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By Jeffrey Lambert, George Barnstable, Eleanor Minter, et al., Photo: Unsplash, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers, May 10, 2022 Abstract The present study aimed to understand the effects of a 1-week break from social media (SM) (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok) on well-being, depression, and anxiety compared with using SM as usual. We also aimed to understand whether time spent on different SM platforms mediates the relationship between SM cessation and well-being, depression, and...

By Kristen Griffith, Photo: GiveDirectly, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, May 16, 2022 Charitable efforts that give cash directly to people in need so they can do whatever they want with the money are sweeping across the United States, fueled by infusions of donations from foundations and individuals and growing evidence that the approach is more effective than traditional social-service programs. Nonprofits that give people cash instead of offering them services was “one of the most...

This video is from the event Watch Me Grow, Inc. presented to raise awareness about ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and what we need to do as a community to do to create protective environments. Click Here 👉🏽 https://m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR3mmpLJx0ZzYjaulNRTKvUO4PnZohWFHbXdXifaWgirMKoDIT-4FhHZYIc&v=u1XN74e_Cbk&feature=youtu.be

I just finished our second training in Poland and will fly out soon to Romania. This training was all in Ukrainian. Let me tell you about the inspiring trainees that attended. Some came from refugee centers in Poland, others traveled from Ukraine to receive the training. Many of them were from areas that are now destroyed or under Russian control They all regularly work with children and are doing their best to help them in the midst of very uncertain times. They have now earned their...

Cohort 2 applications for the TASIE Project Echo will be available June 7th. Selected practices will earn $15,000 stipend and personalized expert coaching for your practice, to name a few benefits!

Community resilience is much more than the absence of adversity. As we have demonstrated in our work at the Center for Community Resilience-- equitable access to trauma-informed systems and supports that help children and families prevent adversity, heal from trauma and most importantly provide a foundation from which a community thrive is what resilience looks like! As an 'antidote' to our Pair of ACEs tree, we unveiled our latest resource The Resilience Tree. Much like the Pair of ACEs...

By Aaron Blake, Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, May 17, 2022 After a mass shooting apparently driven by racism in Buffalo this weekend, a former member of House GOP leadership didn’t mince words. “The House GOP leadership has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-semitism,” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) tweeted Monday morning. “History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse. @GOP leaders must renounce and reject these views and...

From San Diego County Office of Education, May 16, 2022 There was a series of horrific mass shootings across our country this weekend that our young people may be talking, wondering, and worrying about. The tragic shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, is sadly the latest in a number of horrifying murders. In this case, the shooter targeted the Black community after posting a racist and antisemitic manifesto. Our students want and need to talk about what they see, remember, and...

By Abigail Ridgway, Allison Kaika, and Gabriella Cova, Illustration: lightwise/123RF, FSG, May 12, 2022 In 2021, FSG partnered with Natrona Collective Health Trust (NCHT), a new health conversion foundation in Casper, Wyoming, to develop its strategy to improve community health, and to do so in partnership with community members. Place-based foundations have a unique opportunity to co-create strategies with the people they aim to serve. Community members must play an integral role in helping...

By Henry Fountain, Photo: Joao Silva/The New York Times, The New York Times, May 13, 2022 The heavy rains that caused catastrophic flooding in South Africa in mid-April were made twice as likely to occur by climate change, scientists said Friday. An analysis of the flooding, which killed more than 400 people in Durban and surrounding areas in the eastern part of the country, found that the intense two-day storm that caused it had a 1-in-20 chance of occurring in any given year. If the world...

By Gregory S. Schneider, Photo: Julia Rendleman/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, May 16, 2022 The board that oversees James Madison’s Montpelier estate has chosen 11 new directors recommended by a group representing descendants of enslaved workers, claiming a milestone in diversity at a major historical site. Monday’s vote creates full parity for the descendants of the enslaved in the leadership of the Montpelier Foundation, and amounts to a sharp turnaround from the board’s effort...

Updates from the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) on White House, Agency, and Congressional action on trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Agencies on Board White House National Drug Control Strategy On April 21, 2022, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released its National Drug Control Strategy to tackle an array of challenges with drugs in the United States with several encourag ing initiatives aimed to prevent and address...