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Nine out of 10 people are biased against women, says ‘alarming’ UN report [theguardian.com]

Participants arrive at the Generation Equality Forum organised by UN Women in Paris, France, June 2021. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images By Kaamil Ahmed, The Guardian, June 12, 2023 Bias against women is as entrenched as it was a decade ago and gender equality progress has gone into reverse, according to a UN report . Nine out of 10 people of all genders have a bias against women, found the Gender Social Norms Index, a figure unchanged from data collected more than a decade ago.

All Foster Kids in California Can Now Attend Any State College for Free [themessenger.com]

A student walks near Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA on April 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Under a new law, foster children in California will have their tuition covered if they attend a state or community college. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images By Christopher Galvin, The Messenger News, July 12, 2023 Children and teens in foster care across California will be able to attend state and community colleges free of charge under legislation signed into law this week. Through the new...

A Mental Health Crisis. An Officer’s Gun. A Too-Common Tragedy.

Melissa Perez was shot to death by three San Antonio police officers at her home on June 23. By Colbi Edmonds, Photo: from article, The New York Times, July 22, 2023 The San Antonio Police Department, like the police in other cities, has a Mental Health Unit available around the clock to respond to calls that require trained, empathetic responses and support for people in distress. None of the mental health officers on duty were dispatched before Melissa Perez was shot and killed in her home...

Complementary Experiential Workshops with La Maida Project

La Maida Project (LMP) is hosting two 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...

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month 2023 [minorityhealth.hhs.gov]

By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, Image: from article, Office of Minority Health, July 2023 National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is observed each July to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental illness in the United States. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act, and helps determine how we handle...

How Can Minority Patients Find Mental Health Services? [newswise.com]

By Cedars-Sinai, Photo: screenshot from article, NewsWise, July 19, 2023 People belonging to racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely than white people to receive mental healthcare. Anna Solt, MD , a Cedars-Sinai psychiatrist, said that reduced access to mental healthcare, cultural stigmas and even stereotypical beliefs within a culture can cause barriers to mental health treatment. “There are stereotypes within Hispanic communities, for example—women are seen as being dramatic and...

Mental Health Matters: How some minorities face barriers to mental health care [caller.com]

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is observed each July to bring awareness to the challenges that some racial and ethnic minority groups face regarding mental health. Getty Images By Heather Loeb, Corpus Christi Caller Times, July 3, 2023 Happy Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. As I began working on this column, my daughter, who is as nosy as I am, asked what I was doing. I tried to explain that there were groups of people who aren’t treated the same way by doctors, who...

Prioritizing Minority Mental Health [cdc.gov]

From Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Photo: from article, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, June 27, 2023 Mental health matters! Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, act, handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is just as important as physical health throughout our lives. Mental health issues are common – more than 1 in 5 US adults live with a mental illness. Mental health...

CHILD LABOR IS CHILD ABUSE

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teen-poultry-factory-child-worker-deaths_n_64b7ecbce4b0ad7b75f67af7 For the third time in five weeks, a 16-year-old boy has died after sustaining on-the-job injuries at an industrial site, as lawmakers in several states advocate loosening child labor laws that protect minors from hazardous work. The latest teen death was Friday night at the Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, authorities said. It’s the third worker death at the plant since...

Job Opportunity: Seeking Leaders for Equity and Community Voice

The Child Abuse Prevention Center is hiring for two program leadership positions, and we not only want to reach a candidate pool that reflects the diversity of our communities, but in particular, individuals whose professional experience and personal missions have been centered in racial and gender equity and the well-being of California’s most marginalized families and children. Both positions are hybrid based in Sacramento and can be found here: https://www.thecapcenter.org/careers/ .

California Child Wellbeing Coalition e-Guide

The California Department of Public Health, Injury and Prevention Branch (CDPH/IVPB) and the California Department of Social Service, Office of Child Abuse Prevention’s (CDSS/OCAP) , Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative has released and updated “California Child Wellbeing Coalition e-Guide (e-Guide).” The e-Guide was developed for all those who are serving Californians and interested in collaborating or connecting with local coalitions, boards, and other organized bodies who are working...

Voices for Virginia's Children's "Beyond Trauma: Youth Mental Health Policy and Practice" Summit

Voices for Virginia’s Children is hosting the Beyond Trauma: Youth Mental Health Policy and Practice Summit on October 11, 2023. With 12 invigorating workshops across three tracks (Individual, Interpersonal, and Institutional), attendees will walk away with tools to embark on their healing journey and ways to incorporate healing into youth policy and practice. Be sure to visit our Summit website for details and tickets!

When California educators return to their rural hometowns, the result can be ‘brain gain’ [edsource.org]

By Cara Nixon, Photo: Julie Leopo/EdSource, EdSource, July 19, 2023 Every time former Superintendent Robin Jones walked into Kit Carson Elementary School, she remembered getting off the bus and walking down the hallway as a child. Jones, who attended Kit Carson K-8, said coming back as an administrator “just happened.” She recalls becoming superintendent there partially because she didn’t want anyone else to have the job. “I just felt like, well, no one’s going to treat it the way I would...

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