Blog

To read more of Lisa Deaderick' article, please click here. Raised in a family of musicians, Melissa Little Wolf Villalobos was introduced to Native American music by her elders. She first heard the sounds of Native American flautist R. Carols Nakai, of Navajo and Ute heritage, when she was 5 years old. Nakai’s music has been a big influence on her own journey playing and performing on the flute. “After hearing flute for the first time, I recall how peaceful and powerful it made me feel,”...

Former PACEs Connection employees Dana Brown (L) with Vincent Felitti, MD, co-author of the 1998 Adverse Childhood Experiences study, and Carey Sipp (R) in San Diego in January, 2024. The last few months have been quite challenging, but we pushed, persevered, and didn’t give up hope. The “we” is Carey Sipp and Dana Brown. We were long-time staff members of PACEs Connection determined to reinstate the website and the resources and information we provide to communities after the platform went...

Associations between 11 parental discipline behaviours and child outcomes across 60 countries Ward KP, Grogan-Kaylor, A, Ma J, et al. BMJ Open 2023;13:e058439. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058439 Abstract Objectives To test associations between 11 caregiver aggressive and non-aggressive discipline behaviours and outcomes (aggression, distraction and prosocial peer relations) of children under 5 years in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Participants Data came from the fourth...

To all of you, who, like me, love this website and want to see it and its communities flourish as we work to prevent and heal trauma; build resiliency: please know there is a move afoot by a small group of strategic partners to find a suitable host for PACEs Connection. More will be announced in the coming days. In the meantime, friends, we are figuring out email addresses and other communications logistics and opportunities. PEACE! Carey Sipp, former director of strategic partnerships ...

Hello partners, members, and friends, It is with mixed emotions that I am sharing that PACEs Connection will be sunsetting all operations effective Friday, April 26. While it saddens me to see this chapter of PACEs work come to a close, this work is too important to end, and efforts are underway to identify a new home for PACEs to continue its work. At the same time, this presents an exciting opportunity for PACEs to reemerge stronger than ever. Although we intended a seamless transition,...

Hi All, Thank you to everyone who was able to join us for our SDTIGT Member Meeting on April 5th. Attached you will find the meeting minutes as well as two flyers, one promoting new services offered through San Diego Center for Children and the other promoting an upcoming presentation from Dr. Bruce Perry.

San Diego Domestic Violence Council | Domestic Violence Awareness | San Diego County, CA, USA (sddvc.org)

As we’ve recently announced, the CRC Accelerator is taking an indefinite hiatus, but this moment of growth is anything but goodbye. Two years into this unique program, we are aware of the incredible impact access can have on PACEs initiatives and we now have a CRC Fellowship that grows with each CRC graduate.

Come join our next San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team (SDTIGT) meeting on Friday, April 5th, from 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm. We are a hybrid meeting via Zoom and in-person at the San Diego Center for Children. Join in-person at the San Diego Center for Children located at 3002 Armstrong Street, San Diego, CA 92111. Please sign in at their front office. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89760652302 Meeting ID: 897 6065 2302 Call mobile +1(669)444-9171

March marks the final month of the granting period for the CRC Accelerator. Here are the next steps for certification or a certificate of participation.

Sunset Bites, the San Diego Unified School District food truck © Provided by NBC San Diego To read more of Shellye Leggett's article, please click here, San Diego Unified unveils its first-ever student-run food truck, Sunset Bites (msn.com) . During its inaugural year, students from Morse, San Diego, Mira Mesa, Hoover and Garfield high schools who are in multiple career pathways will gain hands-on learning experiences managing the roving culinary business. “That hands-on experience really...

The culmination of thousands of hours from our Trauma-Resilient Educational Communities (TREC) team in developing our TREC Model, we launched TRECeducation.com website on Thursday, January 25, 2024. Craig Beswick, Vice-President, School Development Division, Lifelong Learning Administration Corporation (LLAC) opened up our exciting launch, which was hosted by the beautiful UCSD Park & Market in downtown San Diego. Craig warmly welcomed over 200 attendees to our Awards Ceremony and TREC...