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Mississippi in the bottom tier of states in supporting babies and toddlers [hechingerreport.org]

The first three years of a child’s life are the most critical for brain development, yet Mississippi has done too little to support this cognitive evolution. The state needs to improve its policies to ensure children are in good health, have stable homes and have access to early learning opportunities. Those are the findings of a new report, the State of Babies Yearbook 2019 , released by the nonprofits Zero to Three and ChildTrends. The authors of the report analyzed state policies and...

The battleground: Acknowledging and treating the wounds from trauma [abqjournal.com]

RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Talking about trauma is important to start healing, according to a local mental-health professional. “Most people coming back from war have some sort of post-traumatic stress,” said social worker and therapist Tatiana Percival. “It’s really all about taking that first step to get help.” Percival said in her experience, many people with symptoms of PTSD think they can handle it on their own or feel isolated with their experience. [For more on this story by STEPHEN MONTOYA,...

Shareholders Take A Stand Against Private Prisons [forbes.com]

As explored in JPMorgan Chase is Done With Private Prisons , hundreds of #FamiliesBelongTogether activists and grassroots organizations in cities across the country took to the streets — or rather, the banks — this past Valentine’s Day to let banks profiting from mass incarceration and immigrant detention know that it’s time to “break up” with the private prison industry and “show love” to communities instead. JPMorgan’s announcement last week to stop funding was indeed a taste of victory...

Jumaane Williams’s Breakthrough Victory Speech (New Yorker)

Editorial note: This is a moving account by Jennifer Gonnerman of triumph over trauma in a just minutes-long election night speech by Jumaane Williams, recently elected Public Advocate for New York City. The video does not include his remarks about being in therapy for three years (important for many to hear) so please read Gonnerman's outstanding report. I was moved by the entire account—his demonstrative affection for his mother and sister and his tribute to his fifth-grade teacher, Ms.

The Hello It’s Me Project comes to Pittsfield: Dr. Claudia Gold at the helm of initiative to create healthy bonds between parents and infants (www./theberkshireedge.com)

Cissy's note: I am a huge fan of the way @Claudia Gold works with those of us Parenting with ACEs . The first time I read her writing I relaxed. She was speaking with and for parents not about or at us. Unfortunately, her approach is rare. Fortunately, she just launched a new project she's been dreaming of for years. I love the way she supports all families and how she centers the role of all parents in the lives of all children - especially those - not all except those...

Nine Simple Trauma-Informed Gestures for Educators

The promotion of trauma-sensitive and trauma-informed schools has grown tremendously in education. Broadly speaking, trauma-informed schools maintain a framework whereby the entire school staff maintains awareness of the impacts of toxic stress and trauma, and strive to ensure that all students feel safe, supported, and connected. Such awareness and motivation among educators and caregivers to promote such a framework presents multiple opportunities to change the lives of students and help...

Helping New Parents Make Room for Uncertainty

A new program for parents and infants, thanks to generous support from Mill Town Capital , is coming to Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The Hello It’s Me Project shines a spotlight on these tender new relationships, investing resources around the birth of a baby with the long-term goal of building a healthy community from the bottom up. When world-renowned child development researcher Dr. Ed Tronick spoke in the spring of 2018 for an audience of a wide variety of practitioners in Berkshire County...

Six Ways to Help Girls Become Strong Women in a Sexist World [greatergood.berkeley.edu]

In recent years, there have been alarming reports of increased anxiety among young people. Trends like the growing influence of social media, increased competition to get into college, and changing sexual norms put tremendous pressures on our kids. But many of these pressures are exacerbated for girls—especially girls of color, argues psychologist Lisa Damour, author of the new book Under Pressure . Girls face headwinds that boys don’t, including a narrow standard of beauty, prejudice around...

The Climate Solution Right Under Our Feet [yesmagazine.com]

There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground; there are a thousand ways to go home again. —Rumi The way to stop climate change might be buried in 300 square feet of earth in the Venice neighborhood of Los ­Angeles, amid kale and potatoes. A half-dozen city youth are digging through the raised bed on a quiet side street, planting tomato seedlings between peach and lime trees. Nineteen-year-old ­Calvin sweats as he works the rake. There’s a lot at stake here. The formerly homeless...

Q&A: Immigrant Children and Trauma [today.uconn.edu]

Newcomer immigrant youth – refugees, asylum seekers, and unaccompanied children – face unique challenges when involved with the juvenile justice system, say a team of mental health and legal experts who have published a new book on the topic. Co-authored by UConn Health psychiatrist Julian Ford, the book seeks to raise awareness about those challenges among some of the first people that the youth will meet: juvenile court judges and advocates. In A Trauma-Informed Approach to Judicial...

A Former Prison Breaks From the System That Built It [nytimes.com]

PHILADELPHIA — Built as a punishing fortress in 1829, Eastern State Penitentiary sat a mile and a half outside Philadelphia, isolated behind 30-foot walls, a model of solitary confinement imitated around the world. The prison remained in use for the next 142 years, even as Philadelphia grew around it. It closed in 1971; then the site was rescued in the 1980s and stabilized, preserved in a permanent state of decay. Today, the brick and stone of the vaulted ceilings are crumbling. Layers of...

Millennial Women are 37% More Likely than GenXers to Live Below the Poverty Line [prnewswire.com]

A new report produced by Asset Funders Network (ANF), in collaboration with the Closing the Women's Wealth Gap (CWWG) and the Insight Center for Community Economic Development reveals the current economic reality for millennial women and the primary drivers contributing to their wealth inequities. The report, Clipped Wings: Closing the Wealth Gap for Millennial Women , is the second in a series of publications that explores how the gender wealth gap impacts women. Representing 31.5% of the...

White parents are enabling school segregation — if it doesn't hurt their own kids [nbcnews.com]

America has largely given up trying to desegregate its schools . Politicians have capitulated to reactionary white parents and activists who have successfully fought for decades against the government's hesitant efforts to provide equal resources and opportunities for students of color. The result has been a disaster for non-white students , for public education and for the U.S. as a whole. In the 1950s and 1960s, educational segregation, along with voting rights, was the iconic issue of the...

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