Tagged With "Attend the Parent Leadership Month"
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Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz: Solving Poverty in Your Local Community (www.betterleadersbetterschools.com) & Commentary
Cissy's note: This is a great podcast for parents, educators, and community organizers and change makers. It is an interview with @Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz interviewed by Danny Bowers "Sunshine" of Better Leaders Better Schools . Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz says things like, " We all need each other. Everyone here is important," and " The community is who we are," but they aren't inclusive-sounding platitudes. She is a tireless optimist but also understands, personally and professionally, how...
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Reducing ACEs & Building Resilience in Washington State Webinar
With Lowell Johnson, ACEs Resiliency Coalition; Emily Clary, Minnesota Communities Caring for Children Learn about significant progress being made in reducing the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and early childhood trauma, through examples of some of the successes that three communities experienced in Washington State, and sharing conversations with people doing this work in Washington State. Watch the full webinar here
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Research Review: Childhood Trauma and its Effects on Mothers in Home Visiting Programs [Prevent Child Abuse America]
Each month Prevent Child Abuse America's Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Dr. Bart Klika, does a quick run-down of emerging research related to child abuse and neglect prevention. In this inaugural installment, Dr. Klika walks through some of the recent research into the effects of childhood trauma and how the lasting effects of this trauma is impacting mothers who participate in home visiting programs. Watch the video here
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Saciido Shaie: ‘America needed me, and I needed America’ [City Pages]
"One day, when Saciido Shaie and her daughter were driving in downtown Minneapolis, three men in a truck drove by. There was an air-splitting blat as they honked the horn. Then came a yell that Shaie still remembers. 'Go back to your country. We don't need you here.' They drove off, but to say nothing more came of that moment would be to discount every other moment when somebody made her feel like she didn't belong. Shaie is originally from Somalia. There, her family had been rich. They had...
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Show Your Support for Parent Leadership at the State Capitol on Thursday, February 23, 2017
Get Ready to Recognize Parent Leaders February is National Parent Leadership Month. Minnesota Communities Caring for Children (MCCC) / Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota (PCAMN) will join forces with the Minnesota Department of Human Services and other national and local organizations to recognize, honor, and celebrate parents for leadership roles in their homes and communities throughout the month. MCCC will honor and highlight the achievements of parents from across the state at a celebration...
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California reaches milestone with ACEs initiatives pulsing in all 58 counties. Next: All CA cities.
Karen Clemmer, the Northwest community facilitator with ACEs Connection, was already deeply interested in the CDC/Kaiser Permanente Adverse Childhood Experiences Study when she and a colleague from the Child Parent Institute were invited to lunch by ACEs Connection founder and publisher Jane Stevens in 2012. But that lunch meeting changed everything. Karen Clemmer “Jane helped us see a bigger world,” says Clemmer. “She came with a much wider lens. She didn’t look only at Sonoma County, she...
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Trauma-informed Education Article Featured in Minnesota's Premier Parenting Magazine
Sharing an article written by a member of the MN ACE Interface network, Susan Wagner, in the MN Parent magazine. https://www.minnesotaparent.com/departments/feature/2020/11/trauma-informed-education/
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Bri Stevens
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Beltrami Area Resiliency Team brings the community together over 100 cups of coffee
Beltrami Area Resiliency Team brings the community together over 100 cups of coffee, Written By: Hannah Olson https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/7003511-Beltrami-Area-Resiliency-Team-brings-the-community-together-over-100-cups-of-coffee?fbclid=IwAR05zZRen0t_sCgJTXNZhzn7rOKjRvUQvGfaxSB2g5GXUgue3n33cfN7-zE Check out this powerful article that was featured in the Bemidji Pioneer this morning that highlights some of the expanded leadership, relationship-building & community resiliency...
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Growing Resilient Communities: Annual Gathering of Collaboratives and Tribal Nations Addressing ACEs
Join us in three weeks for our free, virtual Annual Growing Resilient Communities Gathering! This event develops and implements community-wide approaches to Building Self-Healing Communities. Participants are encouraged to attend who are involved, or want to be involved in, addressing the root causes of childhood adversity: this can include Collaborative, tribal, and other community partners, such as health, law enforcement, education, social services, parents, businesses, and nonprofit...
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NEXT WEEK: Growing Resilient Communities: Annual Gathering of Collaboratives and Tribal Nations Addressing ACEs
Join us NEXT WEEK for our free, virtual Annual Growing Resilient Communities Gathering! This event develops and implements community-wide approaches to Building Self-Healing Communities. Participants are encouraged to attend who are involved, or want to be involved in, addressing the root causes of childhood adversity: this can include Collaborative, tribal, and other community partners, such as health, law enforcement, education, social services, parents, businesses, and nonprofit service...
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Hiring for Director of Tribal Projects position!
We are hiring for a Director of Tribal Projects position at FamilyWise Services ! This position will support the mission of Familywise by leading prevention initiatives and promoting the self-healing community model in a specific geographic area of the state, including two to four Minnesota Tribes per year. Applicants will have the option to work 100% remotely if located in Greater Minnesota, or at the FamilyWise office in Minneapolis. You can find the full posting and position description...
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The 2023 Creating Resilient Communities Accelerator Program is now Open For Registration
PACEs Connection is excited to kick off our 2023 Creating Resilient Communities (CRC) Annual Accelerator Program.
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6ᵗʰ Annual Growing Resilient Communities Gathering of Collaboratives & Tribal Nations Addressing ACEs
Join us on Tuesday, June 27ᵗʰ for the 6ᵗʰ Annual Growing Resilient Communities Gathering of Collaboratives &Tribal Nations Addressing ACEs. This year we're convening people from across the state to address youth well-being. Learn from your peers' success stories and tell your own. We'll share strategies for building a culture of prevention. Together we can break the cycle of intergenerational trauma. REGISTER HERE TUESDAY, JUNE 27ᵗʰ 9:00 - 9:20 am Welcome 9:30 - 11:00 am Keynote...
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Sandy R Hruby
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Growing Resilient Communities Gathering of Collaboratives and Tribal Nations – one week away!
The 6 th annual Growing Resilient Communities Gathering of Collaboratives and Tribal Nations will be held in 1 week, on Tuesday, June 27 th from 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. This free, virtual event will focus on highlighting community-based approaches that support the development of self-healing communities – communities that intentionally develop more inclusive and equitable practices, cultural norms, and concrete supports so all children, families, and adults can thrive. This year, the theme is...
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A Midwestern hub joins the short list of U.S. cities with an all-female City Council (nbcnews.com)
To read more of Adrienne Broaddus' article, please click here. ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s state Capitol will soon be home to a distinction that few American cities can boast : an all-female City Council. The seven women that will be sworn in next month as council members are all under the age of 40, and six are women of color. Mitra Jalali, Rebecca Noecker and Nelsie Yang won their re-election races in November and will be joined by Saura Jost, Anika Bowie, Hwa Jeong Kim and Cheniqua...
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Call for Presenters: 7th Annual Growing Resilient Communities Gathering of Collaboratives and Tribal Nations Addressing ACEs
Please save the date for the upcoming 7 th Annual Growing Resilient Communities Gathering of Collaboratives and Tribal Nations Addressing ACEs, which will be held virtually on Tuesday, June 18 th from 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. This event supports tribal community members and partners and Children’s Mental Health and Family Services Collaboratives as they work to reduce ACEs, strengthen core protective systems, and create Self-Healing Communities across Minnesota. This year, we plan to...
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Next Thursday, 3/21! FREE Parent Leadership Matters: Systems Orientation Workshop
Good morning, FamilyWise Services is hosting a free, in-person workshop next week in Minneapolis that will educate system and organizational leaders from diverse sectors about the value and benefits of including the voices of parents and caregivers in decision-making about their system or organization’s delivery of services - especially the parents and caregivers who have been directly impacted by the issue that the system or organization is trying to address. Parent Leadership Matters:...
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Parent Leaders: Systems Orientation
We are excited to announce that FamilyWise Services will be hosting an in-person workshop called Parent Leaders: Systems Orientation on Wednesday, May 8 th from 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Workshop description: The primary objective of this workshop is to educate system and organizational leaders from diverse sectors about the value and benefits of including the voices of parents and caregivers in decision-making about their system or organization’s delivery of services - especially the parents...
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Only one month away! Register for the Growing Resilient Communities Gathering of Collaboratives and Tribal Nations: Locally Grown Changemakers
The 7th Annual Growing Resilient Communities Gathering of Collaboratives and Tribal Nations will be held next month, on Tuesday, June 18th from 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
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