Tagged With "African American"

Lisa Smith and her two daughters peer out the front windows of their Diamond Bar, California, home. “We were that anxious,” 49-year-old Smith says, recalling that afternoon in March. They see a car pull up, and hurry to the curb. Inside are the two boys the family has been waiting for. Smith immediately takes the younger boy, still a toddler, in her arms while her teenage daughter holds the hand of the older one. Newly expanded, the family, alongside a pair of social workers, walk into the...

Abigail Disney, right, during 2019 testimony before the House Financial Services Committee. Courtesy Fork Films Author: To read Peter Hong's article, please click here. The granddaughter of Disney’s co-founder imagines a more equitable America, starting with better pay for Disney park workers. When Abigail Disney was growing up in Los Angeles, she was told never to publicly disparage her family business. Her grandfather, Roy O. Disney, founded the company with his brother Walt. She followed...

Click HERE to learn more. This summer program is designed to introduce students to college dorm life, research, indigenous cultural knowledge, language and landback learning. As part of the program, students enroll in a four unit ethnic studies course at Cal State LA. Upon completion, they earn four unit credits and can do so every summer before graduating from high school. Honorable conclusion to the Anahuacalmecac World School #IndigeNationsScholars Summer Program at California State...

Christina Bethell, Ph.D, MBA, MPH, founder of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI), principal author of the groundbreaking study on positive childhood experiences, and creator of the free Well Visit Planner, among other innovations. Two internationally-respected leaders and innovators in complementary aspects of early relational health and childhood and maternal health equity recently launched a partnership they believe will benefit everyone from newborn babies and...

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.