May 2022

Register now! Dr. Bruce Perry to discuss historical trauma and help launch new "Connecting Communities One Book at a Time" book study with his best-seller, "What Happened to You?"

Carey Sipp · 5/26/221:01 PM

Please join us on June 28 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. ET for a virtual conversation with best-selling author Bruce Perry. Ingrid Cockhren , CEO of PACEs Connection; Mathew Portell , PACEs Connections’ director of communities, and Perry, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, will engage in a conversation concerning historical trauma and Perry’s best-selling book " What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing, " which he co-authored with Oprah Winfrey. Please share this blog...

Southern Baptist leaders covered up sex abuse, kept secret database, report says [washingtonpost.com]

Carey Sipp · 5/23/226:57 AM

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Photo: Mark Humphrey/Associated Press, The Washington Post, May 22, 2022 Leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention on Sunday released a major third-party investigation that found that sex abuse survivors were often ignored, minimized and “even vilified” by top clergy in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. The findings of nearly 300 pages include shocking new details about specific abuse cases and shine a light on how denominational leaders for decades...

Trauma-Informed Children's Ministry (New Book!)

Robert Crosby · 5/17/227:09 AM

A new research-based book for children's ministry leaders explains trauma-informed principles in plain language using examples from real churches.

Trauma-Informed Children's Ministry (New Book!)

Robert Crosby · 5/16/222:49 PM

A new research-based book for children's ministry leaders explains trauma-informed principles in plain language using examples from real churches.

May is Foster Care Awareness Month

Kelly Purcell · 5/12/225:42 AM

Key Facts and Statistics from Childwelfare.gov Include these key points in your messaging to demonstrate the important role relative and kinship caregivers play in supporting family connections that are essential to a child’s health and well-being. There are over 407,000 children and youth in foster care , and 34 percent were placed with relatives or kin. The term kin encompasses both relatives (those related by blood or marriage) and fictive kin (those who are unrelated but have such a...

Jewish summer camp opens for trans kids. The camp was filled within weeks. (upworthy.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 5/10/227:06 AM

Trans youth continuously have to fight for their right to exist in the world. Living in a country where states are actively working to dismantle rights and protections for trans children and their families is stressful for trans youth, a section of the population that has alarmingly high rates of attempted suicide . Whether it’s things like the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, squabbles over which bathroom to use or banning trans kids from sports that fit their identified gender, these kids face a...

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