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Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention Cohort & Suicide Prevention Webinar Series

The Suicide Prevention Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health presents the Suicide Prevention Webinar series. These educational webinars will serve as a touch point for further connection and knowledge exchange. • July 30 - Shared Risk and Protective Factors - Melissa Adolfson • August 25 - Suicide Prevention and Tribal Communities - Luther Talks • Sept 15 - Change the Narrative on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention - Kelly Felton • October 19 - Suicide Prevention and the Faith...

Beltrami Area Resiliency Team brings the community together over 100 cups of coffee

Beltrami Area Resiliency Team brings the community together over 100 cups of coffee, Written By: Hannah Olson https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/7003511-Beltrami-Area-Resiliency-Team-brings-the-community-together-over-100-cups-of-coffee?fbclid=IwAR05zZRen0t_sCgJTXNZhzn7rOKjRvUQvGfaxSB2g5GXUgue3n33cfN7-zE Check out this powerful article that was featured in the Bemidji Pioneer this morning that highlights some of the expanded leadership, relationship-building & community resiliency...

Information Session: Zero Suicide Framework

The Zero Suicide Framework provides a framework for systemic, clinical suicide prevention in health and behavioral health care systems; and provides a specific set of best practices and tools that transforms system-wide suicide prevention and care to save lives. The Zero Suicide Framework aims to improve outcomes for people at risk of suicide in health and behavioral health care systems, with a focus on a commitment to patient safety and closing gaps in care management and treatment plans,...

A New Minneapolis Park Puts Indigenous Culture Center Stage (nextcity.org)

Carved out by glaciers around 10,000 BCE, the Owámniyomni — post-colonially known as St. Anthony Falls — near present-day downtown Minneapolis have been a sacred place for Dakota people for centuries. Women would come from near and far to give birth on an eagle- and spruce-tree-filled island situated in the middle of the Mississippi River, encased by mist from the nearby falls. In the 1800s, the island was eroded by limestone harvesting before eventually being blown up by the Army Corps of...

Hope and Progress, No Matter What! — an ACEs Connection/Cambia Health Foundation “Better Normal”, Oct. 22, 2020

The election is upon us. In two short weeks, we voters in this country decide who will lead us for the next four years. We have the opportunity to embrace — as a national priority — the tenets of understanding, nurturing and healing that underlie the science of adverse childhood experiences and move in a direction that embraces cultural and racial equity and anti-racism. Or not. What is clear is that no matter what, the ACEs movement will continue.

A County-Tribal Partnership to Improve Family Experience with Courts

BY KIM SCHNEIDER 10/12/2020 A Minnesota tribal community and county have announced a partnership that aims to better serve Native parents and kids in family and criminal cases through more coordinated court processing. The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and Itasca County, located in northern Minnesota, will design and pilot family-centered solutions for people in criminal or dependency court cases. Click here to read more: ...

California reaches milestone with ACEs initiatives pulsing in all 58 counties. Next: All CA cities.

Karen Clemmer, the Northwest community facilitator with ACEs Connection, was already deeply interested in the CDC/Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study when she and a colleague from the Child Parent Institute were invited to lunch by ACEs Connection founder and publisher Jane Stevens in 2012. But that lunch meeting changed everything. Karen Clemmer “Jane helped us see a bigger world,” says Clemmer. “She came with a much wider lens. She didn’t look only at Sonoma County, she...

Recordings & Handouts: Growing Resilient Communities: Collaboratives Addressing ACEs Gathering

Growing Resilient Communities: Collaboratives Addressing ACEs Gathering In June 2020, Minnesota Communities Caring for Children (now FamilyWise! ) held the annual Growing Resilient Communities: Collaboratives Addressing ACEs Gathering. To view the recordings & handouts for the sessions listed below, please visit this link . Trauma across Generations: The Impact of Historical Trauma with Sam Simmons – available until July 24 th Loving What Is: Grief as a Path to Joy with Drake Powe –...

Today makes it official! Minnesota Communities Caring is merging with FamilyWise Services

Today makes it official! Minnesota Communities Caring is merging with FamilyWise Services and will begin integrating our services to strengthen families and to promote the safety, stability and well-being of children. We promise to share our journey. Please join us by following FamilyWise Services facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/FamilyWiseServices (Facebook page) https://familywiseservices.org/ (Webpage)

MCCC Awarded Trailblazer Award from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota shines a spotlight on innovation around the state with its Trailblazer Tour– sharing stories of people and companies making a healthy difference in the communities where we live, work, and play. We are excited to announce that Blue Cross and Blue Shield is recognizing Minnesota Communities Caring for Children and the Understanding NEAR Science: Building Self-Healing Communities work so many of you are doing across the state, with a Trailblazer...

ACEs Connection reaches 200 participants in the ACEs Connection Speakers & Trainers Bureau!

ACEs Connection is proud to announce we have reached 200 Speakers & Trainers participants in the ACEs Connection Speakers & Trainers Bureau! What is the ACEs Connection Speakers & Trainers Bureau? The ACEs Connection Speakers & Trainers Bureau is a service that provides subscribers of ACEsConnection a Database of ACEs speakers and trainers for hire. The development of the Speakers & Trainers Bureau was in response to a great need expressed by our communities. ACEs...

LAST DAY to Register for the FREE VIRTUAL Growing Resilient Communities: 3rd Annual Gathering of Collaboratives Addressing ACEs!

Please join us for the FREE VIRTUAL Growing Resilient Communities: 3 rd Annual Gathering of Collaboratives Addressing ACEs on June 24 th & June 25 th , 9:00 a.m. – noon each day. Check out the Gathering flyer for more information about the schedule, sessions, & speakers we have lined up for this event. We invite you to share this information widely with your partners and networks! Register Here Event Agenda: Wednesday, June 24th: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (noon) 9:00 am – 9:30 am: Gathering...

May 11-13th: Topics for Minnesota Daily Virtual Practicing Resilience in Community Series

Minnesota Communities Caring for Children invites you to join us for a 30-minute, family-friendly practice of resilience, Monday-Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. on Zoom. We will continue to offer these practices live on Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays, and encourage you to view our archive of recorded sessions at this link. Calendar: Here is what's on deck the week of May 11th- May 13th Monday 5/11- Stretching and Meditation with Cindy Vue Tuesday 5/12 - Mind-Body Medicine with Susan Beaulieu...

This week's calendar for Minnesota's Virtual Practicing Resilience in Community (now Monday - Wednesday)

Minnesota Communities Caring for Children invites you to join us for a, 30-minute, family-friendly practice of resilience, Monday-Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. on Zoom. Starting this week, we will continue to offer these practices live on Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays, and encourage you to view our archive of recorded sessions at this link. Calendar: Here is what's on deck the week of May 4 - May 6: Monday 5/4- The power of subtlety; activating calm in the midst of crisis with Drake Powe...

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