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By David A. Graham, The Atlantic, September 29, 2021 A historic rise in homicides in 2020—and continued bloodshed in 2021—has incited fears that after years of plummeting crime rates, the U.S. could be headed back to the bad old days, when a crime wave gripped the country from the 1970s to the 1990s. But the FBI’s “Uniform Crime Report” for 2020, released Monday , suggests something stranger: Perhaps America is in the midst of what is specifically a violence wave, not a broad crime wave.

By Tonya Mosley, National Public Radio, September 29, 2021 In 2017, The New York Times published a story chronicling decades of sexual harassment abuse against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. Less than three years later, a Manhattan jury found Weinstein guilty of rape and sexual assault. Activist Tarana Burke , the founder of the "Me Too" movement, sees a stark contrast in the timeline of Weinstein's case and that of R&B singer R. Kelly , who dodged accusations for more than 25...

You are invited to take an 8-minute survey to help the my PATH Partnership at USF plan research to address trauma in primary care. Who is myPATH? myPATH is a patient-centered Partnership Addressing Trauma and Healing. We are a diverse group of individuals with lived experience of trauma, providers, administrators, and researchers who are working together to plan and do research on interventions that will help primary care patients who have experienced traumatic events to improve their...

Rohan Bullkin and the Shadows aims to help survivors of ACEs and toxic stress by giving them a medium through which to explore their experiences, particularly their struggles with reading and academic work.

The resources provided were created for ethical standards, however , whether you work under ethical standards or not, let me explain some of how what is available benefits you. Ethical self-care , provides a foundation and a pragmatic framework for the following: Are we doing the best we personally and as our field(s), can? Specific strategies for enhancing awareness of and minimizing ways in which we may be inadvertently contributing harm to ourselves or others Understanding how we are...

Summer 2021 Edition of IMPACT Newsletter The Summer issue of IMPACT is filled with examples of NCTSN commitment. You'll read about Dr. Ellen Gerrity and her 18 years of service as the Network's Senior Policy Advisor, and the efforts of Affiliate member Nancy Fitzgerald to focus on teachers and students. In the Muscogee Nation, a family training in culturally sensitive Wellbriety concepts was a first; and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America adapted to the pandemic to keep their kids and...

By Ben Schachtman, WHQR, September 24, 2021 On the latest edition of The Newsroom, an in-depth conversation with District Attorney Ben David and Chief District Court Judge Jay Corpening. We discuss changing philosophical approaches to juvenile justice and changes to North Carolina's laws — plus, what could be in store now that New Hanover County has agreed to tap $350 million in hospital sale funds. On Monday, August 30, gunshots rang out in a crowded hallway at New Hanover High School. One...

By Woodger Faugus, Gen, September 28, 2021 Since mid-September 2021, roughly 15,000 would-be refugees and asylees, mostly Haitians, had reached American soil, in Del Rio, Texas , after having risked their lives, and abandoned their livelihoods, to flee violence and discrimination . To date, almost 4,000 Haitians, some of them children with “non-Haitian passports,” have coped with forcible returns to Haiti, and about 8,000 went back to Mexico “ voluntarily .” Many of the remaining people are...

By Alexandre White, Rachel L.J. Thornton and Jeremy Greene, New England Journal of Medicine, August 26, 2021 I magine your city is being ravaged by an infectious disease epidemic whose morbidity and mortality are disproportionately borne by Black Americans. A prominent scholar of health disparities reports that this “strikingly excessive rate,” often misattributed to putative biologic or genetic differences between Black and White bodies, must be understood as a spotlight illuminating the...

Sometimes we need a reminder of simple ways we can take care of ourselves, learn more in this week's episode of 60 Seconds with SRQ Strong featuring our summer intern, Ximena Chafloque. ¿Hablas Español?

What an Annual Meeting! We had a great presentation by Congressman Carter who spent some extra time with us when Congresswoman Letlow unexpectedly had to cancel right before the event. We then elected four new board members, Stalanda Butcher (Monroe), Raegan Carter (Baton Rouge), Danny Mintz (New Orleans) and Julio Galan (Lake Charles). After our 2021 Legislative Wrap-Up, Board Chair Ashley Shelton led an informative discussion about the upcoming redistricting efforts in Louisiana. We also...

Donna Jackson Nakazawa is an award-winning journalist and internationally recognized speaker whose work explores the intersection of neuroscience, immunology and human emotion.