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How To Accept & Move On From Hardships & Trauma, From A Psychologist [mindbodygreen.com]

By Perpetua Neo, Photo: Lyuba Burakova/Stocksy, mindbodygreen, April 23, 2023 I’ve heard many people tell me they have accepted something that’s happened, whether that’s a loss, a traumatic childhood, significant change in their health, or something else. But what I’ve found is, just because you say something verbally or want to accept it, doesn’t mean that acceptance has actually happened—especially if you’re angry with yourself or are inundated by the sheer magnitude of your emotions. As...

Central Florida Community to Convene 5th Annual Resilience Conference on May 11-12th

The Peace and Justice Institute and the Resilience Network will present its 5th Annual Resilience Conference on Thursday May 11th and Friday May 12th in Winter Park, Florida. This year's conference will focus on the strides that the Central Florida criminal justice, public safety, mental health, and educational sectors are making to move from punishing individuals towards true discipline. Participants will hear from national experts and local change makers on their efforts to create systems...

Global Resiliency Accelerator - Using a Trauma Informed Approach in Prisons in the US and UK.

Trauma Informed Care Experts, Dr. Warren Larkin (U.K.) and Becky Haas (U.S.) are excited to host the Global Resiliency Accelerator on May 11th from 12-2 pm EST. The event is titled, "Using a Trauma Informed Approach in Prisons in the UK and US." Presentations will include: Her Majesty's Prison Leeds – The Journey to Becoming a Trauma Informed Prison Presenters are Lynne James (Governor responsible for the trauma informed prison project at HMP Leeds) and Emm Irving (Head of Improving...

Meet Kahshanna Evans, Director of the CRC Accelerator, on this week's History. Culture. Trauma. Podcast. Thursday, 1 p.m. PT

“The way we show up among our peers, in our communities, and in our societies will either foster a culture of belonging or it won’t. Avoidance, apathy, gaslighting, and disconnection may have gotten us where we are now, but they won’t get us where we’re going,” says PACEs Connection’s newest staff member, Kahshanna Evans, as she begins her role in helping people who want to start or revitalize PACEs Connection communities learn how to do community development. Evans brings a passion for...

Does Trauma Informed “Workforce Development” Live Up to the Hype? Study respondents needed to see how some people turn learning about developmental adversity into transformative action!

By Krista Goldstine-Cole, EdD, co-principal investigator, Into the Black Box study of developmental adversity, Billings, Montana - April 25, 2023 A team of researchers at the University of Montana School of Public and Community Health Sciences has launched Into the Black Box, an extensive and ground-breaking study of how some adult learners turn information about developmental adversity—the traumas, adversities, and significant stressors that are sufficient to alter the brain, body, or...

Creating a Stable, Secure, and Safe Housing Environment For Children With ACEs

Young children need much support as they grow up and learn about the evolving world that seems so big when we’re small. We know that many factors can negatively affect our child’s mental health and well-being. Still, many don’t always consider the impression that unstable and unhealthy housing can create on a child. When your kids have lived in a place with unpredictability and high tension, they may experience issues later in life. Today, we will discuss how housing can create adverse...

A Radical Experiment in Mental Health Care, Tested Over Centuries [nytimes.com]

Ann Peetermans and Iosif, who lives with her as a boarder, feeding a donkey in the backyard of her home in Geel, Belgium. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times) By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Koba Ryckewaert, The New York Times, April 21, 2023 A painful loop has defined Iosif’s 53 years on earth: trauma, mental breakdown, psychiatric institutionalization. From his native Romania to a failed asylum bid in Belgium and later divorce and financial distress, Iosif’s condition has punctuated crises...

In counties with more Black doctors, Black people live longer, ‘astonishing’ study finds [statnews.com]

By Usha Lee McFaring, Photo: Adobe, STAT, April 14, 2023 B lack people in counties with more Black primary care physicians live longer, according to a new national analysis that provides the strongest evidence yet that increasing the diversity of the medical workforce may be key to ending deeply entrenched racial health disparities. The study , published Friday in JAMA Network Open, is the first to link a higher prevalence of Black doctors to longer life expectancy and lower mortality in...

How Jail and Prison In-Reach Programs Improve Housing Outcomes and Reduce Recidivism [housingmatters.urban.org]

By Rudy Perez, Photo: Aaron/LA Photography/Shutterstock, Housing Matters, April 12, 2023 Every year, nearly 10 million people are released from prisons and jails in the United States. Formerly incarcerated people face significant barriers to reentry, such as challenges securing stable employment, housing, public benefits and access to education and the denial of voting rights. Because of the revolving door of homelessness and incarceration , many people in jail or prisons either experienced...

Could Trauma Healing Be The Solution To Our Toughest Social Challenges? [forbes.com]

By Thomas Bognanno, Image: Getty, Forbes, April 21, 2023 On my desk, I have always kept a small hourglass. Inevitably, I am drawn to it throughout the workday. As I write this, I have only a few hours remaining as CEO of CHC: Creating Healthier Communities. After more than 40 years of nonprofit leadership, the hourglass is a powerful symbol of how quickly time passes and the inevitability of change. More than that, it is a reminder that time is precious. With the hours, days and years we...

A White man was ‘scared to death’ of Ralph Yarl. For Black boys, this isn’t new. [washingtonpost.com]

Ralph Yarl, 16, was shot and wounded after mistakenly going to the wrong house to pick up his siblings. (Lee Merritt/Reuters) By Rachel Hatzipanagos and Timothy Bella, The Washington Post, April 19, 2023 When Ralph Yarl rang the doorbell of Andrew Lester’s Kansas City, Mo., home by mistake last week, the 84-year-old White man was “scared to death,” he told police. The Black teenager was looking for his two siblings who were playing at a friend’s house. Instead, he arrived at Lester’s door —...

A Letter to Kyle

To mark the anniversary of the passage of the landmark legislation of the Georgia Mental Health Parity Act, we are sharing a letter written a year ago by Roland Behm, Co-founder of the Georgia Mental Health Policy Partnership, Board Member and Former Board Chair, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Georgia Chapter. The letter is to his son, Kyle, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2010 as a junior in college and died by suicide in August 2019.

LET'S LOVE OUR CHILDREN, TAKE THEM OUT OF SCHOOL AND SEND THEM TO WORK AT MINUMUM WAGE.

From the Washington Post, April 23, 2023: When Iowa lawmakers voted last week to roll back certain child labor protections, they blended into a growing movement driven largely by a conservative advocacy group. At 4:52 a.m., Tuesday, the state’s Senate approved a bill to allow children as young as 14 to work night shifts and 15 year-olds on assembly lines. The measure, which still must pass the Iowa House, is among several the Foundation for Government Accountability is maneuvering through...

Awesome and Humbling -- Earth Day 2023 (Post below by Heather Cox Richardson; substack.com)

Their “Earth Day,” held on April 22, 1970, brought more than 20 million Americans—10% of the total population of the country at the time—to call for the nation to address the damage caused by 150 years of unregulated industrial development. The movement included members of all political parties, rich Americans and their poorer neighbors, people who lived in the city and those in the country, labor leaders and their employers. It is still one of the largest protests in American history.

Indigenous Scholars Release New Report at U.N. on Determinants — and Protectants —of Indigenous Health (NativeNewsOnline.net)

(photo: Jenna Kunze) To read more of Darren Thompson's article, please click here. NEW YORK — Indigenous scholars presented a report on Tuesday on Indigenous determinants of health at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) 22nd session. The study was delegated during UNPFII 21st session and aims to create positive health and wellness outcomes for Indigenous communities worldwide. The study also responds to the U.N.’s adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...

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