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Cockhren joined PACEs in 2018 as the Midwest community facilitator and then became director of the PACEs Connection’s Cooperative of Communities. She replaces Jane Stevens, who founded PACEs Connection in 2012 and who served as its CEO for the last 10 years.

Application deadline: February 18, 2022 SAMHSA's GAINS Center is now soliciting applications from experienced trainers (individuals) who are interested in developing their capacity to provide trauma-informed training in their local agencies/communities via the How Being Trauma Informed Improves Criminal Justice System Responses curriculum. Selected applicants will learn to facilitate the training via a virtual Train-the-Trainer (TTT) event and subsequently deliver the training program in...

By Valerie Strauss, Photo: iStock, The Washington Post, January 6, 2022 The recent announcement by former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg that he was donating $750 million to help expand charter schools in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas sparked another round of discussion in parts of the education world about the best way to improve public schools. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed , Bloomberg declared that “American public education is broken” and that charter schools — which are publicly funded but...

By McKenzie Beard and Vanessa Montalbano, Illustration: iStock/Washington Post Illustration, The Lily, January 3, 2022 When Carol “Cat” Corchado retired from the Air Force after spending 20 years serving in communications and project management roles, she believed she would be a “first-round draft pick for employers.” “It wasn’t even close,” Corchado said. “When I got out, the road was not paved. It was dirt.” It was 2000, and she was armed with her résumé and discharge papers. “If you’ve...

By Jelani Cobb, Illustration: João Fazenda, The New Yorker, January 9, 2022 On March 25, 1965, at the conclusion of the brutally consequential march from Selma to Montgomery, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered a speech titled “Our God Is Marching On!” He spoke to a crowd of twenty-five thousand people on the grounds of the Alabama state capitol, in view of the office window of the segregationist governor George Wallace. The address is not among King’s best-known, but it is among the most...

By Mave Sheehey, Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo, Politico, January 9, 2022 Former first lady Michelle Obama said in a letter on Sunday that a coalition of voting rights organizations would register more than a million new voters across the country in the run-up to this year’s midterm elections. Obama, who founded When We All Vote, a campaign to register and organize voters, also said in the letter that the coalition would organize at least 100,000 Americans to contact their senators,...

Theresa "Teri" Barila, the ACE Lady from Walla Walla, WA, is stepping back after 20 years of building resilience in her community and beyond, but not before sharing valuable insights and advice so others can continue this important work.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., beginning on January 18th we will be hosting a number of events aimed at building The Beloved community. The National Day of Racial Healing offers us an opportunity to reflect upon the principles set forth by Dr. King . We welcome all to join us as we learn from our shared humanity to address the historic and contemporary effects of racism. Use the attached flyer to register for these events!

By Salma M. Abdalla, Gregory H. Cohen, Shailesh Tamrakar, et al., Photo: Unsplash, Frontiers in Psychiatry, November 25, 2021 Introduction: Following mass traumatic events, greater exposure to traditional media like television (TV) about the event is associated with higher burden of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, we know little about how social media exposure, combined with other media sources, shapes the population burden of PTSD following mass traumatic events. Materials...

By Alex Boyd, Photo: Liam Richards/The Canadian Press, The Star, January 4, 2022 Visitors have come from Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba. A biker group cruised all the way from Edmonton. Grandmothers brought their own chairs so they could sit and stay awhile. In the six months since Cowessess First Nation announced the discovery of 751 unmarked graves, the site has become an informal gathering place for community members and strangers alike who come to pay their respects to the people...

By MK Falgout, Photo: David L. Ryan/Getty, Center for American Progress, December 14, 2021 The Center for American Progress produces annual state fact sheets that overview the current early childhood landscape and opportunities to expand access to quality child care and early learning for families across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The 2021 update includes information regarding: Affordability and access for families Compensation for child care providers and early educators...

By Paul S. Dilorenzo, Photo: Unsplash, The Imprint, January 3, 2022 I'm not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions. They’re more of a sugar high than an actual meal. I favor the twelve step practice of daily introspection and ongoing self-reflection. It’s more realistic, longer lasting and helps us to understand the complexity of the tasks involved with real change. That’s because continuous examination requires us to ask: how I am being called to improve and to reflect on my decisions?