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January 2021

Biden Lays Out His Blueprint for Fair Housing [bloomberg.com]

By Kriston Capps , January 27, 2021 for Bloomberg President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Jan. 27 directing his administration to end policies that enable discrimination in housing and lending, and acknowledging the federal government’s role in erecting systemic barriers to fair housing. It’s a blueprint for an agenda aimed at swiftly undoing the controversial efforts of his predecessor . With the new directives and several recent agency appointments, the full parameters of the new...

Vital Farms IPO Shows Acceptance Of Stakeholder Versus Stockholder Values On The Market [forbes.com]

By Christopher Marquis on October 6th, 2020 for Forbes From its start as an egg business with 20 hens on a small 27-acre plot of land in 2007 to its current-day network of 200 small family farm partners, Vital Farms, an ethical food company, has maintained its commitment to sustainability and ethics. The company’s attention-grabbing IPO this year — raising $200 million in capital — is the latest step in its growth journey, positioning the Certified B Corporation as an example of a business...

Western Youth Services Launches Resilience Toolbox to Address Negative Social and Economic Impact of COVID-19 [prnnewswire.com]

By Western Youth Services , January 27, 2021 In response to the disruption that COVID-19 has brought to homes and schools, Western Youth Services (WYS) announced the RESET Toolbox, a collection of resources and trainings to build resilience in children and teens. WYS collaborated with several organizations, most notably Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) and Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) to pool their knowledge base, relationships and resources into one online mental...

Care for the Caregiver by Dr. Kristin Beasley

In this episode of "Delusional Optimism," Dr. B highlights the importance of taking care of ourselves, and of cultivating that practice in children. She also explains the neuroscience around empathy and compassion while addressing racial disparities in healthcare. Listen to how you can take a better care of yourself and the people around you without the risks of over-empathizing. “We know that Covid-19 disproportionately impacts communities of color. Racism is alive and well, not only in our...

Could Heart Rate Variability be the future of Trauma-Informed Care

In 2018, I to introduced to heart rate variability in a series with Curt Mower and Dr. Jerry Yager on the Trauma-Informed Lens Podcast. At the beginning of the series, I had barely heard of HRV, by the end, I believed HRV was the best way to measure post-traumatic growth, the impact of trauma, the health of staff, and organizational wellness. These podcasts motivated me to write a book, start companies on two continents, and create a smartphone app designed for those doing trauma-informed...

Continuing the Series on The Symptoms of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Symptoms 13-18

Recently we have been discussing the twenty-four most common symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). We’ve discovered in pieces one and two in this series how people living with the aftereffects of severe repeated trauma often experience sleep disturbances, flashbacks, and other problems. Recapping What We Have Covered As we have already learned, there are dozens of symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder listed online and there may be more. However, for the...

How TIC Measurement Drives TIC Change

Organizations often see measurement and program evaluation as a luxury or something extra to do - they'll do it if they have extra cash or if it's required by a grant or a change package they purchase. It’s viewed as something that will tell them at the end whether the intervention moved the needle. What they fail to recognize is that the process of measurement is an intervention in and of itself and it can drive the change process... Read More

How Docent Health Navigates Maternity Patients to Better Outcomes [chcf.org]

By Padma Nagappan, California Health Care Foundation, January 19, 2021 Lupita was six months pregnant with triplets when her water broke. The quiet 36-year-old farmworker suddenly had to leave her four children and enter Bakersfield Memorial Hospital for three months so doctors could watch over her during an unpredictable third trimester. She had recently separated from her husband, so her 17-year-old was tasked with taking care of his younger siblings until she returned from the hospital.

How UC San Diego has avoided Covid-19 outbreaks while housing thousands of students [edsource.org]

By Michael Burke, EdSource, January 25, 2021 With a multilayered approach to detect and prevent the spread of Covid-19, campus leaders at the University of California, San Diego say they have created something rare in higher education this year: a safe on-campus experience for thousands of students. Even with Covid-19 spreading rapidly in Southern California, about 10,000 students are living on UC San Diego’s La Jolla campus this year. After avoiding any significant Covid-19 outbreaks during...

Coexistence Is the Only Option [theatlantic.com]

By Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, January 20, 2021 T hey could be real-estate agents or police officers, bakers or firefighters, veterans of American wars or CEOs of American companies. They might live in Boise or Dallas, College Park or College Station, Sacramento or Delray Beach. Some are wealthy. Some are not. Relatively few of them were at the United States Capitol on January 6, determined to stop Congress from certifying a legitimate election. Millions more cheered the rioters on—and...

Solving America's Solar Inequality Starts In the Neighborhood [bloomberg.com]

By Saijel Kishan, Bloomberg Green, January 26, 2021 The indifference of middle-aged, White car salesmen gave Kristal Hansley her start in green energy. She had just finished a stint on Capitol Hill in the summer of 2017, when she started working at a Chevy dealership outside of Baltimore. She was the only Black woman on the showroom floor. Her coworkers, mostly White men, were more interested in selling Corvettes and Silverados than the electric vehicles on show. So Hansley carved out a...

Helping Kids Is a Very Good Idea [nytimes.com]

By Paul Krugman, The New York Times, January 25, 2021 Some things about American politics are completely predictable, even in a time of insurrection and QAnon craziness. Anyone who has been paying attention over the past decade knew that as soon as a Democrat took the White House, Republicans would instantly do another 180-degree turn on budget deficits. Remember, the G.O.P. went from hyperventilating about debt as an existential threat during the Obama years to complete indifference about...

Sonoma State receives near $5 million from NASA to engage autistic learners in STEM [news.sonoma.edu]

By Nate Galvan, Sonoma State University News, January 26, 2021 Sonoma State University has been awarded $4.96 million from NASA to design and implement a program that will engage students on the autism spectrum in informal STEM learning. NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3) aims to broaden participation in NASA programs to include autistic and other learners with neurological differences. As part of NASA’s Science Activation Program , which is composed of teams across the nation to help...

They Lost Sons To Drug Overdoses: How The Pandemic May Be Fueling Deaths Of Despair [npr.org]

By Scott Horsley, National Public Radio, January 26, 2021 Karen Butcher's son Matthew struggled for years with an addiction to opioids. She's convinced the pandemic made it worse. The restaurant in Scott County, Ky., where Matthew worked as a bartender closed before the pandemic, and soon other establishments, from restaurants to stores, followed suit as states imposed lockdowns. "One day you're a bartender and you're serving people and having a great time at it, and then the next day the...

Brain Cells That Help Drive Bodily Reaction to Fear, Anxiety Identified - Neuroscience Breakthrough Could Lead to Mental Health [scitechdaily.com]

From University of North Carolina Health Care, January 23, 2021 A feat of basic neuroscience co-led by UNC School of Medicine scientists, the discovery of a set of arousal-related neurons could help scientists develop better treatments for anxiety disorders, psychiatric illnesses. Strong emotions such as fear and anxiety tend to be accompanied and reinforced by measurable bodily changes including increased blood pressure, heart rate and respiration, and dilation of the eyes’ pupils. These...

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