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Welcome to Virtual Racial Healing Circles! About this event Join the UC Davis Health Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for our virtual racial healing circle, facilitated by: Mercedes Piedra, MS : Director for UCDH Office for Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Rangineh Azimzadeh Tosang, MA, CPF : Founder of Solh Resolutions International We are creating a safe space to build a community of belonging for a collective impact on racial justice. [ Please click here to...

Join the movement of understanding mental health through a new lens by participating in these upcoming live discussions. Together, we can rewrite the story of mental health and well-being. Register at https://lamaidaproject.org/acesaware/

Dear PACEs Community, Sharing our new article on school safety of Asian American youth: https://theconversation.com/are-americas-schools-safe-for-asian-americans-157956 Regards, Kevin

Andres Sciolla, a psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at UC Davis Medical School, hopes that an expanded version of ACEs becomes completely integrated into the medical profession in the future. By “expanded,” he explains: “Medicine would have to integrate sustainable and practical ways to address social determinants of health,” such as affordable housing, basic income, and access to affordable health care. Sciolla earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Chile...

Join My Brother's Keeper (MBK Sacramento) Collaborative for its Trauma Healing & Learning Series. The discussion will increase the understanding of the impacts of racism on the overall well-being on young men of color. We will highlight the need to promote healing centered approaches throughout healthcare. [ Please click here to register .] *Original flyer attached below.

Sent on Behalf of Dr. Hendry Ton, Associate Vice Chancellor of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at UC Davis Health Join us Tuesday, April 6th, from 12 - 1:30 p.m. for our 90 minute webinar, Growing as a Community: Asian Solidarity in Action. As we grapple with the increased violence toward Asian Americans, it’s critical to hear and learn from experts about the importance of eradicating hate and adopting an anti-racism lens to aid in the safety of our communities. You don’t want to miss...

Trauma-transformed is hosting a series of virtual sessions for supporting and promoting Healing Networks in the Monterey/San Benito; Sacramento; and San Bernardino/Riverside/Inland Empire regions. The sessions are open to those who support the community in the focus regions and are designed to recognize, reclaim, and lift up our inherent and collective blessings and resilience. The first session “Recognition and Restoration” is being held on March 25 from 10:00 am-1:00 pm for those in the...

By Michael Burke, EdSource, February 11, 2021 Freshman applications to the University of California surged this year, a trend that college access advocates hope will translate into higher enrollments of low-income, Black, Latino and other underrepresented students across the university’s nine undergraduate campuses. The university received 203,700 applications for freshman admission this cycle, about 32,000 more than a year ago. Experts attribute the increases partially to the elimination of...

By UC Davis Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, January 2021 As our communities grapple with the historic social injustices across our nation, it’s critical to hear from our leaders about the importance of adopting an equity and anti-racism lens to aid in the healing and well-being of our communities. Featured guests: Kupiri Ackerman-Barger, Phd, RN, CNE, FAAN, Associate Dean for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Director of Faculty Development for Education and Training, Associate...

By UC Davis Office of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, January 2021 Addressing Privilege and Anti-Blackness in Academic Medicine invites participants to consider how racial inequities persists in the health care research system. This interactive session will explore ways that UC Davis Health can be a part of the solution. Participants will bring their expertise and experiences so that we can identify sites for personal and collective action. Topics covered include: Legacies of...

By Larry Gordon, EdSource, December 17, 2020 Right out of high school and not sure where the advising office is, let alone how to register for classes, freshmen need special care at California’s big public universities. Without it, they are at higher risk of not making it back for a second year. That’s why about a quarter of the 23 campuses in the California State University system recently overhauled their academic advising to first-year students. [ Please click here to read more .]

It’s an enormous understatement to say that healthcare workers today are suffering. Every day, you hear interviews with nurses, physicians, social workers, and others in healthcare saying they’re pushed to the breaking point and beyond. But, by using skills taught in the Community Resiliency Mode l (CRM), even people under severe stress can weather the onslaught, do their work, and get along with colleagues. CRM is an evidence-based training program that’s being used by millions of people in...