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Two New Grant Opportunities for Youth Development and Diversion Services

Briana S. Zweifler · 11/27/188:16 AM

In 2019, more than $40 million will become available to fund community-based, culturally rooted, trauma-informed services for youth in California as alternatives to arrest and incarceration. Thousands of California youth are arrested every year for low-level offenses. Youth who are arrested or incarcerated for low-level offenses are less likely to graduate high school, more likely to suffer negative health-outcomes, and more likely to have later contact with the justice system.

Check out 11-yr-old Aslan Tudor’s Standing Rock book: 'Young Water Protectors' (Indian Country Today)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 11/16/187:55 AM

Aslan Tudor, who first traveled with his mom Kelly Tudor to Standing Rock when he was just eight-years-old, has written a book about his experience in a book titled “Young Water Protectors: A Story about Standing Rock.” “I thought it would be a good book to hear about kids in Standing Rock,” said Aslan, who traveled to Standing Rock when he was eight in August of 2016, and had turned 9 by the time he returned in October. Aslan’s mother Kelly Tudor, who helped Aslan write the book, and who...

Young Women are Reviving Indigenous Food Traditions Online

Monica Bhagwan · 11/16/187:51 AM

"For Gladstone, upholding Indigenous food is partly about healing from a history of trauma. The processes of colonialization and the genocide of Native peoples across North America was mirrored by the devastation of the plants and animals that Native Americans had long relied on for sustenance and spiritual companionship........ Gladstone believes that the trauma of genocide and the devastation of food-giving landscapes had a large impact on driving poor health outcomes in her community, as...

Sick River: Can These California Tribes Beat Heroin and History? [nytimes.com]

Alicia Doktor · 9/5/189:27 AM

WEITCHPEC, Calif. — For thousands of years, the Klamath River has been a source of nourishment for the Northern California tribes that live on its banks. Its fish fed dozens of Indian villages along its winding path, and its waters cleansed their spirits, as promised in their creation stories. But now a crisis of opioid addiction is gripping this remote region. At the same time, the Klamath’s once-abundant salmon runs have declined to historic lows, the culmination of 100 years of...

Apply now to Showcase your work at the San Francisco National ACEs Conference in October 2018!

Donielle Prince · 5/30/1812:40 PM

Applications due June 18. Application link included in this post

Hoopa school, tribe taking new approach to treating trauma [times-standard.com]

Alicia Doktor · 5/8/188:21 AM

Though separated by about 2,400 miles, the communities and tribal nations in northeastern Humboldt County and Menominee County in Wisconsin share many similarities. They both are located in rural counties that have timber and fishing-based economies; they have similar populations; and they also share a history of trauma and the detrimental physical and mental health effects that come along with it. From these similarities, Hoopa resident Angie Brown said the Hoopa Valley Tribe has been able...

Webinar 4/24 at 11 AM hosted by: National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services

Ana Santana · 3/21/188:55 AM

This is an invitation to a webinar on April 24 th at 11am PST , hosted by the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services (NACRHHS). If you work in a rural county, or a county with significant rural areas - this may be of interest. NACRHHS is a 21-member citizens' panel of nationally recognized experts who provide recommendations on rural issues to the Secretary of the Department. This webinar will present findings and recommendations from a Policy Brief on Understanding...

"Growing Resilient Together" Children's Advocacy Walk & Festival - April 21st

Karen Clemmer · 3/19/1810:22 AM

by Lake County Office of Education April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month Join us in celebrating and supporting Lake County Children. FREE | FOOD | FUN | GAMES 1 0:00 am - Opening Ceremonies 10:15 am - Advocacy Walk - walk from Library Park to Natural High and back 11:00 am - Tribal Dancers at Library Park 11:30 am - Clear Lake Clikkers (clogging) The Lake County Library will be there for storytime. Taylor White will be leading Zumba. And so much more! PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR T-SHIRT SIZE...

CONFERENCE -CALLING ON THE WARRIOR SPIRIT TO HEAL HISTORICAL TRAUMA (Sacaton, AZ)

Daniel Press · 3/16/182:16 PM

Calling Upon the Warrior Spirit to Heal Historical Trauma -- A Conference on Creating Trauma-informed Tribal Communities and Using Traditional Practices to Address Historical and Childhood Trauma On Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22, the Roundtable on Native American Trauma Informed Initiatives, supported by the Gila River Tribal Employment Rights Office, the Viejas Mission Band of Indians, Native Health Care Solutions LLC, the Van Ness Feldman Law Firm will be hosting a conference entitled...

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