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Led by Alicia Doktor, a regular member of Resilient Sacramento and Branch Supervisor of Colonial Heights Library in the Sacramento Public Library system, both Resilient Sacramento and Yolo Resilience Network will begin exploring how to develop the capacity of our local libraries to become hubs of trauma-informed practice.

What Resilient Sacramento is all about: A one page introduction

Resilient Sacramento held our first workgroup meeting on July 12, 2015. As of this July, we have been meeting for one year!

Funding Available to Support Grassroots Organizing for a Healthy Juvenile Justice System The Positive Youth Justice Initiative is entering its third phase, with up to $750,000 in grant funding available for nonprofit organizations in California to advance positive juvenile justice. The Center for Health Program Management will fund grassroots organizations to advance the work of the Positive Youth Justice Initiative through community organizing to accelerate a statewide movement toward a...

Opportunity for two-day training for pro bono attorneys and legal providers includes an in-depth overview of the legal issues faced by trafficking survivors.

Mobilizing action can be intimidating. Creating a movement even more so. John Hagel provides the following definition of a movement: “an organized effort mobilizing a large number of independent participants in a grassroots effort to pursue a broad agenda for change.” He indicates that there are two key ingredients in movement making: 1) compelling narratives and 2) fostering creation spaces. In Buncombe County, we are experimenting with both of these notions. Opportunity-based Narrative A...

Back in 2010, after Tonette Walker became Wisconsin’s first lady, she went to a workshop with other new first ladies from other states, a kind of orientation. One of the topics there was choosing causes to champion. “They were talking to the first ladies about ‘pick what you love, do something you love so you can make a difference,’” Walker recalled Tuesday morning during a visit to La Crosse as part of the Walker administration's two-day Cabinet on the Road event. Walker, who became first...

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Celebrate the launch of the Oak Park Promise Neighborhood, an unprecedented partnership with UC Davis, the City, Oak Park residents, and community partners. OPPN will align an overflowing array of opportunities, programs and services to the Oak Park community. This event is free and open to the public! July 14, 2016 3:00PM – 4:00PM at The Guild Theater (2828 35th St).

Sacramento Mayor-elect Darrell Steinberg watched last week from the back of the state Senate floor as his former colleagues passed his $2 billion plan for homeless housing, potentially providing him with the issue and money to extend his influence beyond the city. Steinberg said he hopes to see “tens of millions” of funding locally in the next few years for permanent homes through the legislation, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed last week. Some of that money could arrive early next year,...

Paris Dye teared up, thinking back on how many Sundays she has spent consoling grieving mothers at Liberty Towers Church, a Christian ministry in an industrial section north of downtown Sacramento. Dye is programs director at the church, a role that involves reaching out to families and helping them integrate into the congregation. Not infrequently, that means sitting with women who have lost children, sometimes related to violence or drugs, more often to illness or complications at birth.

A comprehensive model of building community capacity in Washington helped make dramatic reductions in rates of health issues and social problems. The Issue In the early 1990’s, Washington state set up a program to tackle issues like domestic violence, school dropouts, youth substance abuse, and others that impact families and children. These are issues that typically had been addressed separately, but the team in Washington focused on addressing them collectively. Key Findings Over 10 to 15...