December 2021

By Melissa Montalvo, Photo: Rich Peroncelli/AP Photo, Cal Matters, 3 Diciembre 2021 Decenas de miles de trabajadores agrícolas invitados de California y trabajadores agrícolas estadounidenses verán aumentos salariales en 2022, lo que, según los defensores, se debe a su demanda para detener la congelación salarial de la era Trump. El aumento salarial se basa en los resultados de la encuesta anual del USDA sobre el trabajo agrícola , publicada el 24 de noviembre. La encuesta y sus resultados...

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe and eventually made its way to North America, communities scrambled to find protection against the infectious disease. But at the Toronto-based Canadian Women's Foundation, there were other safety measures underway. The foundation's leadership team knew that quarantines during a time of global panic would lead to more domestic violence. In April 2020, they launched the "signal for help," a hand gesture that has led to the rescue of endangered...

Adults who experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), aka traumatic experiences as children, still pay for what happened to them years, even decades later. But what are adverse childhood experiences? And how do they affect you today? This article shall attempt to explain ACEs and to help you recognize just how much what happened long ago influences your life now. What are ACEs? Many articles have been written about adverse childhood experiences and the study that first identified...

Despite sharing stories about my traumatic childhood with doctors, there was no mention of a possible connection between my experiences and my health challenges.

By Kate Yoder, Image: Grist/Getty Images, Grist, December 7, 2021 Forget the palm trees and warm ocean breeze. The upper Midwest could soon be the most sought-after living destination in the United States. The curb appeal of the Great Lakes region is that it appears to be a relatively safe place to ride out the wild weather of the future. It’s far from the storm-battered Eastern seaboard and buffered from the West’s wildfires and drought, with some of the largest sources of fresh water in...

By Frank Main, Jared Rutecki, and Casey Toner, Photo: Pat Nabong/Sun Times, Center for Health Journalism, December 6, 2021 Raymond Galloway, a 48-year-old line cook at a Chicago soul food restaurant, got arrested on the West Side twice this year carrying small amounts of heroin. Both times, the courts quickly tossed out his charges. Cook County’s judicial system, under an unwritten policy that even Cook County’s top prosecutor calls a failure, routinely dismisses minor drug possession cases...

By Karen D'Souza, Photo: Liv Ames/EdSource Today, December 8, 2021 W hen it comes to early childhood education, child’s play may well be serious business. Fun and games bring more than just joy. They may be the key to helping children thrive in tough times, experts say. Since young children don’t often have an opportunity to exercise choice and control, free play can be a liberating experience, nurturing independence and relieving stress. A growing body of research is making the case for...

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THE HEALING POWER OF MUSIC by Michael Skinner “ Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch.” - Debasish Mridha Music has a profound way of touching us in so many ways. For myself, the power of music has given me great joy, hope and healing. Music has been a lifesaver for me and that is not something I throw around lightly. I would like to share with you how it has affected my life in so many positive ways - I am forever grateful to have the gift of music in my life. Music...

The fallout of the global COVID pandemic is accelerating suicide in our children and adolescents. Yet, the treatment for acts or threats of suicide often involves the individual child with little to no active family participation. This is a tactical mistake because suicide is systemic. It is caused or exacerbated by family trauma, family secrets, parent-child conflict, and/or isolation. This free webinar by Dr. Sells is for professionals who want concrete tools to treat both the child and...

By Guest Author, 12/08/21, positiveexperience.org/blog “ Passing the Baton ” is a collection of essays assembled by editors Mark Joseph, Frank Farrow, and Leila Fiester and posted on the website of the Washington DC-based Center for the Study of Social Policy . The collection is dedicated to Harold Richman, who committed his life and career to the quest to end poverty and inequality through policy and system changes. Each essay highlights an idea, program, or policy vision that embodies in...

By Elizabeth Crouch, Elizabeth Radcliff, Katherine Kelly, et al., Photo: Unsplash, Preventive Medicine, January 2022 Abstract Positive childhood experiences (PCEs) promote healthy social development, improve overall wellness, and help to moderate and prevent exposure to adverse childhood experiences. There has been limited research examining the association between positive childhood experiences and overweight or obesity status in children. The purpose of this study was to examine whether...