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Me & My Emotions: A New, Free Resource for Teens

The pandemic has had a lasting effect on youth mental health. Moved by a desire to reduce youth’s toxic stress and increase their resilience, The Dibble Institute, in partnership with a team of students and alumni from ArtCenter College of Design and author Carolyn Curtis, PhD, is releasing Me & My Emotions —a new, free adaptation of our beloved Mind Matters Curriculum. The mobile-friendly Me & My Emotions website features engaging graphics and bite-sized lessons teens can access and...

Resilient Yolo Workshop Series

As some of you may know, Resilient Yolo has decided to postpone the in-person Building a Resilient Yolo Summit (which was scheduled for October 21, 2022 in Woodland). The planning committee is now looking to reschedule the summit to spring 2022 in Woodland. More information to come soon. In its place, Resilient Yolo will be hosting a virtual workshop series. Each webinar will serve to educate the community about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Our intent is that everyone in Yolo County...

Free webinar- Integrating Trauma-Informed Care: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

Lori Chelius with Origins Training & Consulting is hosting the webinar Wed, Sept 29th at Noon with Eisner Health (FQHC in Los Angeles) focused on the lessons from Eisner’s experience implementing trauma-informed care. This webinar is based on a project paper funded by ACEs Aware. The concepts are really applicable to organizations across different settings so all sectors are invited to attend. We are always trying to encourage the cross-sector collaboration piece and looking for ways to...

Empower Yolo Support Groups and Services

As many of you may know, Empower Yolo provides 24 hour crisis intervention, emergency shelter, confidential counseling, training, legal assistance and other services for individuals and families affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking and child abuse. We also have a resource center and do community outreach to improve the health, social, educational and economic outcomes of Yolo County residents. Currently we are offering 3 support group classes aimed to...

New Workshop Series Announced

As some of you may know, Resilient Yolo has decided to postpone the in-person Building a Resilient Yolo Summit (which was scheduled for October 21, 2022 in Woodland). The planning committee is now looking to reschedule the summit to spring 2022 in Woodland. More information to come soon. In its place, Resilient Yolo will be hosting a virtual workshop series. Each webinar will serve to educate the community about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Our intent is that everyone in Yolo County...

FREE WEBINAR: The Impact of Mind Matters: Preliminary Evidence of Effectiveness in a Community-Based Sample

Becky Antle, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and esteemed University Scholar at the University of Louisville, won The Dibble Institute’s national competition to evaluate Mind Matters: Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience in 2019. As a result, Dr. Antle and her colleagues have conducted a randomized controlled trial to examine the impact of Mind Matters on a host of outcomes related to trauma symptoms, emotional regulation, coping and resiliency, and interpersonal skills for at-risk...

Woodland Public Library hosts Hispanic Heritage event Sept 19th

Join us in this free, family-friendly celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month! We will have bilingual storytime & songs, traditional crafts & activities for children like making flores de papel, hojalata & cráneos de azúcar dulce, a pinata, food, and Latin music for dancing! Mayor Enrique Fernandez will be our guest speaker to kick-off the celebration! The Library's Teen Advisory Board is hosting, and thank you to Friends of the Woodland Library for sponsoring this event.

Yolo County Library Celebrates Latinx Heritage Month

The Yolo County Library has provided a collection of reading material in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month. https://www.yolocounty.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=45122 Additional online resources about this celebration are below: National Hispanic Heritage Month. https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/about/ PBS- Hispanic Heritage Month. http://www.pbs.org/specials/hispanic-heritage-month/ Latino Cultures in the US – Google Arts & Culture. ...

Yolo County DA announces launch of race blind program for filing charges

Article published September 9, 2021; The Daily Democrat By GERARDO ZAVALA Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced the launch of a Race Blind Charging program this week, which aims to eliminate any implicit bias based on race when deciding to file charges against suspects. “We started to work on this program almost two years ago with conversations with the Stanford Computational Policy Lab, who built the redaction engine that powers the race-blind charging process,” Reisig...

Short video highlighting Yolo County Multi-Cultural Community Council

Commons is created in partnership with Measures for Justice, the Yolo County Multi-Cultural Community Council & the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office. It is a joint space for making criminal justice data transparent and shared goals public. View the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=iiuIqBrP6js S ee the data here: https://www.measuresforjustice.org/commons/yoloda

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