Tagged With "Closing the Achievement Gap"
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San Diego County numbers show lifespan gap between rich and poor (inewsource.org)
The wealthiest men in San Diego County can expect to live almost a decade longer than their poorest counterparts. That’s one of the findings from the Health Inequality Project , a report written by researchers from Stanford, Harvard and MIT. In 2014, the most recent year available, a 40-year-old San Diego County man in the top quarter of income earners could expect to live to almost 90. A man of the same age in the bottom quarter of income would only expect to live to 80. Steven Eldred with...
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Minutes from SD-TIGT Meeting- 9/2/2016
Hello All! Attached are the minutes from the last SD-TIGT meeting.
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NAMI San Diego’s Child, Youth & Family Liaison (CYFL)
Support and training for family members, Family Support Partners, and others are offered through NAMI San Diego’s Child, Youth & Family Liaison (CYFL). Offerings include: Monthly Partner coaching meetings and monthly parent support meetings. See attached flyers for upcoming classes.
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One City Heights School is Doing the Nearly Impossible: Closing the Achievement Gap [voiceofsandiego.com]
By Will Huntsberry, Voice of San Diego, March 2, 2020 In San Diego, as with the rest of the country, poverty tracks closely with test scores. The social science is clear: Poorer children are not less bright. They lack the same opportunities as their more affluent peers to gain cognitive skills from the moment they are born. The most pressing question in education has always been whether schools can supercharge the learning process enough to compensate for these class inequities. At Edison...
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One year after release of PI framework, communities use it to address community trauma, promote resilience (PreventionInstitute.org)
In San Diego, a group is using the ACE|R framework as part of PI’s Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing among Men and Boys initiative , funded by the Movember Foundation. Jama Mohamed, Program Coordinator for the San Diego initiative, describes how community environments can produce and exacerbate trauma among refugees: “When you look at a community that has actually experienced trauma, and you put them in an environment like this, it’s not for us to question their behaviors,”...
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Opportunity Summit 2019 by San Diego Workforce Partnership (Register at Eventbrite)
As we wrap up the year, we’re extremely proud to share our annual report where we explore what it means to us to be trailblazers: Experience it here . We’re also packing up and moving out . We will be up and running in our new office on January 7. Stay tuned for open house details. Just announced—our 3rd annual Opportunity Summit is happening on May 2, 2019! The Summit is central to our efforts and community collaboration needed to reduce/eliminate youth disconnection throughout our region.
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P3SD: Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Opens
I am excited to attend the P3SD: Prenatal to 3rd Grade, Closing the Achievement Gap Before It Opens Conference today with Rosa Anna Lozada, Harmonium's CEO. The conference is presented by the Education Synergy Alliance and P3SD. There has been exciting discussion on the difference of Equity vs Equality in Education for Early Childhood Education. We are thinking about the Heckman Equation which has shown that an early and equal development of human potential yields the highest longterm...
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Paper Tigers Screening 10/26/15
Paper Tigers, the documentary of the 1st Trauma Informed School in our nation, is being hosted by the Landmark Theatre in Hillcrest on Monday, October 26th, at 6.30 pm. FREE! Robert Redford's son, James, and his film crew followed...
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Persistent gender wage gap prompts San Diego to explore equal pay law (sandiegouniontribune.com)
San Diego may soon become the largest city in the nation to pass a law requiring city contractors and consultants to pay employees equally regardless of gender or ethnicity. The goal of the new legislation, which the City Council may consider before its August recess, is to help close persistent pay gaps for women and minorities performing the same work as white men. Federal and state laws already require equal pay, but San Diego Councilman Chris Ward said this week that it's important for...
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Black Men United to Screen for Adverse Childhood Experiences to Better Understand Illnesses in Adults (San Diego Voice & Viewpoint)
Amazing article on Black Men United using the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) tool at their July meeting “to further their understanding of trauma-informed care and the need for prevention and remediation among African American youth. ...
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Clinton Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, County of San Diego Launch Blueprint to Improve Health and Well-Being of San Diego Children & Families (clintonfoundation.org)
The Clinton Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, and the County of San Diego convened key thought leaders and local stakeholders to launch a detailed plan to improve the health and well-being of children and families in the San Diego region. This “Strong Families, Thriving Communities Blueprint for Action” focuses on increasing equity and effectiveness for families who interact with San Diego’s child welfare and juvenile justice systems by aligning policies, practices, and resources. For...
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Closing achievement gap faced by men of color: SDSU professors create course to minority men on community colleges
San Diego State University professors J. Luke Wood (left) and Frank Harris created an online course to help community college faculty members lower the achievement gap faced by men of color.
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Welcome! How To Participate in Our Group
Welcome! Thank you for joining the SD County ACEs Connection Group! Here's how you can get started: 1) Check out the Collections section on the left hand side of the group home page. This can be thought of as the table of contents for all our...
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Getting on the Same Page: Developing a Strategic Plan
Plans change. That was a key lesson learned by the San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team (SD-TIGT) as the group worked to hone a strategic plan. The network had begun as a grass-roots collaborative, and members wanted to preserve that sense of openness and inclusion. At the same time, with Harmonium, Inc., as the backbone organization and the MARC grant as an impetus, the network also needed structure, goals and clearly defined roles. Already, the Guide Team’s focus had shifted; what began in...
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Landmark lawsuit filed in California to make trauma-informed practices mandatory for all public schools
A landmark first step was taken today to insure that all public schools in the United States be legally required to address the unique learning needs of children affected by adverse childhood experiences. A class action suit on behalf of...
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Re: Minutes from San Diego Trauma Informed Guide Team (SD-TIGT) March 3, 2017 Meeting
Thank you so much for keeping good minutes of the meetings. I appreciate being able to follow the progress of this group. There are so many parallel themes to the work in San Diego and where I find myself in Utah. Attached is some of the work going on in the Trauma Resiliency Collaborative. Debbie
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Great Plates 2.0 Delivered: Home Meals for Seniors expanded to support adults of all ages who have disabilities and/or health conditions
Since May, Great Plates Delivered: Home Meals for Seniors has been providing home-delivered meals to adults 65+ and those 60-64 with certain health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Initiated by Governor Gavin Newsom, and supported by FEMA, state, and local funds, this program pairs older adults with local restaurants to provide 3 meals per day so recipients can stay safely at home. Recently, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to create a new program, Great Plates 2.0:...
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team Learning Exchange August 6, 2021
A HUGE Thank You to Aisha Pope for her informative and thought-provoking presentation at our recent Learning Exchange entitled, Bringing Your Authentic Self to Work: the Costs of Code Switching !! And thank you to everyone who attended and participated in our learning exchange break out groups! We hope to see you back at our next meeting, October 1, 2021 from 12:15 - 2pm. Please see attached for meeting minutes and Aisha's PowerPoint.
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team October 1, 2021 Minutes
Thank you to all who attended and participated in our follow up conversation to August's presentation by Aisha Pope, LCSW on Code Switching! See attached for brief minutes and flyers for upcoming events and job postings.
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Black Homebuyers Program Helps Rowe Family Achieve Dream of Homeownership (sdfoundation.org)
Kevan and Ritha Rowe’s journey to buying their own home was both long and very fast. Shortly after marrying in 2003, the Rowes thought about buying a home, but it was the height of the housing bubble that eventually burst and led to the Great Recession. In the time since, they started a family and pursued their personal finance goals. “It’s funny because everyone makes fun of me because I like watching the news at mid-day and at night just to see what’s going on,” Ritha recounted. “I was...
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San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team Member Meeting Minutes 10-06-23
Hi All, Thank you to all who attended our last SDTIGT Member Meeting on Friday, October 6, 2023 from 12:30-2pm. Attached you will find the meeting notes, as well as the handouts from our guest speakers from Center for Community Solutions. Please save the date for our next meeting on December 1, 2023.