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Someone San Diego Should Know: Educator’s emphasis is learning students’ needs (sandiegouniontribune.com)
The increase in hate- and discrimination-motivated incidents in the United States has a major impact on children and their learning journey. These traumatic incidents are the leading factors in childhood trauma, because they pose a threat to the child’s life or bodily integrity. Childhood trauma is also identified as one of the barriers to high academic achievement and success for students. Yet, this issue has largely been ignored by our education system. Godwin Higa is trying to change...
Parent Handouts updated and available In Dari, English & Spanish
The updated parent handouts are now available in Spanish as well as English and Dari. Here's the blog post with links to all three versions of each flyer. All versions of the Understanding ACEs and Parenting to Prevent & Heal ACEs parent handouts can be downloaded, distributed, and used freely. Both flyers were made with generous support from Family Hui, a Program of Lead for Tomorrow, who is responsible for making the Spanish and Dari translations available. These are updates of the...
Healing A Mother’s Pain By Forgiving A Killer (kpbs.org)
At 1:30 in the morning in May of 2012, Bevelynn Bravo was woken by a knock on the door. Two detectives had come to tell her that her son was dead. Her 21-year-old son, Jaime Bravo Jr., was stabbed and left to die as he walked out of friend’s house in City Heights. As a volunteer first responder for the San Diego Compassion Project since 2010, Bravo had become accustomed to dealing with tragedy at a crime scene. She offered emotional and administrative support to the families of homicide...
New Kaiser Permanente Partnership Aims to End Chronic Homelessness in 15 Communities
Press Release March 11, 2019 AUSTIN, Texas — At the annual South by Southwest Conference, Kaiser Permanente today announced a partnership with Community Solutions to help accelerate efforts to end chronic homelessness in 15 communities (scroll down for list) within Kaiser Permanente’s national footprint. As part of the new partnership, Kaiser Permanente will provide $3 million over a three-year period to Community Solutions’ Built for Zero initiative, which uses real-time data to help local...
Meet The Man Helping To Shelter Mid-City’s Homeless (kpbs.org)
The group of business organizations, nonprofits and elected officials tapped Jessie Angeles Jr. to serve as a homeless outreach specialist in the City Heights and North Park neighborhoods. Angeles' job is to regularly roam hot spots in the communities and offer assistance to those living without a home. "North Park and City Heights — there’s limited amount of resources that can assist people that are experiencing homelessness," said Angeles, who is employed by People Assisting The Homeless ,...
Two New Grant Opportunities for Youth Development and Diversion Services
In 2019, more than $40 million will become available to fund community-based, culturally rooted, trauma-informed services for youth in California as alternatives to arrest and incarceration. Thousands of California youth are arrested every year for low-level offenses. Youth who are arrested or incarcerated for low-level offenses are less likely to graduate high school, more likely to suffer negative health-outcomes, and more likely to have later contact with the justice system.
Sipping for a Solution (The Dojo Cafe' - Community Empower Open Mic)
We're looking to have organizations who let their clients know who may be interested in participating. Everyone is welcome! Carlos B.P. McCray, M.S.W Social Work Entrepreneur & Activator Co-Founder: The Dojo Cafe & StaySmilinLife Lecturer: Cuyamaca College & SDSU Call/Text: (619) 957-2512
Compensated Opportunity to Join Our Community Advisory Committee!
Exploring the Healthy Meal Landscape in City Heights ABOUT KITCHENS FOR GOOD Kitchens for Good breaks the cycles of food waste, poverty and hunger through innovative programs in workforce training, healthy meal production, & social enterprise. Please visit kitchensforgood.org for more info. PROJECT OVERVIEW In partnership with Price Philanthropies, Kitchens for Good will be conducting a Community-based Collaborative Research project to understand City Heights’ local food landscape and...
A Public School That Not Only Keeps Children Safe, But Heals [nonprofitquarterly.org]
After the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida earlier this year, schools are at the epicenter of national debates on gun violence and mental health. How can teachers and administrators deal with troubled students? And how can they make schools safer for all? It’s not the first time that schools have been asked to address social problems that originate far outside their hallways. In a nation where more than 40 percent of kids are from low-income families, school teachers and...
If you want to talk health, you have to talk social connection (Prevention Institute)
June is Immigrant Heritage Month. In the face of increasing attacks on immigrants, it’s more important than ever to celebrate and support the diverse families that make up the beautiful fabric of our nation. Let’s work together to ensure that everyone who calls the US home has the opportunity to live healthy lives. # ImmigrantHeritageMonth # KeepFamiliesTogether To view the 2-minute video clip, please click here.
Apply now to Showcase your work at the San Francisco National ACEs Conference in October 2018!
Applications due June 18. Application link included in this post
Policymaker Education Day Registration STILL OPEN!
Registration is still OPEN for another week to the second annual Policymaker Education Day hosted by the California Campaign to Counter Childhood Adversity (4CA) in Sacramento on May 22nd! Don't miss this opportunity to be able to share your thoughts and expertise with your Assemblymember or Senator on how to address childhood adversity in your communities. Guest speakers include Assemblymember Dr. Arambula of Fresno County, Ted Lempert of Children Now and Sarah Pauter of Phenomenal...
‘Blueprint for Action’ to improve health and well-being of families in San Diego (kusi.com)
There’s a plan to improve the health and well-being of children and families in San Diego and it’s called the “Blueprint For Action.” KUSI was joined by Chief Executive Officer of the “Clinton Health Matters” initiative — Alex Chan — with more. To view the 3-minute video clip, please click here.