February 2022

We are excited to present the fifth workshop session this Friday and hope you can join us live! Of note, we are now offering participation certificates to those who can be with us live on Friday afternoons and to make that easier we have also decided to shorten this workshop session to 3 hours ! Please help us in #BuildingTheMovement by sharing this workshop series with colleagues and help us reach our next milestone of 3K registered. Day 5 - Building the Movement with Populations with High...

Webinar: Federal Funding & You Tools to Help Community-Based Organizations Access Resources March 16, 1:00-2:30pm ET/10:00-11:30am PT The guidelines for federal funding can be confusing and overwhelming, especially for a community-based organization (CBOs) with limited capacity. Join us on March 16th for the second half of a SPARCC federal funding series on best practices for CBO’s to influence and access federal resources. This session will look both at how to position your organization...

Click here for cover photo credit Remembering The Historic Black Miami Community Destroyed To Build A Whites-Only School At least 200 Black towns and communities had been formed across the United States by 1888. According to a Washington Post article, several of these towns were modeled after Black communities founded during the American Revolution and during the antebellum period, which lasted from the late 1700s until 1860. Some settlements vanished completely as time passed. Others were...

Date: 5th of March Time: 6-8 pm CET Location: online via Zoom More about Honest Sharing you can read here: https://www.pacesconnection.co...st-sharing-worldwide This 2 hours workshop is for Honest Sharing newbies. People who are interested in authentic contact and healing of one’s nervous system and an increased capacity and self regulation. Agenda: 4 participants Everybody gets the opportunity to experience Honest Sharing with another participant and receive feedback. Possibilities to raise...

Watch this 7-minute video to explore a strategy map of how faith communities can better prevent and address trauma.

By Deepti Hajela, Photo: Julie Fletcher/AP Photo, Associated Press, February 24, 2022 Trayvon Martin’s final night began with a convenience store run, a quick trip for candy and something to drink. It ended in a confrontation with a neighborhood watch volunteer, a shot fired, the 17-year-old dead on the street. It might have been expected to end there -- the violent deaths of Black teenagers have rarely drawn even fleeting attention. But the killing of this baby-faced, hoodie-wearing,...

By Eleanor Cummings, Photo Illustration: Sam Whitney/Getty Images, WIRED, February 27, 2022 DO YOU HAVE five or more symptoms of inattentiveness, including trouble staying organized, difficulty paying attention, and feeling easily distracted? What about five or more symptoms of hyperactivity or impulsivity? Have your symptoms been present for six or more months? Do they interfere with school, work, or your social life? If you answered “yes” to these questions, a mental health professional in...

From Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Photo: UNICEF/Inti Ocon/AFP-Services, UN News, February 28, 2022 “This report is a dire warning about the consequences of inaction,” said Hoesung Lee, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ). “It shows that climate change is a grave and mounting threat to our wellbeing and a healthy planet. Our actions today will shape how people adapt and nature responds to increasing climate risks,” he said, adding: “Half measures are...

By Hannah Good, Illustration: Katty Huertas/The Washington Post, The Washington Post, February 26, 2022 S itting on the cold metal bench of an Italian police station on Nov. 12, 2008, Keri Potts had one thought: I should’ve ordered the wine and cake. The night before was supposed to be her last night of vacation. Potts, then 31, and her friend Lynn went to one last dinner at a Roman cafe. She felt like she’d overindulged on the trip, so she opted for water over her favorite red wine, and...

From Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury, February 2022 PREFACE The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) requires the Secretary of Labor to submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress on compliance by group health plans (and health insurance coverage offered in connection with such plans) with MHPAEA’s requirements. The first such report was due by January 2012,...

LAST CALL FOR PRESENTERS - Proposals are due by Wednesday, March 2, at 12:00pmET to present at the upcoming biennial virtual Together for Families Conference

By Hannah Giorgis, Image: Getty/The Atlantic, The Atlantic, February 25, 2022 Zora Neale Hurston once observed that America’s most prominent historical narratives prioritize “all these words from the seller, but not one word from the sold.” Much of American life is built on the knowledge and labor of Black people, especially those who were once enslaved. But the origins of, for example, the country’s cuisine or its music are commonly underreported, under-credited, or intentionally...