July 2023

Tim Taylor, executive director of the Small School Districts Association. Credit: Jay-ar Ignacio By Cara Nixon, EdSource, July 31, 2023 The Covid-19 pandemic, wildfires, floods — California’s schools have faced it all over the past few years, with rural communities, due to their remote locations, higher rates of poverty and limited access to resources, often facing the brunt of it. Tim Taylor’s role as the executive director of the Small School Districts’ Association has been largely defined...

By Lisa James and Virginia Duplessis, Photo: from article, Futures Without Violence, July 25, 2023 There was a time when emergency department staff routinely treated domestic violence survivors and then sent them right back home to face further abuse, without the ability to offer referrals or other help. When few OB/GYNs knew that pregnant women are at vastly elevated risk of homicide, often at the hands of a current or former partner. When few physicians or nurses talked to young people...

“If we could somehow end child abuse and neglect, the eight hundred pages of DSM (and the need for the easier explanations such as DSM-IV Made Easy: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis) would be shrunk to a pamphlet in two generations.” - John Briere My musical thoughts about society's reluctance to address child abuse and neglect in all of its forms.... "Brush Away Your Tears" by Michael Skinner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc0GLP91vWE&t=425s Take care, Michael PS This song was used...

Texas Association of Community Health Centers (TACHC) hosted the inaugural Trauma Informed Care Summit on June 30th, 2023 in Houston, TX. This event has reaffirmed our collective vision of trauma information transformation, where health, hope, and healing are within reach for all individuals.

Visit the website: Not Our Native Daughters In the whispers of the wind, a tale unfolds, Of missing souls, their stories left untold, A haunting lament, through the ages it flies, Of indigenous women and children, lost in the skies. Mystic breezes carry their names on their breath, Echoing across lands, whispering the depth, Of sorrow and loss, of shattered dreams, Where silence reigns, and justice teems. The wind's mournful wail, a solemn refrain, For the daughters and sisters, who can't...

A group of disabled and non-disabled people of various races, ethnicities, genders and ages pose for a photo in front of Capitol Hill. Photo Credit: Ameya Okamoto To read more of Dr. Alonzo Plough's article, please click here. People with disabilities deserve the same rights and opportunities as everyone, including access to affordable housing, employment opportunities, safe transportation, quality education and healthcare. And disability rights advocates have tirelessly fought to uproot...

Firefighters in Phoenix provide treatment for a resident having trouble breathing on day when temperatures reached 119F (48C). The city has endured a record-setting streak of days above 110F this month. Photographer: Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg By Eric Roston and John Ainger, Bloomberg, July 27, 2023 First came the hottest June in recorded history. Now it’s the hottest-ever July . This year is already highly likely to replace 2016 atop the heat ranking . Scientists suspect the last several...

By Dacher Keltner, Illustration: from article, Greater Good Magazine, July 27, 2023 Mindful breathing exercises are a simple, effective, and fast way to shift our mindset and improve physical and mental well-being when practiced regularly. Today’s Happiness Break host: Dacher Keltner is the host of the award-winning podcast, The Science of Happiness and is a co-instructor of the GGSC’s popular online course of the same name. He’s also the founding director of the Greater Good Science Center...

By Donald Judd, Photo: Susan Walsh/AP, CNN Politics, July 28, 2023 President Joe Biden on Friday ordered a historic change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice by transferring key decision-making authorities outside the military chain of command in cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, murder and other serious crimes. The order, which the administration is calling “the most significant transformation of the military justice system since the UCMJ was established in...

The new deal adds $3.4 billion to the $20 billion previously offered by the federal government. In total, it covers approximately 300,000 First Nations children, youth and families on-reserve or in the Yukon who were discriminated against from 1991 on. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press) By Darren Major, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, July 26, 2023 The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal approved a $23.4-billion revised agreement to compensate victims of the underfunded First Nations...

A drug user holds her syringe as she prepares to use heroin at OnPoint NYC, a supervised drug injection site in New York City. Gabrielle Lurie, Staff / The Chronicle By William Andereck, David Smith, and Steve Heilig, San Francisco Chronicle, July 25, 2023 Sadly, they are called “frequent flyers” — severely ill patients with serious medical conditions who routinely cycle in and out of hospital emergency departments. On any given day, their affliction could be an overwhelming infection,...