June 2022

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!!!

This week, counties across North Carolina are celebrating Healthy and Resilient Communities week. There are some 15 counties in the process of having their respective county commissioners sign a proclamation such as the one signed by New Hanover County commission chair Julia Olson-Bozeman. (See attached photo.) Among the statewide activities being offered today, as part of the weeklong celebration, all are invited to participate in the following: 10:00-11:00am: Navigating the General...

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...

FOR STATEWIDE EVENT INFO CLICK HERE The New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force is excited to share that, later today, the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners will proclaim this “Resilient & Thriving Communities Week!” Click HERE to learn more about all the resilience-focused events you can attend. We hope you will join one or more! Let us know if you have an event you would like us to share! Please don’t forget to follow us on Facebook ! EVENT INFO HERE

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.