As a person with an ACE score of 9, I look back on the years that I did not function "normally." My freshman year of college . I could only imagine what life was like for the students that I saw a regular basis. My fabulous Intern from North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and my awesome CollegeTRY facilitator surveyed students about their level of RESILIENCE. They developed a forum with the assistance of the NCCU Department of Pubic Health Education. Resilient NCCU Video Achieving Health...

One size does not fit all but all can fit together. The Design Thinking Workshop followed 7 focus groups. The groups were convened gain input from multi-cultural socioeconomically diverse to understand what the COMMUNITY defined as "their embraced resilience." We came together to dig deeper. What would it mean to have a toolkit that could be used by various sectors? One of the most poignant focus group responses from a participant that expressed that her resilience was song. She then broke...

My Passion: Trama informed human beings from all walks of life from youth and parents to systems - that care = Trauma Informed Care. https://durhamvoice.org/meet-wanda-boone-durhams-social-justice-and-resilience-warrior/

Together for Resilient Youth (TRY) touched the lives of over 2,000 students so far in 2017. I identify with children of all ages including the child within each adult. Suicide is one of the many devastating outcomes of an ACE score above four. Behind the dimpled smile and sparkling young eyes depicted in this picture, there was turmoil. I am blessed to have survived in the 14th year of my life. It is important for me to be transparent and reveal to everyone including grieving parents the...

My organization Together for Resilient Youth (TRY) Coalition was founded in 2003. TRY became a member of Search Institute in 2009. I started concentrating on ACEs in 2014, when by "accident" I came across the ACE Survey. To my surprise my ACE score was 9. I learned how to function as a 9, survive as a 9 and guide others out of the darkness as a 9. I didn't realize that I lived in darkness and therefore that I did not realize that "light" existed. Although the subject has evolved to include...