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ACEs Connection's Inclusion Tool makes sure nobody's left out

Ingrid Cockhren ·
We developed ACEs Connection's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Tool — called the Inclusion Tool, for short — to ensure that ACEs initiatives across the world focus on being inclusive when forming a steering committee, recruiting leaders, providing education about ACEs science, recruiting members, or providing resources and services within their communities. The more inclusive your ACEs initiative is, the more diverse it will be, giving your initiative a real shot at achieving equity and...
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Harford County Child Advocacy Center Donates Books, DVDs to Harford County Public Library

Veto Mentzell ·
Harford County Child Advocacy Center donated forty-nine (49) books and eight (8) DVDs to Harford County Public Library to help raise community awareness about childhood adversity and its negative effects on lifelong health and social outcomes.
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Harford County Public Schools to Pilot Handle With Care Program at Joppatowne Area Schools

Veto Mentzell ·
Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) , the Harford County Sheriff’s Office , and the Harford County Child Advocacy Center have collaborated to launch a Handle With Care pilot program in the Jopppatowne area for the 2018-19 school year. The Handle With Care program promotes a school-community partnership aimed at ensuring that children who are exposed to trauma in their home or community receive appropriate interventions to help them heal and thrive to the best of their ability, despite the...
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Trauma-informed groups rev up to address race, inclusion

Laurie Udesky ·
Eighteen-year-old Kia Hanson has always enjoyed her time as a youth leader at the East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC). She’s worked mostly with five- and six-year-olds since she began in 2016. Recently, she tapped into new skills, especially if the kids were having a meltdown. Kia Hanson “If they’re off, we ask them, ‘What’s wrong?’ ‘Do you want to talk about anything?’,” she explains. “Basically asking before assuming they’re mad at the world for no reason.” What made the...
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Wisconsin state agencies end year one of trauma-informed learning community; goal is to be first trauma-informed state

Jane Stevens ·
Here in California, many people think that it’s only liberal Democrats who have a corner on championing the science of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and putting it into practice. That might be because people who use ACEs science don’t expel or suspend students, even if they’re throwing chairs and hurling expletives at the teacher. They ask "What happened to you?" rather than "What's wrong with you?" as a frame when they create juvenile detention centers where kids don’t fight, reduce...
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Re: The TCC: Focusing on Community Healing & Engagement

Brenda Yuen ·
Rosalyn, Thank you SO much for posting about your TCC group! I had no idea we had such an active community in Baltimore (good to see leadership really determined to bring help and healing to the urban communities who desperately need direction, connection, and information. I live in North Potomac, MD - in Montgomery County - and I can see where something like this would be so useful here as well. Perhaps sometime I can join you and get some hands-on background on how you formed and what...
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Re: Harford County Child Advocacy Center Donates Books, DVDs to Harford County Public Library

Ruby Parker ·
This is awesome Veto!! What a great way to think creatively about building awareness in Harford County!
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Re: Article In The Atlantic: Being Black in America Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

Ruby Parker ·
Thanks for sharing Alexandra! It's so important to discuss what is happening in our urban settings where many children have well beyond 4 ACEs.
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Re: Harford County Public Schools to Pilot Handle With Care Program at Joppatowne Area Schools

Veto Mentzell ·
There is great work also being done at the state level by Governor Larry Hogan and the Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention (GOCCP) to bolster local efforts and expand Handle With Care to all of Maryland. Please check out their press release and the accompanying blog post here on Maryland ACEs Action.
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Baltimore’s Community Land Trusts Offer a Pathway to Housing Justice (yesmagazine.org)

This is Part 1 of a 3-part series on Baltimore’s grassroots activism for racial justice. Carlos Sanchez-Gonzalez, now 16, grew up in the working-class South Baltimore neighborhood of Curtis Bay. He recalls first experiencing housing insecurity when he was about 9. “My dad thought it would be better to pay the mortgage instead of the electricity, and we went four months without power,” he says. His family spent the winter without heat, and as a result, Sanchez-Gonzalez’s father developed a...
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