Putting Alaska Native hopes, voices at center of state’s ACEs movement (socialjusticesolutions.org)
Before the Alaska Resilience Initiative could push forward on any of its goals—to grow a sustainable statewide network; to educate all Alaskans on brain development, adverse childhood experiences , and resilience-building; and to support organizational, policy and practice change to address trauma—its leaders had to start by listening. Specifically, they had to listen to Alaska Native people. That’s why Laura Norton-Cruz, program director of the Alaska Resilience Initiative, partnered with...