What gives me hope is that we have agency in this. We can make eye contact or provide physical touch, if those are appropriate and feel comfortable; we can be kind, we can bring intention to building connection – it all has ripple effects. And we can put.down.our.phones.!
Idalmis T. Lamourt, MSW, LSW Assistant Director DCF Office of Resilience As I began my new position at the Office of Resilience, I found myself thinking a lot about the word trauma. We hear the term so often that we can become numb to it. But that isn’t case for those of us who have been impacted by trauma. We don’t become desensitized to what it truly means or what it took to get through that trauma. And each new trauma builds upon past ones. The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health...
A difficult past need not define you, nor determine your future. We explore three paths to building a satisfying life after hardship in childhood.
Nationally recognized days of awareness remind us of important civil and human rights movements led by Black and African-American communities and social justice advocates. February puts leadership, education, access, justice, policy, and governance under the spotlight. Through a PACEs science lens, this month is an opportunity to consider trauma-informed transformation through a PACEs science lens as the way forward.
We are seeking a few additional leaders and experts in education to join as panelists for a special closed meeting roundtable discussion taking place on 4/9 @ 11:00 am - 2:30 pm (ET). Topics will include equitable access to quality education for children of African descent, the viability of a whole-person education for children of African descent, providing school children of African descent tools for healing and resilience, and ensuring that the education of children of African descent...
Hi everyone and Happy Monday! 😀 To start things off this week, we want to highlight the work of Reach Within (https://www.reachwithin.org/) of Grenada. We featured them before and heralded their work with post residential and vulnerable youth and also celebrated their recognition from the Clinton Foundation. Their work recently gained attention from the local media in Grenada due to their support of a young man who had spent most of his life in residential care...
Hi everyone, I know that it's been a long minute since we last posted. Please accept our sincere apologies for that. 🥺 Over the past 6 months or so, some countries of the Caribbean have faced a number of challenges which can be addressed through a more holistic lens, including an understanding of childhood adversity and how better to prevent and respond to it. For the new year, we propose to be more regular in sharing information relevant to the region and, with your support, to roll out a...
Hi everyone, It's been a while but I want to invite you to join me as I take part in the PACEs 16-hour Creating Resilient Communities (CRC) accelerator certification program. If you are interested in doing work in your community to address childhood trauma and need some tips on how to start and resources available for use in your outreach, then this free webinar series is one to give strong consideration. Once you complete the Introduction to Places Connection webinar, there are several more...
(Getty Images) To read more of the BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors article, please click here. As part of a major initiative to create a new generation of philanthropists, The New3Rs, a 501c3 nonprofit based in New York, is enrolling students in its summer program, teaching Black history, civics, compassion, and responsive philanthropy. Its members have donated funds to a school in Zimbabwe and participated in the global We Give Summit 2023, featuring young students passionate about helping people...
Guilt and Regret are very potent emotions and can have a significant impact on how we make choices and decisions in our lives. They often share a common origin and it is not unusual to experience both simultaneously. Read more about the complexities of Guilt and Regret by clicking on the link below https://www.thetrauma-therapist.com/post/the-emotional-complexities-of-guilt-and-regret
PACEs Connection is excited to kick off our 2023 Creating Resilient Communities (CRC) Annual Accelerator Program.
Hi everyone, For this Wellness Wednesday, we would like to share an article posted last week on PACEs Connection. The article was written by Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D., author of The Adverse Childhood Experiences Recovery Workbook. His article outlines a promising trauma treatment known as Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). According to the article, ART is an evidence-based treatment for trauma and other stress-related conditions that is quick, effective, safe, and well-tolerated.
Happy Monday everyone! We hope you had a restful weekend and trust you are revived to face the work week. Today we want to share with you an article from Mary Giuliani posted on the PACEs Connection platform. In it, Mary shares how the childhood trauma she experienced negatively affected her close relationships. Many of us can relate! To read the article please visit the link below. https://www.pacesconnection.com/blog/how-hidden-trauma-sabotaged-my-close-relationships Let us be intentional...
Hi everyone, our apologies for not posting more regularly in recent months. We appreciate the recent post from Community member, Ms Gayatree Dipchan and hope some of you in this Community will also share from your own work or experience. If you would like to do so, please reach out to me via email using the signature below. There are always interesting blog posts on the PACEs Connection platform which we like to repost for your benefit. One such post is on how to help a trauma survivor, in a...
Sara Baldwin’s job was to mine James Bernard Belcher’s past for information that might sway a jury towards mercy after he killed Jennifer Embry. Photograph: Melanie Garcia/The Marshall Project By Maurice Chammah, The Guardian (co-published by the Marshall Project), March 2, 2023 The first mystery was who could have done such a thing, who could leave someone like that. Jennifer Embry was found in her bathtub in January 1996. She was 29. Her younger brother Ricky had come looking for her after...