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7 Organizational Strategies for Resilience

No matter what type of organization you help run, if you are a leader, you should be promoting resilience and agility in the workplace. Why? When the individuals that make up an organization are better able to face challenges, the entire system is strengthened. Resilience mitigated risks, ensuring that challenges won’t set your business back as far they could. Organizations improve their overall resilience when they can: · anticipate disruptions · prepare for roadblocks · respond to sudden...

A Cry for Help from Teen Boys in Austin is Answered [the74million.org]

By Bekah McNeel, The 74, May 22, 2022 As teenage boys in Austin, Texas, returned to school last fall after more than a year learning remotely at home, counselors were alarmed to see how many were talking about suicide. “We’ve definitely seen an increase in suicidal ideation,” said Roxie Frederick, a counselor at Austin Independent School District’s Alternative Learning Center who often meets the boys after their emotions have boiled over into an angry confrontation resulting in disciplinary...

Meet the cool 62-year-old Kenyan on first all-Black team to summit Everest [npr.org]

By Ari Daniel, Photo: Amrit Ale/Himalayan Quests, National Public Radio, May 21, 2022 When James "KG" Kagambi was 23, he climbed Mount Kenya in his homeland, the second tallest peak in Africa — and swore he'd never do it again. "I hated it," he recalls. "By the time I got to 15,000 feet, I had headaches." But then he encountered a magical substance for the first time. "I just loved snow. I touched it and knew that I like this. I was looking back [at the summit] and saying, 'You know what? I...

A Billionaire’s Gift Expands Reach of ‘Unapologetic’ Oakland Parent’s Group [the74million.org]

By Greg Toppo, Photo: Courtesy of The Oakland REACH, The 74, May 23, 2022 I n the two years since COVID-19 sent thousands of Oakland children to learn online at home, a parent-led group known as The Oakland REACH has made a name for itself by quickly building and expanding an innovative online resource known as the Virtual Family Hub, or simply the Hub . Now that effort has drawn the attention of one of the world’s wealthiest people, who happens to be giving her money away at a rapid clip.

The reinvention of a ‘real man’ [washingtonpost.com]

By Jose A. Del Real, Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, May 23, 2022 B ill Hawley believes too many men are unwilling or unable to talk about their feelings, and he approaches each day as an opportunity to show them how. “There’s my smile,” he says to a leathered cowboy in the rural northeast Wyoming town where he lives. “I could cry right now thinking about how beautiful your heart is,” he says to a middle-aged male friend at work. “After our conversation last...

Peer Support is Risky But Worth It - Healing Childhood Trauma in Adulthood

The trauma in our lives disconnects from ourselves, others and community – peer support is an elixir to help us reconnect. Take care, Michael. “It is only when you learn to be present and available with non-judgment and compassionately hold space for the wounded and broken fragments of yourself, that you are able to truly hold space for another.” - Markus William Kasunich PS Peer Support resources are shared in the video's text section Peer Support is Risky But Worth It - Healing Childhood...

Trauma-Informed America: What are Cross-Sector Community Coalitions and How Can Congress Support Them?

By Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice's (CTIPP's) Dan Press & Jen Curt The bipartisan, bicameral Resilience Investment, Support, and Expansion (RISE) from Trauma Act authorizes a new grant program to fund “Trauma and Resilience-Related Coordinator Bodies.” This grant program, Section 101 of the bill, would be cost-saving, life-saving, and successful at tackling issues that the current siloed approaches have failed to decrease: overdose and suicide epidemics, workforce...

Lets build a new Community: PACES AND THE SENIOR CITIZEN

Seniors that can be informed and involved can be a powerful resource in several areas. First of all senior citizens vote more than any other demographic group in their political goodwill would be a great benefit in establishing a PACES agenda. Secondly, senior citizens are in the position to put in time and effort into building PACES communities . Thirdly, senior citizens can function as members of families who can use this knowledge to support their kids and grand kids

2022 Montana Summer Institute - Virtual option available

This year, the Montana Summer Institute, to be held June 21-24, is focused on Navigating Transformation: Increasing Health & Safety with Positive Community Norms , and it has never felt more relevant. The in-person event has sold out, but joining virtually is still a great option! Dr. Jeff Linkenbach will be offering an all-day workshop on “ Advancing Applications of HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) through the Science of the Positive ” as part of this four day learning...

There is No Us and Them. There is Just Us.

I have a dream that in the future, anytime we hold events, public forums, work on policies, and/or build change, the people experiencing the issues we are trying to solve, will be driving forces at the table. This idea is not new, but for some reason it seems difficult to actualize. We are a long way from arrival. There is a phrase that I have loved that guides this thinking, "Those closest to the pain, should be closest to the power." This is not just an equity issue, but rather a human...

SIGNS YOU’RE A COMPASSION FATIGUED LEADER — AND 10 TIPS FOR RECOVERY

By Shakima L. Tozay, (first published @ Govloop.com) Are you emotionally and physically exhausted? Do you no longer feel a sense of personal accomplishment in your work? Have you become more disconnected from your co-worker? Over the last 2 years, the emotional impacts of the pandemic and the exodus of workers in what has been called the Great Reshuffle, has taken a major toll on many leaders. Last year, nearly 48 million U.S. workers left their jobs. Additionally, the “hidden...

How tech can be a force for good in government [washingtonpost.com]

By Eric Easter, Photo: Julia Pickett, The Washington Post, May 17, 2022 Garlin Gilchrist, 39, a self-described technocrat, is the lieutenant governor of Michigan. He lives with his wife and twins in Detroit. I remember meeting you a dozen or so years ago at a tech conference as a young engineer talking about writing code. Next thing I hear you’re running for office and then lieutenant governor of Michigan. How do you make sense of that path? Technology and community involvement were...

Millionaires join Davos protests, demanding ‘tax us now’ [theguardian.com]

By Rupert Neate, Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images, The Guardian, May 22, 2022 A group of millionaires have joined protests against the World Economic Forum gathering of the business and political elite in Davos , Switzerland, demanding that governments “tax us now” to tackle the burgeoning gulf between rich and poor. The unlikely protesters, who describe themselves as “patriotic millionaires” , called on world leaders attending the annual conference on Sunday to immediately introduce...

Southern Baptist leaders covered up sex abuse, kept secret database, report says [washingtonpost.com]

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Photo: Mark Humphrey/Associated Press, The Washington Post, May 22, 2022 Leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention on Sunday released a major third-party investigation that found that sex abuse survivors were often ignored, minimized and “even vilified” by top clergy in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. The findings of nearly 300 pages include shocking new details about specific abuse cases and shine a light on how denominational leaders for decades...

‘I’m not afraid’: after Buffalo racist attack, Black residents remain unbowed by terror [theguardian.com]

By Michael Harriot, Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images, May 22, 2022 Less than an hour after the city of Buffalo, New York, took a 123-second pause on Saturday to memorialize the victims of the terrorist attack that shook the city a week ago, June Bloomfield held her own moment of silence. Standing outside the Tops Market, the only grocery store in the area, where white supremacy stole the lives of 10 people, Bloomfield’s tears were obscured by sunglasses, a mask and her quiet resolve. “It’s...

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