March 2021

By Maya Hazarika Watts, Katie Hannon Michel, Jessica Breslin, and Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, American Journal of Public Health, February 10, 2021 As COVID-19 inflicts disproportionate harm on communities of color, inequitable enforcement of pandemic response policies further widens health disparities. (Although “pandemic response policies” include many interventions, we use the term to reference public health policies adopted to limit viral spread.) These actions are extensions of persistent...

The Adolescent Redemption Project (TARP) is a new Michigan-based nonprofit dedicated to a second chance for incarcerated individuals when they were sentenced before age 25 or experienced multiple ACEs. Thursday's event is an opportunity to hear from Breonna Taylor ’s sister Dee Dee Taylor , a member of our board, who is a passionate advocate for getting her father Everette Taylor out of prison as soon as possible. We’re a fledgling 501c4, only less than a year old. We have no staff, only a...

So many people are struggling with unhealed, hidden wounds from toxic childhood stress. For some the pain is obvious. Others might look outwardly strong, capable, and in control. However, unhealed inner wounds cause needless suffering and can lead to a dizzying array of psychological, medical, and functional problems. This three-part blog discusses the road to recovery. Part I explained “The Principles of Healing.” This part explains why traditional treatments are not usually the best...

By Akilah Johnson, The Washington Post, March 15, 2021 Her lungs aching with each breath, Blanca Quintero, a 53-year-old cancer survivor, sought care for the coronavirus from physicians almost two hours away in Mexicali, Mexico, because her calls to doctors here went unanswered. Was she being overlooked in the flurry of the winter surge or simply ignored, another instance of the mistreatment she and other Latino patients have faced as Spanish-speaking immigrants, she wondered. Was the risk...

In this episode of the Trauma Informed Lens Podcast, Melissa Vine joins the show to discuss the link between trauma, entitlement, and domestic/intimate partner violence. www.traumainformedlens.org

By Carolyn Jones, EdSource, March 16, 2021 As students begin returning to the classroom as the pandemic eases, schools are bracing for an onslaught of serious mental health conditions that, for some students, may take years to overcome. In the year that campuses were closed due to Covid-19, students experienced waves of loneliness, fear, upheaval and grief. Some lost loved ones, others saw their parents lose their jobs and their families sink into poverty. Nearly all experienced a degree of...

From Niagara Frontier Publications, February 26, 2021 The Osborne Association and the Buffalo Police Department announced the Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents Project to develop and enact a child-sensitive policing policy, protocols, and training to minimize the potential trauma for children from parental arrest and other police enforcement activities. A new consortium of WNY youth-serving agencies is advising the project and working to provide trauma-informed follow-up services to...

By Idaho Youth Ranch, May 1, 2020 Just as there are adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that play a role in the future success of kids, there are also 7 positive childhood experiences (PCEs) that can offset their damage. This recent discovery comes from a John Hopkin’s study published in 2019. Researchers were looking to determine if any “protective childhood experiences” could be linked with positive outcomes as adults—increasing resiliency and offsetting some of the trauma or damage...

By Catalyst Life Services, Richland Source, March 15, 2021 The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is looking for more Richland County teens and young adults ages 14-24 to join this youth program. WIOA is a collaboration between Catalyst Life Services and Richland County Job & Family Services that provides job seekers with assistance in finding their path to employment and education while also helping businesses find qualified workers to strengthen local workforce...

By Ashira Prossack, Forbes, March 16, 2021 The leaders of tomorrow are in school right now. Imagine the possibilities that could exist if they were provided with a foundation of skills that would not only serve them well in their studies, but also stick with them as they enter the workforce. This foundation of skills can be developed via after school education programs. While these programs are often tied to one skill such as math or writing, in reality kids are learning more than just...

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Alexandra E. Petri, The New York Times, March 4, 2021 Congress is considering a new bill that could provide women across the country who face pregnancy discrimination a clear channel for recourse. It took only eight years, six legislative sessions and thousands of lawsuits — including one that made it to the Supreme Court — to get to this point. And now it might finally pass. The new bill , known as the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, or PWFA, was first...

By Rachel L. Swarns, The New York Times, March 15, 2021 In one of the largest efforts by an institution to atone for slavery, a prominent order of Catholic priests has vowed to raise $100 million to benefit the descendants of the enslaved people it once owned and to promote racial reconciliation initiatives across the United States. The move by the leaders of the Jesuit conference of priests represents the largest effort by the Roman Catholic Church to make amends for the buying, selling and...