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Hurricane Florence first responders receive free trauma/resilience training

Carey Sipp ·
In a webinar offered this morning by Elaine Miller Karas , executive director of the Trauma Resource Institute in Claremont, CA, leaders from several North Carolina ACEs Connection communities affected by flooding and other damage by Hurricane Florence learned more about trauma response and how to better help their communities find resilience. Karas, who was delivering her Community Resiliency Model (CRM) training at Duke University in Durham, NC, offered the free training and provided...
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New Hanover task force plans to deal with ACEs in children’s lives [StarTo read the News Online]

Carey Sipp ·
Mebane Boyd is taking a six-month leave of absence from Smart Start of New Hanover County to develop a blueprint for how the community can deal with the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs. [Ben Steelman, StarNews.] A New Hanover task force, with a grant from the Duke Endowment, plays to find ways to help youngsters deal with toxic stress. WILMINGTON -- Aces are good in most card games, but a new program in New Hanover County will try to eliminate ACEs for youngsters who were...
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North Carolina's New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force Marks First Year

Carey Sipp ·
New Hanover Resiliency Task Force Chairman Scott Whisnant thanks Executive Director Mebane Boyd for her leadership, and his "Resilient Vision Award." The July 27, 2019 meeting of the New Hanover Resiliency Task Force marked the first year of the group’s work since hiring a coordinator, but the gag gifts handed out in celebration told the real story of the community building, affection, and joy experienced in the members’ work together. New Hanover County’s Chief Planning Officer, Beth...
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Overview of the Community Resiliency Model, used worldwide to help trauma survivors re-regulate their central nervous system, offered in two, free 90-minute webinars.

Carey Sipp ·
Elaine Miller Karas , key creator of the Community Resiliency Model (CRM), will be joined by CRM trainers from Wilmington, NC, Allison Wine , behavioral specialist, and Kelly Purcell , instructional coach and multi-tiered support specialist for this free, two-part training. Register now for two, FREE 90-minute sessions May 7 from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST and May 14 from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST (The complete overview requires attendance at both sessions. Registration link below registers you...
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Packed Room for October Resiliency Task Force

Mebane Boyd ·
Thanks to Judge Jay Corpening and Dr. Kim Cook who made impactful presentations to the Resiliency Task Force yesterday. Attendees learned about the different initiatives that have moved the needle of the justice system towards being more trauma-informed in the past several years such as the Raise the Age Initiative, the School/Justice Partnership, Misdemeanor Diversion Program, and Juvenile Attendance Council. There is more work to do, but it was exciting to hear about all that has been...
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The Best Defense Against a Hurricane is Community (CityLab) + Update from Wilmington, NC

Mebane Boyd ·
We are just beginning the clean up and recovery from Florence. The effects of the storm will be with us for the foreseeable future. But our resilience is showing. Neighbors checking on one another, organizations delivering emergency supplies, and people sharing hot meals prepared and donated by volunteers. We will get through this. https://www.citylab.com/amp/article/570193/?__twitter_impression=true
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Tools and how to use them is focus of second webinar on Community Resiliency Model, May 14, 2020

Carey Sipp ·
The second of two free Community Resiliency (CRM) webinars with Elaine Miller-Karas , key creator of the CRM, will be held Thursday, May 14, from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET, (10 a.m. CT; 9 a.m. MT, and 8 a.m. PT) and will include the practical application of tools of the model. CRM is an ACEs science-based biological model for helping individuals become emotionally regulated during natural disasters and other dysregulating times. Miller-Karas will be joined by CRM trainers from Wilmington, NC:...
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Re: The Best Defense Against a Hurricane is Community (CityLab) + Update from Wilmington, NC

Carey Sipp ·
Thank you so much for this update, Mebane. We of ACEs Connection are all concerned, hopeful, "with you."
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April 2019 meeting notes.docx

Mebane Boyd ·
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FFC October notes.docx

Mebane Boyd ·
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ACEs Connection/CTIPP Southeastern Leaders’ call: State updates, funding information, and “mind-blowing” information about helping people out of poverty

Carey Sipp ·
Southeastern ACEs Connection and national CTIPP leaders on the quarterly leader call welcomed guest speaker Rebecca Lewis-Pankratz (top left) for their quarterly call. Also among those present were (top row l-r) Carey Sipp, Jesse Kohler, Jesse Hardin, (second row, l-r) Patti Tiberi, Mebane Boyd, Jen Drake-Croft, Dan Press, (third row, l-r) Mimi Graham, Christopher Freeze, Margaret Stagmeier, (fourth row, l-r) Emily Marsh, Liz Peterson, Alyssa Koziarski and Janet Pozmantier. Also present was...
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Register now! North Carolina Resilience Peer Connection August 18th from Noon – 1:00

Mebane Boyd ·
Dear NC partners, Over the past couple of years, by survey and multiple conversations and meetings, we have asked those of you on the ground doing the important work of bringing communities together to prevent and address ACEs what you need to enhance the good work you’re doing. By far, the desire to connect with peers doing similar work has risen to the top as the #1 priority/desire that you and your colleagues wanted us to address and provide. We are excited to announce the first gathering...
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New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force Belief Statement

Kelly Purcell ·
Please review, sign, and send a copy to Tina Pearson and J'vanete Skiba. Tina@ciscapefear.org jvanete@ciscapefear.org
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Updates! The NC Healthy and Resilient Communities Initiative!

Mebane Boyd ·
The NC Healthy and Resilient Communities Initiative leverages Smart Start’s deep roots in local communities across North Carolina and honors the powerful work of local ACEs and resilience collaboratives. In collaboration with state and local partners, the initiative fosters a common understanding and shared approach for local collaboratives to support the health and well-being of children, families, and community members across the lifespan in North Carolina—in a way that broadens the...
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