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People are angry. Angry about institutional racism, angry about racial profiling, angry about police brutality, and angry about so many other displays of inequity that are happening in our country. People of color have always been marginalized in our society and people of all colors are finally saying enough is enough.

The brand new book, The Power of Discord: Why the Ups and Downs of Relationships are the Secret to Building Intimacy, Resilience, and Trust was the topic of one of our A Better Normal series discussion last week. We were honored to be joined by the co-authors, Ed Tronick, Ph.D., and Claudia Gold, MD. More about each of the authors and the book can be found here and this A Better Normal community discussion is below. Selected q uotes from the book are below: FROM MANAGING TO LISTENING “...I...

By Karl G. Hill, Jennifer A. Bailey, Christine M. Steeger, JAMA Pediatrics, June 8, 2020 Key Points Question Might a universal social-developmental intervention in childhood show sustained benefits across generations? Findings In this nonrandomized controlled trial, significant differences in the offspring of individuals (now parents) who had received the intervention in childhood were observed across 4 domains: improved early-childhood developmental functioning, lower teacher-rated...

From Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services, June 2020 This list of resources has been compiled by the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services. This page will be updated periodically with new resources and information. For daily updates on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak and the response by the State of Maryland, please visit the Maryland Department of Health Coronavirus Page: https://coronavirus.maryland.gov/ [...

In response to the police brutality and racism that caused the deaths of George Floyd , Ahmaud Arbery , Breonna Taylor and countless other African Americans and people of color, ACEs Connection supports the worldwide protests demanding racial justice. Integrating practices and policies based on the science of adverse childhood experiences (ACES) — being trauma-informed — requires us to be racially just. Our organization's vision is a world where all people thrive. Our goal is to prevent...

By Nicole R. Karcher, Tara A. Niendam, and Deanna M. Barch, Schizophrenia Research, June 8, 2020 Abstract Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with increased risk for psychotic-like experiences (PLEs). However, ACEs and PLEs are also both associated with several shared factors (e.g., internalizing symptoms, suicidality). Few studies have explicitly examined whether the association between ACEs and PLEs remains over and above shared correlates. To address this question, using...

By Rachel Velcoff and Steven Adelsheim, Stanford Children's Health, June 8, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the lives of families across the country and left many adults feeling stressed, anxious, and struggling to cope. It has also put the mental health of our youngest and most vulnerable at risk. Now, three months into the pandemic, youth are experiencing further stress and trauma, as our country grapples with another profound crisis: the murder of George Floyd and the...

An open letter to my people who are White and sincerely want to show up in their inter-cultural relationships during this time. SUNSHINE MUSE JUN 9, 2020 10:15AM ET Dear friends who are white and privileged by virtue of that categorization (not necessarily because of wealth, intention or ethnic background), If you are receiving this it’s because we have gone through some beautiful things together and/or we have been a significant support for each other as a friend or colleague. This is...

By California Children's Trust and California Alliance, June 2020 Our nation is experiencing the rage, grief, fear, and uncertainty of the compounding crises of a global pandemic, economic recession, and response to deeply rooted racial injustice in this country, all of which creates trauma for youth and demands leadership and swift action to strengthen the systems foundational to their healing. While the public narrative has painted COVID-19 as a shared common trauma, the reality is that...

By Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, June 5, 2020 Senator Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, who ended his Presidential campaign in January, began his political career by serving on Newark’s city council. Booker, a graduate of Stanford and Yale Law School and a former Rhodes Scholar, became known for staging a hunger strike to draw attention to drug dealing and drug-related violence in Newark, and went on to serve as the city’s mayor, from 2006 to 2013. Booker, who promised an ambitious...

Greetings! Dr. Natalie Woods Andrews, Executive Director, Early Learning Department at SCOE will present the Black Child Legacy program, the beginnings, the powerful journey and accomplishments and where it is moving in the future. Topic: Black Child Legacy Campaign Time: Jun 9, 2020 03:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://baymark.zoom.us/j/92688588802pwd=bTQrVW01eWNDNS9EVUhoOCtNTmgvUT09 Meeting ID: 926 8858 8802 Password: 047950

This is hands down the most important thing we can listen to right now. https://onbeing.org/programs/resmaa-menakem-notice-the-rage-notice-the-silence/?fbclid=IwAR13yqTDbPAFdYjUVSJ_nXZukLs5xSBWCFKlRQCGmbdb0mJXyKyXUwpQqyk#reflections