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From Montefiore Health System, Image: from article, July 11, 2023 The Bronx Health Collective at Montefiore Health System and the Mama Glow Foundation have been awarded a $2 million Health Resources and Services Administration grant to address trauma and advance treatment options for birthing people at clinics located in the South Bronx . The partnership, historic in nature, addresses structural racism, which makes exposure to violence particularly common in birthing communities. When...

By Petrous Levounis, Photo: from article, Washington Blade, July 5, 2023 Over the years, I have seen Pride month evolve from tolerance, to acceptance, to a celebration of the accomplishments of the LGBTQ+ people and our place in history. What an empowering and joyous affirmation of our community! This year is no different, and yet I cannot help but have mixed feelings in light of what I view as a palpable regression into the hate, bigotry, and ignorance of the past. This regression in our...

Uncle Alex Munro says creating a painting of Mother Earth nurtured him.(ABC New England: Lani Oataway) By Lani Oataway, ABC New England, July 10, 2023 Orange flames, thick smoke, and the sound of choppers had turned Ngoorumba elder Uncle Alex Munro's home of 58 years, Tingha, into a "war scene". It was the summer of 2019, and the fire burnt more than 17,000 hectares around the NSW Northern Tablelands town. But returning to the scorched land was worse. "It was just sticks of black, and the...

A packed dorm at the Fred C. Nelles Correctional Facility in the 1990s, an era when California’s youth prisons held roughly 10,000 teens and adolescents. Photo by Joseph Rodriguez. By Nell Bernstein, The Imprint, June 30, 2023 California’s three remaining youth prisons closed their reinforced steel doors for good today, marking the demise of what was once the nation’s largest network of youth prisons. The closure of the state’s youth prison system , resulting from decades of activism,...

Students in NYC’s Summer Rising program at a school in the West Bronx. Many schools have attempted to use summer programs to make up for learning loss, but new data suggests that students are still behind. Christina Veiga/Chalkbeat By Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat, July 10, 2023 There’s been little, if any, progress making up large learning gaps that have emerged since the onset of the pandemic, according to a new analysis of data from the testing group NWEA. In the 2022-23 school year, students...

By The HOPE Team, 7/13/23, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ Over the past year, the HOPE National Resource Center (NRC) has been working on a set of standards to help organizations align their practices with the HOPE framework. These standards have been identified as crucial pieces of practicing the HOPE framework. As you work through each standard you will develop a strong foundation for your organization, with each standard building on the next. HOPE Director of Training and Technical...

According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (SAMHSA), two-thirds of 16-year-olds reported experiencing at least one traumatic experience in their lifetime. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) corroborates this fact with more specific statistics — 1 in 7 children experienced abuse or neglect in the year leading up to their findings. However, traumatic events aren’t necessarily limited to physical abuse. The children in these studies also considered traumatic events such...

This English psychology grad student is conducting a study to assess the attitude toward, functionality and benefits of the C-PTSD DX now included in ICD-11. The study takes about 1 1/2 hours and anyone can take it: clinicians, students, academics, people with lived experience. C-PTSD has an affinity to the proposed Developmental Trauma Disorder DX, but is not really the same. Irecommend participation.

The Supreme Court Case That Has Me Worried, for Survivors and for My State, The New York Times , By Kathy Hochul. Ms. Hochul is the governor of New York. July 11, 2023 When my mother turned 70, she had a unique birthday wish. Instead of a party or a cake, she told our family she needed our help to open a transitional home for survivors of domestic violence and their children. She saw this birthday present as the culmination of a lifetime spent fighting for survivors of abuse, a journey that...

By Ariel Bleicher, Illustration: Tim McDonagh, UCSF Magazine, Summer 2023 Lillian Carson was 11 when the fear struck. She had always been a sensitive child who tuned in to the feelings of animals and other people. But after her dad was diagnosed with cancer, she spiraled into worry and sleeplessness. “I would be up at night, huddled in the corner with my dog, and my sheets over my head, thinking someone was going to break through my window and get me,” she remembers. Her parents took her to...

From Greater Good Magazine, Illustration: from article, Greater Good Magazine, July 6, 2023 When Gretchen Rubin found out she was at greater risk of losing her eyesight, she started to recognize what she had been taking for granted and her appreciation for sight — and the rest of her senses — was reignited. Since then, Gretchen has been committed to discovering how our five senses shape and enhance our experiences of the world. Like how certain odors can trigger good memories and how our...

By Laura Newberry, Illustration: Patrick Hruby, Los Angeles Times, July 11, 2023 For most of my 20s, I bounced from city to city, chasing newspaper jobs and a graduate degree in pursuit of some kind of stability. I moved between states every two years on average, making a handful of close friends in each place — some of whom I’m still close with, and others who have fallen away because of the distance. I’m so grateful for these relationships, especially during such a formative decade of my...