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Our meetings are usually on the fourth Wednesday of the month. But with both Thanksgiving and Christmas occurring so close to our next regular meeting dates, we were concerned that people might not be able to attend these two important meetings....

So excited to be in Philadelphia at the launch of this incredible effort to build resilience across our whole community!  We are here with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, California Endowment and PHF!  Just by chance, we are at the same...

[Originally posted by Leslie Lieberman] Fo urteen communities from across the country now have an opportunity to expand their innovative work in addressing childhood adversity through a new project launched by The by  The Health Federation of Philade lphia ,  with support from the  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  and  The California Endowment.   Called Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC), the project supports communities building the movement...

Child Parent Institute (CPI) is hosting a free viewing of the film, Paper Tigers on Thursday, November 12. This free event includes refreshments and Q&A with the Filmmaker, James Redford. RSVP by Friday, November 6. Paper Tigers at Sally Tomoatoes 1100 Valley House Drive Rohnert Park 4:30 Refreshments and Hors d'Oeuvres 5:30 Screening 7:15 Q&A with Director James Redford Please RSVP to anneb@calparents.org by November 6th .

By: Kate Jenkins, M.A.   As a member of the Sonoma County ACEs Connection, I would like to help stir interest among folks to be part of the ACEs Connection. Over the months that I have been part of the ACEs Connection, I have observed that your...

October 28, 2015 UW team to lead research efforts on initiative for incarcerated parents   Deborah Bach   The University of Washington will play a key role in a new initiative aimed at helping inmates with children transition back into...

Public Health Policy might seem kind of boring to most people, but I love it!  Yesterday was especially exciting!  I was at the California Endowment in Sacramento with an incredible group of public health nerds who did their best to...

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Sonoma County ACES Connection members participated in a daylong training on Talking about Trauma: Tips and tools for communicating effectively presented by Berkeley Media Studies Group.  The Prevention Institute in the heart of Oakland was the...

Hello, I just wanted to remind everyone about my upcoming 4-CEU training for midwives, nurses and therapists: "Brain Development and Primary Relationships: Preventing and Healing Toxic Stress in the Perinatal Period" on Thursday November 5th 12pm-4pm...

At our September meeting, we talked about creating an organizational structure for Sonoma County ACES Connection. I have attended plenty of community meetings (perhaps too many) where the deliberations about Vice-Chairs and Secretary-Treasurers...

Twenty of us attended the meeting. We were warmly greeted by Allen Nishikawa with a warms towel ceremony that allowed us to truly arrive and be present. The topics we discussed were the Paper Tigers viewings, Dr. Anda’s presentation at Hanna...