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Healing the Heart Through the Creative Arts, Education & Advocacy Hope, Healing & Help for Trauma, Abuse & Mental Health “ Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars”. Kahlil Gibran The Surviving Spirit Newsletter June 2021 http://newsletters.survivingspirit.com/pdfs/2021-06-The_Surviving_Spirit_Newsletter_June_2021.pdf Hi folks, June is NATIONAL PTSD AWARENESS MONTH I thought I would share a few of the resources that have...

I need the most safety and hopeful possibilities for myself and who I am attached to. Then, having the ability for emotional connection, I both want to positively and don’t want to negatively, tell the children and innocents of the world, “Here is what I was doing this moment when you needed me.”

By Katie Surma, Inside Climate News, June 22, 2021 A panel of 12 legal experts from around the world on Tuesday released a proposed definition for a new international crime called “ecocide” covering “severe” and “widespread or long-term environmental damage” that would be prosecuted before the International Criminal Court in the Hague, alongside genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression. The panel’s announcement was seen by environmentalists and international...

From Prevention Institute, June 2021 Summary Sexual harassment, abuse, and assault can have short- and long-term physical, emotional, and psychological effects on a person’s wellbeing and impact an entire community, from the culture and connections between people to the economic toll. Preventing sexual violence means we all must address deep-rooted abuses of power that contribute to inequities in health, safety, and wellbeing. A health equity approach to preventing sexual violence means that...

Welcome to all new members of PACEs Connection, and thank you for becoming a member! We invite all new members (as well as any existing members who want a refresher!) to join us every month on the 3rd Monday for our "Welcome to PACEs Connection" webinar which provides a live Zoom tour of our website and instructions on the following: how to post a blog, how to update your profile, how to adjust your notification settings, where to find the resources and tools you need, how to join a...

Hi all, I recently made a research-based video on whether the timing childhood trauma occurs affects subsequent mental health problems. I am currently doing a PhD at UCL on the subject, so I hope you find it interesting! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy-BTNAAAQ4

Working at PACEs Connection has supported my personal growth in ways I'm perpetually grateful for. Let me enumerate them. 1. PACEs Connection staff have the best book recommendations Over the past 2 years working at PACEs Connection, it has continually felt safe to say, "I'm not okay," to my higher-ups and coworkers. As a voracious reader and lifelong learner, I'm grateful that these types of conversations ultimately lead to the most healing book recommendations. @Gail Kennedy (PACEs...

LGBTQ+ youth experience trauma at significantly higher rates than their straight and cisgender peers. Some of the most prevalent traumatic events they experience are parental rejection, intimate partner violence, bullying, sexual assault, and physical and emotional abuse. The effects of untreated and unrecognized trauma can extend far into adulthood and can negatively impact their social, emotional, and physical wellbeing. Providers can help LGBTQ+ youth thrive and heal from past trauma by...

By Yonah Freemark, Eleanor Noble, Yipeng Su, Kimberly Burrowes, Housing Matters, June 23, 2021 Homeownership is the key way most middle-class Americans build family wealth . And homeownership is especially important for Black families, whose wealth is more closely linked to homeownership than white families. Far more than stocks, bonds, or other investments, home purchasing offers people a place to invest their equity in something permanent, which, in many cases, gains value over time. But...

By Steve Inskeep, National Public Radio, June 24, 2021 STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now, the president focused on violent crime because, as the mayor pointed out, it is up nationwide in many big cities. Why would that be? We've called Ronald Wright, a criminal justice expert and law professor at Wake Forest University. Good morning to you. RONALD WRIGHT: Good morning. INSKEEP: What kinds of crimes are up here, exactly? WRIGHT: Homicides are up. Nonviolent crimes are down. And then violent crimes...

By Bob Doppelt, Undark, June 24, 2021 I T WAS 80 DEGREES outside in Oregon’s Southern Willamette Valley, the record drought continued, and a red flag warning had been issued to alert residents to beware of wildfires. No, it was not autumn, when wildfire season has historically occurred in the region. It was April 16, when it should have still been cool and pouring rain outside. The surprising wildfire warning seemed to have everyone on edge, fearful about what might happen to them, their...

By Simone Weichselbaum, Lisa Riordan Seville, Emily Siegel, et al., The Marshall Project, June 23, 2021 Eliel Paulino was less than a block from his apartment complex late one night in 2015 when red police lights flashed in his SUV’s rearview mirror. After he pulled into his parking lot, police told him the light on his license plate was out. Within minutes, a routine traffic stop became a beatdown, court records show. An officer yelled at Paulino to stop talking, then pulled him to the...