work. In our experience at Casa de Esperanza, as a national technical assistance provider, we come in contact with many culturally specific...
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Understanding Addiction, Trauma and Recovery Conference
If you want to be part of educating the faith community about Trauma, ACEs, Addiction and Recovery, then please consider attending this dynamic one day conference in Auburn, CA with Dr. Jessica Rodriguez. CEUs available. Please contact Clay Rojas with any questions: clay.rojas@jessup.edu https://www.eventbrite.com/e/understanding-addiction-trauma-and-recovery-for-christian-leaders-conference-tickets-37279340511?aff=es2
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Yolo County African American Student Leadership Conference on 2/1/20
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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CSSP: On resilience building
The Center for the Study of Social Policy is doing some amazing work on defining and building capacity for resilience in communities. I've attached their Protective Factors framework as a resource for our group.
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First 5 Sacramento- Community Connections Grants
First 5 Community Connections Grants- Accepting Applications from through April 2 nd ! A mandatory Statement of Intent to Apply is due March 26th First 5 Sacramento offers community grants up to $5,000 for innovative projects that will make a difference in the lives of young children and help with community bonding. For more information, please check out our website at http://www.first5sacramento.net/Programs/Pages/CommunityConnections.aspx .
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Next "A Better Normal" community discussion series: April 2, 2020/ Secondary Traumatic Stress and Caregivers
Our next COVID-19 "Better Normal" community discussion is Thursday, April 2, with Vic Compher and Rodney Whittenberg, producers of CAREGIVERS (Portraits of Professional CAREgivers: Their Passion, Their Pain). These wonderful folks are bringing an entire team of people from the secondary traumatic stress committees from the Philadelphia ACE Task Force (PATF).
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Recap and Resources from May Presentation on Systemic Trauma
We ended up having a robust discussion that largely unfolded organically, but powerfully. We shared what we've learned from study, practice, and personal experience, leading into an amazing, candid, and open discussion among members about how, in particular, historical trauma impacts lives today.
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Got time for a little brainstorming with ACEsConnection?
On Friday, March 20, 2020, you're invited to join me to talk about how we, as a community, can continue to guide and educate ourselves about to deal with the effects of the spread of Covid-19, and how to continue those efforts with people who don't yet know about ACEs science. And, given this last week, how we can provide more support to stay in the front of our brains instead of feeding our amygdala.
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Health Equity Conference October 11
Come learn about Health Equity in Sacramento area! Free Admission! RSVP using the link found below Free T-Shirts for RSVPs before September 30th! Hear how leaders in Sacramento are bridging the health divide Discuss what UCDHS is...
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Measure U-Funded "Pop-Up" Program Strives to Lessen Teen Violence With Safe Spaces, Job Opportunities [capradio.org]
By Sammy Caiola, CapRadio, February 12, 2020 A repurposed elementary school in South Sacramento served as a hang-out space for dozens of middle and high schoolers on Saturday morning. They danced, checked in with neighborhood leaders and played life-sized table games such as Jenga and Connect Four. Around the room, nonprofit groups and private employers sat at tables to discuss job opportunities. These “community pop-ups”, as organizers call them, offer low-income teens a place to spend time...
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Budget Recommendations for ACEs Screening (AB340) Implementation
ACEs Screening (AB340) implementation recommendations presented to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on February 25
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Building Resilience During Disasters
Please join Resilient Sacramento https://www.acesconnection.com/g/sacramento-county-ca-aces-connection to hear and discuss the importance of building resilience during disasters. You are welcome to forward to invite but please do not post on public social media. Our panel will discuss the following: Tuesday, May 12, 2020, 3:00pm – 4:30pm – Facilitator: Severine Winter, Community Liaison BAART Programs|MedMark Treatment Centers, opioid medication assisted treatment. Wendie Skala will open our...
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"Building Violence Free Schools & Communities " ONE DAY CONFERENCE!
Tulare County CAPC is proud to provide this ONE DAY conference on "Building Violence Free Schools & Communities" featuring 3 nationally know speakers with first hand experience and expertise in the field of violence prevention. Dr. Melissa Reeves (Columbine, CO shooting) Scarlett Lewis (Parent of a child lost in Sandy Hook shooting) and Clayton Douglas (former student who planned a shooting) will provide us with critical knowledge and skills in violence prevention. **** FLYER AND...
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Resisting the School to Prison Pipeline, APril 10, half day convening
Join My Brother's Keeper, University (MBK-U) as they kick off a convening to uplift the academic and educational needs of Sacramento's boys and young men of color at Sacramento State University. The MBK Sacramento Collaborative brings systems leaders, community partners, youth-serving organizations and young people together to collectively address health, education, employment and justice system disparities for young men of color through policy advocacy, systems changes, and support for...
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Building Resilience During Disasters
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Re: 03.13.2018 Introduction to Best Practices
The related tools have also been uploaded and are also attached here.
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Re: Resources in Sacramento County
Good afternoon - super exciting task! I missed the last meeting, are minutes available? Just want some clarification on what types of resources and information you need! I have tons, and a compiled list of links... and would love to share! I look forward to contributing! Peace, Crystal
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'A travesty.' Sacramento mayor, City Council blasted for tax spending plan for police [sacbee.com]
By Theresa Clift, The Sacramento Bee, June 16, 2020 The leader of a citizen commission tasked with helping the Sacramento City Council decide how to spend tens of millions of dollars in new sales tax money is claiming the commission has been excluded from the process. And she wants nearly $50 million in tax dollars headed to the police department budget to be shifted instead toward economic development, affordable housing and homelessness initiatives. Flojaune Cofer, chairwoman of the...
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Opioid Coalition Meeting Monday, January 25th, 2021 - Together We Save Lives
Date: January 25th Time: 2:00 - 4:00pm Location: ZOOM Meeting See website for more information on this community wide Coalition headed by Sacramento County Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Division: Sacramento County Opioid Coalition The Sacramento County Opioid Coalition is a diverse coalition of stakeholders, community members and other volunteers from a variety of backgrounds whose aim is to promote opioid safety for all of our county’s residents. Our coalition is part of a larger...
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Knowing the Health Needs of the Sacramento Region: Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
Today I was on a ACEs Connection Community Manager development meeting with Karen Clemmer, ACEs Connection Staff. One of the items for discussion was knowing how ACEs and Resilience align with the community health needs assessments (CHNA), developed every three years by health care organization and required by the federal government. Have you every seen a Community Health Needs Assessment? They are a wealth of information. In Sacramento County Dignity Health, Sutter Health and UCD have...
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Resilient Sacramento PACEs Connection Monthly Meeting
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Resilient Sacramento PACEs Connection Monthly Meeting
Join Resilient Sacramento on Thursday April 13 at 3PM for our monthly meeting. The guest speaker this month will be Shaunda Cruz, Deputy Chief Sacramento Probation Department. Shaunda has been a long standing member of Resilient Sacramento and is involved in promoting ACEs work in the Probation Department. She will share about the strategic giving grant Sacramento County received from Health Net for the purpose of designing training for use throughout Sacramento County departments and...
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FREE tax preparation events in West Sac
Please see attached VITA free tax preparation flyers for eligible families.
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Methamphetamine Coalition - Thursday May 13, 2021, 2:00pm
Dear Stakeholders, The next Sacramento County Methamphetamine Coalition meeting will be held virtually on the ZOOM platform. Registration will be required in order to attend. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting. Please join us for the next Sacramento County Methamphetamine Coalition Meeting: Date: May 13, 2021 Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: ZOOM Webinar Registration:...
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Early Relational Health Innovators Partner In Program Supported by PACEs Connection Cooperative of Communities Members in Twelve California Counties
Christina Bethell, Ph.D, MBA, MPH, founder of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI), principle author of the groundbreaking study on positive childhood experiences, and creator of the free Well Visit Planner, among other innovations. Two internationally-respected leaders and innovators in complementary aspects of early relational health and childhood and maternal health equity recently launched a partnership they believe will benefit everyone from newborn babies and...