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“Nothing lights up a child’s brain like play.” ~ Dr Stuart Brown, M.D. When you think of a baby or child, what is it that they want to do most? They want to play… Right? Babies are born ready to learn, they want to explore, touch, taste, smell, poke, pound, and throw everything they can get their hands on. This is learning and these are experiences their developing brain needs. Through “hands on” interactive experiences young children are learning about their environment, how things in the...

My foundation aims to increase compassion for ourselves and others by asking you to “take a second look” at what happened to us in the past and providing education about adverse childhood experiences and how they affect the way we behave, the choices we make and the way we see the world. Presentations can include - what happens in our brain when it is exposed to repeated traumatic experiences, how these brain changes affect our behavior and our health throughout our lives and what we can do...

PIRATES by Michael Skinner-live performance. A song about overcoming the pirates in our lives and the healing journey we embark upon. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vakBStfo5c “Sometimes it's the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” - Drake “ PIRATES” © Michael Skinner Walking down to the dock of the bay Just take care in selecting your ship, moored at the quay A sturdy ship from those at hand will help your passage Deliver you to a new land Before you set sail,...

La Maida Project (LMP) is hosting three upcoming experiential workshops aimed to create a trauma-responsive and ACEs-aware culture in all the communities and settings where you engage. We are inviting the PACEs community to sign up free of charge using the promo code PACEsTogether . LMP is working to address the mental health crisis by healing our connection to self, community, purpose, and the natural world. Our experiential education workshops emphasize the participant's felt experience in...

Learn how schools can more equitably boost student outcomes by improving culturally responsive family engagement strategies.

Healing the Mind, Body & Spirit 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 September 2023 Hi Folks, Welcome to the September issue of the Surviving Spirit. Fall is definitely in the air here in New Hampshire, pleasant days and chilly nights ...a sign of what's to come.

Mocha Celis director Francisco Quiñones Cuartas. Photo: Luli Leiras By Diego Jemio, LGBTQ Nation, September 19, 2023 In Argentina, 3.8 million students attend almost 12,000 secondary schools. In this tremendous educational world, there is one school unlike any other: the “Bachillerato Popular Travesti-Trans Mocha Celis.” This institution was born in 2011 with the mission of promoting trans and nonbinary equality in formal education. It was the first of its kind in the world. The school is...

Parents and students flock to PS 151 in Manhattan on the first day of school on Sept. 7.Photographer: Barry Williams/Getty Images By Shruti Sigh and Nic Querolo, Bloomberg CityLab, September 20, 2023 US public schools are girding for a major financial blow in the next academic year, when the record $190 billion in federal aid they received during the pandemic will expire and leave them with sparser resources to halt a massive exodus of teachers and reverse learning loss. Districts across the...

A small group of volunteers work to clean trash from the Watts Branch Stream, in Washington, DC., in 2010.Jahi Chikwendiu / The Washington Post via Getty Images file By Megan Lebowitz and Caroline Kenny, NBC News, September 20, 2023 The White House on Wednesday announced the launch of the American Climate Corps, which the administration said will mobilize more than 20,000 Americans in the clean energy and climate resilience sectors. "This is important because we’re not only opening up...

By Jill Suttie, Photo: from article, Greater Good Magazine, September 18, 2023 Those of us with dogs know that they can be wonderful companions. Though they take some effort to care for, the love and joy they bring to your life is often well worth the cost. Now, a new study suggests something else your dog may provide: relief from anxiety. In this study, 73 pet owners reported on their stress levels, their history with animals, their attitude toward dogs, how long they’d owned their pet dog,...

A file photo shows the construction of Downtown Emergency Service Center's housing complex in Seattle's Rainier Valley, Aug. 12, 2019. The organization also received funding from the state's Office of Apple Health and Homes to build housing in Seattle's Interbay neighborhood. (Photo by Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut) By Laurel Demkovich, Crosscut., September 15, 2023 Washington is trying something new when it comes to housing: treating it as health care. Apple Health and Homes is a multi-agency...

Cue Ball (left) and Roni (middle), who are both homeless, made their way toward a market amid the city's worst heat wave on record on July 24 in Phoenix, Ariz. MARIO TAMA/GETTY By Sabrina Shankman, Boston Globe, September 17, 2023 With a sweltering heat wave in Massachusetts not far behind us, new research is finding that periods of heat and humidity so great that humans cannot survive without sources of cooling are likely coming much sooner than previously believed. Hundreds of millions of...