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This from Foster and Kinship Care Education Program Dear All, Please join the Foster and Kinship Care Education program and the WCC Diversity Committee as we recognize November as Adoption Awareness Month. In honoring our adoptive youth and parents, we will be viewing the award winning documentary Paper Tigers, followed by a brief discussion about our role in helping build resiliency in traumatized youth. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to visit our office or give us a...

This from a teacher in Yolo County. According to County Superintendent of Schools, Jesse Ortiz, 12% of Yolo County's students are undocumented and many many more may be scared and confused. As the teacher says, we must show that we care about these students, all students, and that they MATTER. Also see a link to an article from the Huffington Post that was shared from another ACEs Connection member: What Do We Tell The Children?

See below a note from a Yolo County principal sent out to school staff today. I love how it talks about the need for staff to not only take care of their students in this tumultuous time but also the need for staff to take care of themselves and reach out for help, if needed. I have heard some concerns about possible negative comments between students backing different candidates. We as adults need to help our youth create a safe space to share concerns and emotions. This is a potential...

Hey, All! In case you didn't hear the news, our new Resources Center is up and running. This is a work in progress, but you can find a host of resources to support your work. Please see Jane's initial post below! - Jen Welcome to the ACEsConnection.com Resources Center! As of October 2016, we are launching this new version. We think that it's a skeleton of its future self, i.e., we'll be adding more categories and more information to each category. Our goal is to make this useful, but not so...

On behalf of California Essentials for Childhood, I am very excited to announce the release of a new Child Adversity and Resilience data topic on Kidsdata.org! This has been a collaborative effort between the CA Essentials for Childhood Initiative's Shared Data and Outcomes Work Group and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. I represent ACEs Connection Network on Essentials and am the co-chair of the Shared Data & Outcomes Work Group so I couldn't be more thrilled about...

The Transformative Justice in Education (TJE) Center in the UC Davis School of Education presents Transformative Justice in Education Speaker Series with Sujatha Baliga No fee to attend No RSVP required Space is limited MONDAY Oct 17 For more info: education.ucdavis.edu/baliga Sujatha Baliga will discuss her past decade of work to interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline through restorative justice, with a focus on how adults in schools settings can personally and interpersonally benefit from...

The 2016-2017 Yolo County Education and Equity Summit Series Presents:THE IMPACT OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES Speaker: Daniel Ewon Choe, Ph.D. DATE: November 9, 2016 TIME: 3:00pm - 4:30pm PLACE: Yolo County Of ce of Education 1280 Santa Anita Court, Ste. 120, Woodland Please register by: November 2, 2016 GO HERE to register (http://www.ycoe.org/summit-series/register) SEE ATTACHMENT FOR FULL INFORMATION

Read the article from the East Bay Times about beautiful new mobile health clinics at high schools in Contra Costa County making it easier for students to access to medical services . Find the full article HERE . This idea of a mobile clinic that travels around to schools is something that Michelle Flowers, Principal of King High School in Davis and I chatted about recently. I know high school students in Davis recently got a new food truck; a "health truck" would be a great addition to the ...

The Davis Police Department is revamping its restorative justice program for delinquent youths for the first time since the 1970s, pending approval from the Davis City Council at its meeting Tuesday. The new program will focus on reconciliation between parties involved in a crime, bringing all individuals together to discuss the incident in a closed-door setting. The new technique is designed as an early-intervention resource for youths who display antisocial or criminal behavior. Police...

Health Education Council's 25th Anniversary Celebration 2016 marks HEC's 25th year of promoting health and prioritizing prevention throughout underserved communities. Help us celebrate by joining us for our 25th Anniversary Celebration! Thursday, October 13th 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Yolo Brewing Company Guests will enjoy farm-fresh food, local libations and live music all while making it possible for the Health Education Council to continue to improve the health and vitality of underserved...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Join Empower Yolo for its Paint Yolo Purple Campaign Month of Action! For full calendar of events go to: http://empoweryolo.org/events/ Or see the attachment. The first event is this weekend, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 @ 2pm. SEVEN: the play, a benefit for Empower Yolo. Winters Theatre Company is presenting six performances of Seven: the Play (September 30th-October 9th) at the Winters Community Center and has chosen Empower Yolo as beneficiary of...

The Yolo Resilience Network's Steering Committee met on Tue, Sep 27, for a Strategic Planning session to: Reviewed purpose, vision, mission, documents Narrowed to overarching strategies & focus Developed some activities within the 3-5 strategies See the attached agenda of the meeting and notes to see where we are headed. We would love your participation and input, at whatever level you can, as we move forward toward our goal of a helping building awareness in Yolo county around trauma,...