San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team - July minutes

Our July meeting was well-attended and exciting as we held our first formal election for the co-chair position!  Please see meeting minutes below and attached.  

1. Introductions- Welcome New Members
2. Welcome and Acknowledgement of Participants and New Members

• Pam Hansen, SD-TIGT acting Secretary opened the meeting pending arrival of Co-Chair, Amelia
• Rosa Ana Lozada volunteered to take minutes as Pam was temporarily facilitating meeting
  • Individuals introduced themselves
  • New participants and the 6 new Members were acknowledged

1. Trauma Informed Journey-Youth Empowerment and Youth Voice

1. Arturo Soriano - Youth Empowerment

• Shared his personal experience and challenges, poverty, and chronic trauma he faced from his childhood to adulthood. Aside from his experiences, Arturo is hopeful and wants to provide grassroots leadership to support resilience through community engagement and improving relationships with law enforcement and other systems.    Through his work, he applies trauma informed, restorative justice practices.  Arturo is part of a coalition that has recently been awarded a grant through the Department of Labor. 

1. Youth Voice

• Dana Brown introduced Talitha Thompson who works with Youth Voice. She described Youth Voice as a sanctuary with a focus on love, and healing and invited members of the SD-TIGT to visit. Their meetings are every Thursday.
• Next Tuesday July 11, 2017, the Youth Voice leaders and mentors are attending a conference in Sacramento titled Policymaker Education Day on Childhood Adversity, by the California Campaign to Counter Childhood Adversity. This conference is a way of spreading the trauma-informed movement throughout the state and nation.

III.        Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC) Project Updates

• Harmonium serves as the backbone agency funded through MARC to support the work of the SD-TIGT. The funding ends in October.  The SD-TIGT is one of 14 entities nationwide who received these funds to support efforts of increasing awareness of ACEs trauma, and resilience. Our accomplishments to date includes the completion and implementation of our updated Strategic Plan. The updated plan includes an added focus on community engagement and authentic community voice.  It also provides the structure and areas of focus for the committees that are actively engaged in meeting their goals. The Strategic Plan can be found on the SD County ACES Connection site under the resources tab. More recently, we are exploring opportunities to support/advance policies that support the work of the SD-TIGT at the local, state, national and organizational levels. 
• Rosa Ana introduced Cindy Davidson who serves as the current MARC Project Manager. Cindy expressed her enthusiasm in serving in this role and stated that she looks forward to meeting the SD-TIGT members to hear more about the work underway.

1. Co-Chair Nominee Presentations (2 min each) and In-Person Voting    
2. Pam Hansen has shifted from Co-Chair to Interim Secretary; pending formal election process for Secretary
3. Two nominations were submitted; Dana Brown and Rosa Ana Lozada. The nomination forms are on file.

• Each candidate provided a two minute presentation to the entire group.
• Each voting member present (those who have attended at least two meetings) submitted their voting ballot.
• An electronic version will be sent to members who were not present.
  • Deadline for the online voting is Friday, July 14, 2017
  • There will be a discussion at the next Leadership Team meeting with the agreement that the individual with the most votes will not automatically be the selected co-chair; other factors will be considered.

1. Committee Report Out

1. Resource Committee- Morgan Baskett

• Organizing and Storing Information
  • Resource Committee will be using SD-TIGT.resource@gmail
  • Local, state, and national resource
  • Next meeting in August
  • Let Morgan know if you have resources that you’d like to add to the information collection
  • Anything on the ACES Connection blog will already be included in the information collection

1. Membership Committee- Stephen Carroll

• Developed a one page description
  • For individuals to join and new member orientation       

1. Marketing Committee- Dana Brown and Rosa Ana Lozada

• Working with the Jacob Center for Innovation for the SD-TIGT logo design
  • This supports the end goal of finalizing a logo for the SD-TIGT while supporting the professional development of youth developing a career in graphic arts and computer technology

1. Training Committee- Elisa Barnett and Melissa Tran-Chamblin

• Continue to work on establishing core competencies
  • Building on content and flow of training
• Looking into getting a general email address like the Resource Committee
• No one in the County providing our trainings
• If you are interested in being a trainer, reach out to the Training Committee
• Working on establishing a regular standing meeting; next meeting is scheduled for September 10th at 3:00pm

1. ACEs Connection Updates
2. Dana provided a tour of the ACE’s Connection Website. Reviewed how to:

• Customize profile
  • Changes can be made by clicking on icon in upper right-hand corner
• National ACE’s Connection Home Page and San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team
• Home Page has the largest number of content
  • Primary notifications and group notifications
• Daily Digest- does not depend on what group we are connected to
  • One for all ACE’s
• Weekly Roundup is also available

VII. Announcement/Achievements - Policy Updates

1. Discussion Item:

• Consider extending the meeting time to broaden the opportunity to share information
• Clarify time for open discussion or networking
  • It can be open or structured
• 12- 12:30 time extended for networking
• Consensus: the group agreed that they would prefer to begin the meeting earlier, at 12:00-2:30pm.,  and include lunch/brown bag to support networking.

1. Dr. Audrey Hokoda - Brag Sheet

• As part of the MARC grant, we have a list of achievements that have been identified through the Brag Sheets. These Brag Sheets demonstrate advancements in the program, policy, and practice areas for integrating trauma-informed practices and promoting resilience.
• Compiled and internally gathered. Audrey would like to have that information readily for broad review on ACE’s Connection.
• Rosa Ana requested that there be time on the Leadership Team Agenda for further discussion and clarification of the approval process for posting information from individuals representing agencies.
• Action Item: Add item to the Leadership Agenda: ‘Approval process from agencies/organizations for posting information on ACE’s Connection.’
• Possible wording could include: “My agency has given me authority to make this information public.”

VIII. Future Trauma Informed Journey Presentations

1. Dana Brown suggested that Angels Foster Family Network present. Since they have not yet attended a meeting, it was suggested that they first be invited to attend.  Dana will invite them to the next meeting.  Angels Foster Family Network will be Invited to attend a meeting.
2. Center for Community Solution offered to present their Trauma Informed Journey at the next meeting.
3. July 7, 2017- Dana Brown and Audrey Hokoda
4. September 1, 2017- Center for Community Solutions
5. November 3, 2017-Group member suggested San Diego Food Bank/Leah’s Pantry present

 Next Meeting- September 1st, 2017 at 12:30 PM