Tagged With "Childhood Adverse Experiences"

My story began as I was born to an unwed African American teen mother. She had my brother when she was 14 and had me at the age of 16. I vaguely remember the house that I was born in down south. Blacks were not allowed to be born in the hospital at that time so we made use of midwives. My grandfather shot my dad twice in the back with a 22 caliber handgun. He was chasing him away from our house because he told him to stay away from my mother. Shortly thereafter we were kicked out of the...

Thank you Lisa, Please share your story with everyone!

Thank you so much for sharing your story!

Thank you for sharing this!

Thank you for listening!

Thank you for sharing your story here @Boris Hines . I'm wondering if you'd be willing to post it to our main site as well to share with our whole community? And/or could I clone it to our ACEs and African Americans community? https://www.pacesconnection.com...nd-african-americans

Allison you can share it wherever you like! Thank you!

Please join us for our new series entitled: Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice. This monthly virtual Zoom series will feature conversations facilitated by Dr. Porter Jennings-McGarity, PhD/LCSW, PACEs Connection’s criminal justice consultant, with special guests to discuss the need for trauma-informed criminal justice system reform. Using a PACEs-science lens, this series will examine the relationship between trauma and the criminal justice system, what needs changing, and strategies being...