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On a beautiful fall day I drove up to Baltimore from my home in Washington, DC for an event I learned about in a  post by Donna Jackson Nakazawa  on the ACEs Connection group named after the title of her new, must-read book,  Childhood...

As the Thriving Communities Collaborative continues to move toward a more trauma informed Baltimore, we furthered our focus on community healing.  At the November 4th meeting we explored healing through the arts led by Nneka Nnamdi of The Living...

I was about to post information about the last meeting of the Thriving Communities Collaborative (TCC) when I realized that I hadn’t taken the time to introduce the collaborative to the Maryland ACES Group.  We are a coalition of advocates,...

Language is very important -- it can be so powerful.  It impacts perception, conveys intent and attitude -- so many other things.  In his recent article, "Why We Should Call Recent Baltimore Events an Uprising", Evan Serpick proposes that we...

As a venture investor who has invested in companies with proven approaches to improving student outcomes in Maryland and across the country, my job it is provide strong returns on the dollars I invest on behalf of my clients. My approach to...

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The steps indicated by the numbers are grouped by color on the Roadmap to Resilience infographic . The group wisdom from the people who have embarked on this journey (i.e., the case studies in the Community Resilience Cookbook ) was: You don't have...

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