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Connecting Communities One Book at a Time launches July 13: Register now to learn from our national and Georgia partners how to lead a book study of 'What Happened To You?'

After more tha n two years of a deadly pandemic, a racial reckoning laying bare gross inequities, historic environmental catastrophes, and record-breaking gun violence and mental health challenges, could the first known national study of “What Happened to You?,” by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey, help us heal our collective trauma, one relationship and community at a time? That’s the question Carey Sipp, PACEs Connection director of strategic partnerships, hopes will be answered with a...

Free to COOPs and your members: RYSE Center Presents: Radical Inquiry session on supporting BIPOC Youth Liberation!

COST: $150 - General Registration F REE - Cooperative of Communities Network Members ***Contact Mathew Portell for COOP discount code mportell@pacesconnection.com Register here J oin the RYSE Center and PACEs Connection on July 12. 2022 from 10 am-1 pm PT / 12 pm-3 pm CT / 1 pm-4 pm ET to examine how conventional social science research often produces and replicates unjust and harmful narratives about Black, Indigenous, Youth of Color (BIPOC) capacities, priorities, dreams, and needs. At the...

2022 IACET Conference

Please join us in-person or virtually at the 2022 IACET Conference where Dr. B will be discussing "Managing Mental Health: How to Navigate Social and Emotional Well-Being in the Workplace". Register here! https://www.iacet.org/events/annual-conference/2022-annual-conference/sessions/

‘Gods that walk among us’: the photographer bringing glamour to portraits of community leaders [theguardian.com]

By Abigail Glasgow, Photo: Camila Falquez, The Guardian, July 4, 2022 Camila Falquez has photographed many of the most famous people in the world: Zendaya, Lil Nas X, Penélope Cruz. But her portraiture intentionally straddles two worlds: one of global stars and the other of local community leaders, from drag queens to flower merchants, whom she deems “the gods that walk among us”. It’s a phrase she first discovered the phrase on a sign in Bushwick, Brooklyn, that featured photos of...

New Legacy Museum Receives Award and Recognition [museumandmemorial.eji.org]

By Equal Justice Initiative, Image: Screenshot from article, Equal Justice Initiative, June 30, 2022 Since opening last fall, the new Legacy Museum has attracted international attention and acclaim. "The new Legacy Museum opens at an exceptional moment for America," Ed Pilkington wrote for The Guardian . The new museum has been featured on MSNBC's The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart , NPR's All Things Considered , the Vox Conversations podcast, and CBS Sunday Morning . "The brutal...

Queer Animals Are Everywhere. Science Is Finally Catching On. [washingtonpost.com]

By Eliot Schrefer, Illustration: Ælfleda Clackson/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, June 30, 2022 I n 1913, naturalists captured a flock of penguins from the Antarctic and brought them to spend the rest of their lives in the Edinburgh Zoo. The birds that survived the transition came to enchant the Scottish public with their antics. They could go from suave to goofy and back again, simply by gliding in the water, toddling around on land for a bit, then diving in once more. Over the...

How 12 Educators & Mentors Are Weaving a Stronger Society, Starting With Schools [the74million.org]

By Steve Snyder, Image: Screenshot from article, The 74, June 30, 2022 After two years of pandemic chaos, classroom disruptions and trauma, this spring has seen school communities across the country rally their way back to something approximating normal. At the center of these efforts are inspiring teachers, school staffers and neighborhood leaders who for years now have put their time and energy into guiding students, families and wider school communities through a time of unprecedented...

FREE WEBINAR: Stopping Extreme Disrespect: Family Trauma Solutions

Drama=Trauma. Extreme disrespect and button pushing between parent and child leads to constant drama. And in this pandemic world, disrespect is amplified to an all-time high, as stress in the family skyrockets. When this happens, family trauma explodes as attachment or nurturance between parent and child turns into unforgiveness, bitterness, and resentment. DATE: Wednesday, July 20 TIME: 12 - 1 pm EST COST: Free with REGISTRATION HERE Dr. Scott Sells, the author of the FST| Family Systems...

Minority Mental Health Awareness Month: Some of the issues and needs connected to and with.

Hi. Let me note, that while much could be written, I am keeping this short. This link goes to the Office of Minority Health (OMH)’s page for National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month (observed in July) https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/minority-mental-health/ Here are some of the issues: The official name is actually, Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month , which is not on the landing page; and that history is significant. There is the office’s name of,...

Americans need to get better at taking sick days [washingtonpost.com]

By Christine Emba, Illustration: Luci Gutiérrez/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, June 30, 2022 My regular editor is off this week because she has contracted covid-19. And I’m glad for her. Well, not glad about the covid — we may have vaccines and Paxlovid now, but I wouldn’t wish that still-mysterious disease on anyone. Yet the actual taking of a few sick days, even while working remotely? That I respect. Because doing so has become unusual , even though in reality it’s more...

Move yourself happy! How to exercise to boost your mood – whatever your fitness level [theguardian.com]

By Elle Hunt, Image: Getty Images, The Guardian, June 29, 2022 Everyone knows the benefits of exercise: stronger muscles, more energy, weight management, better sleep. A mood boost is often tacked on as a bonus. But there is stronger evidence than ever before that movement not only improves your mental health, but also protects it. Depression is the fourth most serious disease worldwide , yet the psychological benefits of exercise have been overlooked, says Jack Raglin, a professor of...

On Buffalo Streets, Outreach Workers Push for Freedom from Violence [theimprint.org]

By Adilia Watson, Photo: Malik Rainey, The Imprint, June 30, 2022 Another teenager had just been shot, and Buffalo community activists were, yet again, taking to the streets. This early April afternoon, a dozen outreach workers gathered at the intersection of Roslyn Street and East Delavan Avenue, determined to curb gun violence and reduce the chances of retaliation once shootings have occurred. Weeks before an avowed white supremacist was arrested for gunning down shoppers at the Tops...

New Ken Burns PBS Documentary Offers Raw Look at the Youth Mental Health Crisis [the74million.org]

By Mark Keierleber, Photo: Erik Ewers, The 74, June 25, 2022 When brothers Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers set out to film a documentary about the mental health struggles of American youth, they knew they were tackling a pervasive problem unspoken about for far too long. What they didn’t realize were the lessons they’d come to uncover about themselves. Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness , a two-part documentary that premieres Monday on PBS, presents the raw accounts of nearly...

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