March 2022

We know how hard Parenting with PACEs can be. We at PACEs Connection want to support you in your parenting journey, and we’re excited to share that we have lots of resources to help you. Check out our NEW Parenting with PACEs resource list , which includes: Books for Parents Handouts for Parents Resources for Children Videos, Documentaries, and Podcasts for Parents Websites, Toolkits, Classes, and Articles for Parents You can also find these Parenting with PACEs resources in our new PACEs...

Thursday, March 17th 2022: Encore News Media Sucks at Violence Reporting. How can media also heal? 1PM Pacific Long-time health, science and technology journalist and PACEs Connection publisher Jane Stevens joins PACEs Connection CEO Ingrid Cockhren to do a deep dive into why people aren’t getting an accurate picture about violence in their communities. In fact, the state of violence reporting boils down to this: the news media are unintentionally providing misinformation about violence.

By David P. Ball, Photo: Kevin Barlow/Dr Peter Centre, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, March 13, 2022 A health-care facility in Vancouver unveiled a new initiative for Indigenous people living with HIV. Vancouver's Dr. Peter Centre, which specializes in care for people with HIV/AIDS, announced on Friday that it had received funding to hire dedicated staff and to launch an Indigenous-centred program called "Culture of Care." The Dr. Peter Centre said more than one-third of its clients...

By Jordan-Marie Smith and Andee Tagle, Illustration: Jasjyot Singh Hans/NPR, National Public Radio, March 14, 2022 When you're not in the right headspace, being at work can be difficult. Whether it's depression, burnout, anxiety or something else, struggling with your mental health while you're waiting tables or sitting behind a desk can disrupt your life and your job. But there's a stigma to taking time off to care for your mental health that's not present with physical health. The mindset...

By Gracie McKenzie, Illustration: Shutterstock, March 14, 2022 T he U.S. has the highest rate of gun suicide in the world — and suicides account for more than half of the total number of gun deaths nationwide each year. It’s because of these statistics that we at The Trace consider covering suicide central to our mission of understanding gun violence in America. Research shows these deaths are not inevitable, and that most Americans would act to support someone they know is at risk. But...

By Gina Caneva, Photo: Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times, Chicago Sun-Times, March 13, 2022 A few weeks ago, a colleague of mine stepped into our suburban high school’s library, sat down and took a deep breath before slumping her shoulders and opening up her laptop. I could tell that something was bothering her. I know the look of helplessness mixed with defeat all too well. Eighteen years ago, when I was a teacher at Corliss High School on Chicago’s South Side, I had that same look as I stood in the...

By Alexandra Frost, Photo: Francisco Moreno/Unsplash, March 13, 2022 As COVID-19’s Omicron variant waned and we took a second to catch our breaths, another anxiety-inducing and devastating event began: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine . People in the area have suffered unspeakable traumas while trying to hunker down or flee their home country , and the world has looked on in terror and exhaustion. If dealing with an ongoing pandemic and the rippling effects of an overseas war seems like too...

If we’re practicing a trauma informed approach, it makes a change in attention easier for the folks we’re serving.

By Donna Ferguson, Photo: Kirill Kudryavstev/AFP/Getty Images, The Guardian, March 13, 2022 I t was freezing cold the day Neil Laybourn saw a man in a T-shirt sitting on a high ledge on Waterloo Bridge and made a split-second decision that would change both their lives for ever. “It’s hard to pin down what it was that made me stop… but it would have played on my mind if I hadn’t,” he said. “That’s not how you live your life is it? You don’t just walk past when you see someone in need.” On...

By Monica Dean, Meredith Royster, and Mike Dorfman, Image: Screenshot from article, NBC 7 San Diego, March 8, 2022 Advocates are casting doubts on how California officials look into child deaths, fearing that inconsistencies across the state are leaving some tragedies uncounted. They say a clearer picture could prevent future deaths. For one great-grandmother, this problem is deeply personal. “You’ve got to track what is happening to these children,” Adrienne Arnett told NBC 7 Investigates.

By Cynthia Tucker and Frye Gaillard, Photo: Spencer Grant/Getty Images, The Guardian, March 11, 2022 In 1974, the great southern journalist John Egerton wrote a prescient book entitled The Americanization of Dixie: The Southernization of America. In a series of connected but self-contained essays, he made the point that something fundamental was changing – both in his native south, and in the country as a whole. But even Egerton seemed not to be sure exactly how things would unfold. He was,...

By Gillian Brockell, Images: Library of Congress; Onondaga Historical Association; Samuel J. Miller; the Art Institute of Chicago; Wikimedia Commons; David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, The Washington Post, March 13, 2022 Some are exquisite condemnations from learned and accomplished men who escaped their enslavement. Some are brief queries, shots in the dark, dictated by illiterate women. One is brilliant sarcasm, humorously calculating and requesting...