October 10th meeting - sharing your ACEs-related work with Assemblymember McCarty
Looking for community partners to share their work at the next Resilient Sacramento meeting on October 10th
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Webinar Series – Putting Trauma-Informed Care into Practice: Lessons from the Field
Health policymakers and practitioners increasingly recognize trauma as an important factor that influences health throughout the lifespan. By incorporating trauma-informed approaches to care into their practice settings, provider organizations can more effectively care for patients and support efforts to improve health outcomes, reduce avoidable hospital utilization, and curb excess costs. This two-part CHCS webinar series will explore innovative strategies for implementing a trauma-informed...
Bridges Out of Poverty 1-Day Training in Sacramento on October 12, 2017
Great opportunity for training. A 1-day Bridges Out of Poverty training is being offered in Sacramento on October 12, 2017 for only $25 . See the attached flyer for more information and register at: https://voabridges.eventbrite.com/
Understanding Addiction, Trauma and Recovery Conference
If you want to be part of educating the faith community about Trauma, ACEs, Addiction and Recovery, then please consider attending this dynamic one day conference in Auburn, CA with Dr. Jessica Rodriguez. CEUs available. Please contact Clay Rojas with any questions: clay.rojas@jessup.edu https://www.eventbrite.com/e/understanding-addiction-trauma-and-recovery-for-christian-leaders-conference-tickets-37279340511?aff=es2
Meet and Discuss Student Supports with the new Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent, Jorge Aguilar!
Superintendent Jorge Aguilar will be a guest at a town hall event co-sponsored by Sacramento ACT, Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP), Black Parallel School Board, and Communities for a New California (CNC).
From ASM Kevin McCarty: DACA Renewal Workshops
From ASM Kevin McCarty: https://a07.asmdc.org/event/daca-renewal-workshop DACA Renewal Workshop As you may know, the Trump administration recently announced plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) federal program which allows immigrants who came to the United States as children to apply for temporary protections from deportation and to receive work permits. As a result of the President's decision, only DACA recipients whose benefits expire on or before March 5, 2018...
Spring Event for Resilient Sacramento: Share Your Ideas!
Hi everyone! At yesterday's Resilient Sacramento meeting we started discussing some ideas for a spring community event. We would like to create a space to start kicking around some ideas. Please comment below! Here were some suggestions from the group yesterday... A performance of "Trigger," DeAngelo's AWESOME play Screenings of movies that address Trauma Informed Perspectives in pre-natal care, birthing ("In Utero" or "American Way of Birthing") A town hall on community issues Your ideas...!
How One Connection at CYW’s ACEs Conference Sparked Awareness into Action
Origins offers a number of training and consulting services. We developed The Basics as a half-day session to provide the foundation to support trauma-informed and resilience practices across sectors and industries. The session includes an overview of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, the neurobiology of toxic stress, the impact of social and historical trauma, and the science of resilience. We have tested The Basics with two cross-sector audiences, in Los Angeles and Phoenix.
Recap: Notes from August Meeting
Kristina sent these wonderful notes on the same day of the meeting; I forgot to post! What a wonderful recap full of great resources to refer back to.
Bina Lefkovitz, new Area 1 Trustee for Sacramento County Board of Education, has long championed social-emotional aspects of schooling
On August 25, Bina Lefkovitz was inducted as the new Trustee for Area 1 of the Sacramento Board of Education. Bina's community work has long foregrounded socio-emotional supports children, and she will certainly bring this perspective to her work at SCOE.
‘Matter of life and death for our babies.’ How neighborhoods are saving black children [Sacramento Bee]
At the center of Tanya Bean-Garrett’s home is a makeshift memorial, honoring her teenage son who was shot just steps away in the room next door. Closet doors have been removed to reveal walls lined with photos, drawings and scrapbook photos of Deston Garrett, a 19-year-old Sacramento Charter High School student athlete who grew up in the Oak Park house. Known to most by his nickname “Nutter,” Garrett was a jokester who always seemed to have a smile on his face. He died from his gunshot...
Special Small Grant Opportunity with First 5 Sacramento
First 5 Community Connections Grants- Now Accepting Applications through October 6th
Raising of America evening screening and Parental leave Panel on August 28, 2017 at the CA State Capitol
We wanted to share information with you about an important event taking place next week sponsored by some of our California Essentials for Childhood Initiative partners on Monday, August 28, 2017 from 4:45 pm - 7:00 pm at the California State Capitol, Eureka Room (1315 10th Street, Sacramento - basement). The event - “Equal Rights to Parental Leave: A Strong Start for all Children” - includes a special screening of “The Raising of America,” as well as an interactive forum on the benefits of...
‘The first-graders will cry.’ Schools rethink policies that shame kids at lunch. [SacBee.com]
There won’t be any more cheese sandwiches served at Elk Grove Unified schools. The region’s largest school district will no longer give students a bland, alternative lunch when they run out of meal funds or forget their lunch money. Elk Grove Unified is joining districts across the region and nation that are changing rules so that children who come up short for lunch money aren’t embarrassed with a different meal than what their peers receive – or not fed at all, as has been the case...
23rd Annual Sacramento Pow Wow this week-end
This week-end! See flyer for details!