Six new communities have joined ACEsConnection.com. Details about each of them are below as is information about starting and growing your community initiatives and joining the Cooperative of Communities.
16 Strong Project
16 Strong works with adolescents to empower resilience to ACEs through educational workshops, school partnerships, and community outreach. We strive to continue conversations that help young people recognize and navigate the challenges they are facing as a result of ACEs. Community Manager: @Samantha Wettje
ACEs Connections Ontario Canada
Pender County Resiliency Task Force (NC)
Pender County is located in southeastern NC and has survived many challenges including the floods from Hurricane Florence. Known for blueberries and its beaches, Pender County is a beautiful and unique part of NC. Community Manager: @Elizabeth Peterson
Trauma Informed Washington Heights/Inwood (NY)
Trauma Informed Washington Heights/Inwood aims to build a community of service providers and stakeholders dedicated to spreading information about ACEs and Resilience, developing a support network for service providers, and cultivating holistic healing for those impacted by trauma and vicarious trauma. Community Managers: @Cynthia Arreola, @Wanda Vargas-Haskins, and @Jomarie Dela Pena
Yuba-Sutter Resiliency Connection (CA)
We arrive dedicated to support and empower the residents of Yuba and Sutter communities by integrating trauma informed best practices to develop resilience and build stronger families and stronger communities. This inter-agency collaborative project of diverse members strives to heal and thrive. Community Managers: @Paula Kearns and @Amy Jones.
South Jersey ACEs Initiative (NJ)
We are the South Jersey ACE Initiative and we are in relentless pursuit of educating people about ACEs. Our mission is to get schools, organizations and communities to be trauma-informed and to have a relentless pursuit of adding value to all of our communities. Community Manager: @Michael Belh
Interested in Starting a Community on ACEs Connection?
For questions about starting or growing an initiative, using our site and tools, please reach out to one of our regional community facilitators. 
Communities in:
- Northeast, Mid-Atlantic states, contact @Alison Cebulla
- Western states, contact @Gail Kennedy
- Northwest states, contact @Karen Clemmer
- Southern states, contact @Carey Sipp
- Midwest states, contact @Ingrid Cockhren (PACEs Connection Staff)
- Communities in California:
- Southern California, contact @Lara Kain
- Northern California, contact Karen Clemmer
- San Francisco Bay Area, contact @Donielle Prince
- Capitol region contact @Gail Kennedy
- Central Valley contact @Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff)
- International communities: contact @Gail Kennedy
For more information on mapping the movement, please go here where you'll find more about all of our ACEs Connection geographic communities, U.S. states that have done ACE surveys, ACEs and trauma-informed legislation, and more. Be sure to click on each tab to explore each community. The map is interactive and each dot includes a hyperlink and information about each initiative.
ACEs Connection founder, and ACEs Too High publisher, @Jane Stevens announced the Cooperative of Communities the month before last which offers "an additional layer of tools and guidelines, for ACEs initiatives that are more mature and ready to join the Cooperative as affiliates." More details can be found here and here in the video below.
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