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By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, June 24, 2021 S ince the declaration of Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s birthday as a federal holiday, our country has celebrated the civil-rights movement, valorizing its tactics of nonviolence as part of our national narrative of progress toward a more perfect union. Yet we rarely ask about the short life span of those tactics. By 1964, nonviolence seemed to have run its course, as Harlem and Philadelphia ignited in flames to protest police brutality,...

By Christopher Flavelle and Kalen Goodluck, The New York Times, June 27, 2021 In Chefornak, a Yu’pik village near the western coast of Alaska, the water is getting closer. The thick ground, once frozen solid, is thawing. The village preschool, its blue paint peeling, sits precariously on wooden stilts in spongy marsh between a river and a creek. Storms are growing stronger. At high tide these days, water rises under the building, sometimes keeping out the children, ages 3 to 5. The shifting...

By Agnes Chen, WBUR, June 25, 2021 When Jackson Morgan thinks about who he was at age 18 and 19 — before the pandemic — he puts his head down and pushes his feet into the sand outside his family's house on Plum Island. “The guy I was a year ago, I was very different. I mean, I was a hothead. I had anger issues and stuff,” Morgan says. “I would damn near blackout when I got really mad and start to fight, and I wouldn’t remember bits and pieces of it.” But the pandemic changed everything for...

By Office of News and Public Information, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, June 25, 2021 The Executive Office of the President should consider establishing a task force to prevent renter evictions and mitigate housing instability caused by the pandemic, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Building on existing social programs that support those struggling with poverty and housing instability, the report proposes...

Healing the Heart Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “ Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”. Kahlil Gibran The Surviving Spirit Newsletter June 2021 http://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2021-06-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_June_2021.pdf Hi folks, June is NATIONAL PTSD AWARENESS MONTH I thought I would share a few of the resources that have...

I need the most safety and hopeful possibilities for myself and who I am attached to. Then, having the ability for emotional connection, I both want to positively and don’t want to negatively, tell the children and innocents of the world, “Here is what I was doing this moment when you needed me.”

By Katie Surma, Inside Climate News, June 22, 2021 A panel of 12 legal experts from around the world on Tuesday released a proposed definition for a new international crime called “ecocide” covering “severe” and “widespread or long-term environmental damage” that would be prosecuted before the International Criminal Court in the Hague, alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression. The panel’s announcement was seen by environmentalists and international...

From Prevention Institute, June 2021 Summary Sexual harassment, abuse, and assault can have short- and long-term physical, emotional, and psychological effects on a person’s wellbeing and impact an entire community, from the culture and connections between people to the economic toll. Preventing sexual violence means we all must address deep-rooted abuses of power that contribute to inequities in health, safety, and wellbeing. A health equity approach to preventing sexual violence means that...

Welcome to all new members of PACEs Connection, and thank you for becoming a member! We invite all new members (as well as any existing members who want a refresher!) to join us every month on the 3rd Monday for our "Welcome to PACEs Connection" webinar which provides a live Zoom tour of our website and instructions on the following: how to post a blog, how to update your profile, how to adjust your notification settings, where to find the resources and tools you need, how to join a...

Hi all, I recently made a research-based video on whether the timing childhood trauma occurs affects subsequent mental health problems. I am currently doing a PhD at UCL on the subject, so I hope you find it interesting! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy-BTNAAAQ4

Working at PACEs Connection has supported my personal growth in ways I'm perpetually grateful for. Let me enumerate them. 1. PACEs Connection staff have the best book recommendations Over the past 2 years working at PACEs Connection, it has continually felt safe to say, "I'm not okay," to my higher-ups and coworkers. As a voracious reader and lifelong learner, I'm grateful that these types of conversations ultimately lead to the most healing book recommendations. @Gail Kennedy (PACEs...

LGBTQ+ youth experience trauma at significantly higher rates than their straight and cisgender peers. Some of the most prevalent traumatic events they experience are parental rejection, intimate partner violence, bullying, sexual assault, and physical and emotional abuse. The effects of untreated and unrecognized trauma can extend far into adulthood and can negatively impact their social, emotional, and physical wellbeing. Providers can help LGBTQ+ youth thrive and heal from past trauma by...