August 2021

This online community is a place where people living and working in and near North Carolina can come together to help prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), promote Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs), and find resources, tools, and more to help create safer, healthier communities. Our work is to promote collaboration among community members seeking to prevent, protect against, and help families heal from the impact of ACEs, while at the same time creating and sharing ways to...

Trauma-Informed Advocacy Workshop This month's CTIPP CAN call will cover: Why advocacy is important; How to advocate effectively; and What to advocate for right now. Participants will be invited to develop and practice their advocacy pitch through independent work and small groups, as well as explore what kind(s) of advocacy they want to partake in. Join the Zoom here August 18, 2:00-3:30pm

Community Need: Foster Parents + Our community is always in dire need of foster care parents and mentors. To be a foster parent or to learn more, contact Jessica Winebarger at the Department of Social Services (265-8100). Community Need: WYN Mentors + To be a mentor or to learn more, contact Angela McMann or Charlene Grasinger at Western Youth Network (264-5174) NAMI Community Meetings + NAMI High Country is looking for leaders of its support groups and other programs. If you think you may...

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...

How can brain science help a Pop Warner football team of 10-year-olds win the big game, and avoid depression when they're adults? Join us for the August edition of the Up2Us Sports Lunch and Learn Series and find out. The monthly lunch and learn session, usually exclusively for UP2US member coaches, is now open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Register today using the link at the end of this post The session is Wednesday, August 11 at noon CST, and features the Rev. Dr.

Please join us today at noon for our WCCI Wednesday Conversation. We will be talking with Clint Zimmerman, a pediatrician from Blue Ridge Pediatrics. We will discuss how he sees trauma in children in a pediatric setting, how they help children (and parents/families) build resilience, and how he promotes wellness in himself. Hope you can be with us! Please share widely. Link: Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/93894662207...