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By Marsh Mercer, Photo: Paul Hennessey/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/The Associated Press, PEW, August 22, 2022 More than 150 years after it was officially outlawed in the United States, slavery will be on the ballot in five states in November, as a new abolitionist movement seeks to reshape prison labor. Voters in Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont will decide on state constitutional amendments prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude, in some cases except for work by...

By Amy Yee, Andre Tartar, and Marie Patino, Photo: Bryan Tarnowski/Bloomberg, Bloomberg CityLab, August 22, 2022 To see the difference between year one and year two of the US Paycheck Protection Program, just look to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 2020, when the US announced emergency loans to help small businesses struggling under Covid-19 shutdowns, funding went disproportionately to the higher-income zip codes of Louisiana’s capital. Better-resourced firms such as medical and legal offices...

By Jodi Hausen, Photo: Jodi Hausen, The Christian Science Monitor, August 22, 2022 T o say Caroline Croft Estay is as bright and sparkly as the hot pink glitter polish she wears on her fingernails would be, at the very least, apt. The co-founder of Vertical Harvest in Jackson, Wyoming, sits in the break room of the greenhouse, where employees come and go, many stopping by to say hi, to give her updates, or simply to smother her in hugs. “She’s just an inspiration,” says employee Destiny...

By Hannah Seo, Illustration: María Medem, The New York Times, August 19, 2022 Tens of millions of people across the United States have been enduring heat wave after heat wave this summer, in what feels like an unrelenting succession of humid days and scorching temperatures. While there’s no denying that extreme heat and humidity can be physically uncomfortable, research suggests that such conditions can be trying on your psychological well-being, too. “We see across the whole spectrum of...

By Hallie Golden, Photo: Jovelle Tamayo/The Guardian, The Guardian, August 20, 2022 T rina Sherwood gazes out at the Hanford nuclear site as she speeds across the Columbia river in a small motorboat. More than 500 sq miles large and ringed by rocky mountains, the decommissioned nuclear production site is considered one of the most contaminated places in North America. It also sits on the ancestral lands of the Yakama Nation and other Indigenous peoples in Washington state. Here, precious...

By Michael Martin, Photo: Unsplash in site, National Public Radio, August 20, 2022 NPR's Michel Martin speaks with The Sentencing Project's Senior Director of Advocacy Nicole D. Porter about her new study on states repurposing closed correctional facilities. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Defund the police - that phrase has become a rallying cry for some and a political hammer to swing at opponents for others, depending, of course, on your view of the movement to move resources away from traditional...

By Camilla Mutoni Griffiths and Nicky Sullivan, Photo: Maskot/Getty Images, Scientific American, August 19, 2022 “Where are the Native Americans now?” asked fifth grade students in an Iowa City classroom last year. There are many ways their teacher, Melanie Hester, might have answered. She could have pointed out that today Native Americans live in cities and towns across the U.S. About 20 percent live on reservations , and Hester could have used that to open a discussion of the U.S.

In this episode of Transforming Trauma, our host Emily is joined by Dr. Sandra Bloom. Dr. Bloom is a Board-Certified psychiatrist, Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University, and the Founder of Creating Presence , an online organization for creating trauma-informed systems. She is the founder of the Sanctuary Model which provides inpatient psychiatric programs for the treatment of trauma-related emotional disorders. Dr. Bloom is the author of a series of books...

Hi. The purposes of this document: - Quick reference for those already familiar with full works. - To use for training, by those already familiar with full works. While there is room for improvement (including adding DM-ID-2), sharing for any benefit this might have. And of course, welcome any feedback. Being your own editor is not best practice, but you do the best you can as you go. PDFs and PNG attached.

We are pleased to announce the 2022 Called to Care Summit has an open Request for Proposals. Since 2019, The Called to Care Summit has been designed by the community for the community. The 3rd Annual Summit is no different. This year’s Summit is a family-focused event centered on building community capacity to heal; highlighting families and their communities. Presentations will generate innovative ideas and share transformative wisdom and positive actions that address trauma, healing, and...

It’s hard to read recent leadership articles and not see the benefits of Emotional Intelligence. However, can this obsession with EI harm us?

The Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) is Growing! After a brief pause in our hiring process we are continuing our search. Now hiring 2 Program Coordinators. The Traumatic Stress Institute already supports more than 85 organizational clients throughout North America with its Whole-System Change Model to Trauma-Informed Care, which includes the Risking Connection Training . Now TSI is adding two staff to support its increasing number of organizational clients. One of the two positions will...