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Predict-Align-Prevent (PAP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to discovering the components of an effective primary prevention bundle for child maltreatment. PAP was founded in 2017 by Dr. Dyann Daley, a board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist with 13 years of clinical experience. She found her passion for child maltreatment prevention while caring for severely abused and neglected children in the operating room. Through her research, PAP was built with a commitment to open...

Centering equity and engagement in public agency budgeting and funding allocations Wednesday, November 10, 2021 11:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m. Equity is a top concern for local governments everywhere, particularly for leaders of diverse communities who are striving to increase participation from historically disadvantaged populations. Developing policies and programs that achieve equitable outcomes can be a challenge. This is especially true when it comes to budgeting and fund allocation processes...

By Brian Calfano, Spectrum News 1, October 31, 2021 For this singer, it’s art over ACEs, or adverse childhood experiences. If the effects from ACEs tell us about human challenges, Kathy Wade’s work in Cincinnati and beyond shows us human possibilities. “We know that art is our most common bond, cause art makes us human," she said. The jazz singer turned entrepreneur turned child advocate runs several programs under the umbrella of her organization, Learning Through Art. And the EMMY-award...

By Andrew Jankowski, Willamette Weekly, November 3, 2021 Speed-o Cappuccino’s bubblegum-pink coffee cart stands out against the otherwise drab strip of Southeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Oak Street. Its Progress Pride flag—a version of the Pride flag that Oregon graphic designer Daniel Quasar created to include the trans community—waves as a friendly hello or sashay away. “People can tell if it’s going to be their thing, so people don’t approach us if it’s not,” cart co-owner...

From First Nations Development Institute, November 2021 With the support of the Keepseagle endowment, First Nations will establish a Breastfeeding and First Foods Grant that reinforces Native traditional food systems, supports producers/practitioners of traditional food systems, and communicates the value of traditional foods in a Tribal food system. The Breastfeeding and First Foods Grant aims to support communities and programs focused on increasing access to first foods and supporting...

By Matias Lindemann and Ndiaga Seck, UNICEF, October 10, 2021 Nearly 170 Haitian children arrived in Port-au-Prince yesterday with their parents after being expelled from Cuba mainly and the U.S., according to UNICEF. Most of the children are from southwestern Haiti and left two to three weeks after the August earthquake in an attempt to reach the U.S. “Most Haitian children and their parents who were expelled yesterday are from the southern peninsula of Haiti which was hit by a massive...

Please join us for a new series entitled: Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice. This monthly virtual Zoom series will feature conversations facilitated by Porter Jennings-McGarity, PACEs Connection’s criminal justice consultant, with special guests to discuss the need for trauma-informed criminal justice system reform. Using a PACEs-science lens, this series will examine the relationship between trauma and the criminal justice system, what needs changing, and strategies being used in this area...

This is an updated version of the popular hand-out created and shared by the Community & Family Services Division at the Spokane (WA) Regional Health District. The original version has been downloaded thousands and thousands of times and has been used by both individuals and organizations. The updated flyer can be downloaded, distributed, and used freely. Please share widely! It is available in the following languages: English Spanish Arabic Dari Farsi Family Hui, a Program of Lead for...

By Keiligh Baker, BBC, November 4, 2021 Israeli minister Karine Elharrar made headlines around the world when it emerged she couldn't attend the COP26 summit on Monday because it wasn't wheelchair-accessible. For many disabled people, it was a reflection of the way they often feel ignored or left out of conversations about climate change. Yet disabled people are among those most "adversely affected in an emergency", according to the United Nations Human Rights Council. And those emergencies...

By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report, November 1, 2021 A bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Ithaca College costs $132,656, on average, and two years later, graduates are earning $19,227. That’s less than people in New York State earn with only a high school diploma and no college education. A philosophy degree from Oberlin costs $142,220 and graduates two years later make an average of $18,154. At Syracuse, a bachelor’s degree in studio and fine arts costs $137,888; two years later...

By Maya Ozbayoglu, The Guardian, November 4, 2021 Y oung people know that our generation already disproportionately feels the effects of the climate crisis. Almost all of the intense heatwaves that have hit Europe since 1950 occurred during my lifetime. It’s likely they will only get worse. Unfortunately, Poland , where I live, has clung to an energy model driven by burning fossil fuels for too long. This irreversible destruction violates our right to life, health, property and values of the...

By Akilah Johnson, The Washington Post, November 4, 2021 Sickness and death were familiar companions of Thecla Xavier long before the arrival of the coronavirus in Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Her mother had 12 children. Except for her, each got sick and died — two before age 25, and one at 33 — and now, the 64-year-old is the only one alive. Pneumonia tried to take her son, Joe Xavier, when he was a baby, leaving the infant deprived of oxygen and in and out of hospitals until he was...