Join the PACEs Connection Creating Resilient Communities (CRC) Accelerator Program to create a resilient community in your own neighborhood, town or city! It’s free!
Join us for Part II of the webinar series!! Dr. B conducts a free, three-part series regarding values in the workplace. Some topics to be covered include: • Generational Differences in the Workplace • Communication: Open, Safe, and Healthy! • Being Open and Honest About Your Values Earn up to 3 hours per HRCI or SHRM guidelines! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqf-yvrTgoH9HUMoqJA4JABj53XYmRhCe0
Health begins with mental health, and the United States is currently experiencing a mental health crisis. This problem has been highlighted by national and local leaders and elected officials. For example, on December 7th, 2021, the U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek H. Murthy, issued an advisory highlighting the mental health needs of young adults . Then earlier this year on February 1st the U.S. Congress held a hearing on the growing crisis of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders . Looking...
Just a gentle reminder of a great opportunity to hear from national presenter Ingrid Cockhren - CEO of PACES Connection and Dr. Tyra Turner Whittaker on the topics of minority mental health in honor of July as National Minority Mental Health month . This topic is so important every month, but this month we highlight the importance of providing culturally relevant support by welcoming and hosting these amazing experts. It's free so don't forget to register here for the link. A flyer is also...
Last spring, I attended a virtual book discussion of Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry's book "What Happened to You?". It was while we (or at least I) were still pretty locked down with the pandemic. I was working from home, living alone, seeing family but only seeing friends and colleagues virtually. The event hosted by Dax Shephard and Kristin Bell inspired me to read the book. It also inspired me to bring the book to our Georgia communities. I knew that I was not the only person...
By Ingrid M. Duva, Jordan R. Murphy, and Linda Grabbe, Photo: Unsplash, American Journal of Public Health, June 9, 2022 Abstract The wrath of COVID-19 includes a co-occurring global mental health pandemic, raising the urgency for our health care sector to implement strategies supporting public mental health. In Georgia, a successful nurse-led response to this crisis capitalized on statewide organizations’ existing efforts to bolster well-being and reduce trauma. Partnerships were formed and...
June event dates listed for the PACEs Connection Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program. JOIN US!!!
Are you interested in learning about new research that integrates the latest brain and social science? Then please join CTIPP’s next Community Action Network (CAN) call on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PT: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 742183645 Meeting ID: 742 183 645 +19292056099,,742183645# US (New York) Q&A session after presentations REGISTER / ADD TO CALENDAR The conversation will explore the integrated science of positive and adverse...
Ingrid Cockhren, PACEs Connection CEO, welcomes Rev. Deanna Hollas , the nation’s first known “minister of gun violence prevention,” for this week’s episode of "History. Culture. Trauma." on Thursday, June 2, at 1 p.m. PT; 4 p.m. ET. They will discuss the more than 60 mass shootings in the United States during the month of May 2022 — including the shooting of 10 Black adults and one White adult in Buffalo, New York, and last week’s killing of 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas.
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...
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...
Resilient Georgia is committed to addressing the mental health of Georgia's refugee population. Amidst the devastating war in Ukraine and the many ongoing global crises that continue to displace individuals from their homes, we want to do our best to support this population. To access news and resources relevant to refugee mental health, check out our newest blog .
At Resilient Georgia, we're committed to spreading relevant information and resources on child development and resiliency. To read our latest update on all things PACEs, check out our newest blog .
Introducing the Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program at PACEs Connection, a 16 hour program, free and open to the public, to learn key topics in organizing PACEs science informed resilient communities.
At Resilient Georgia, we want to do everything we can to promote the wellbeing of our Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) readers. Check out our newest blog that acknowledges the current state of AAPI mental health and the incredible organizations supporting AAPI individuals in Georgia.