Tagged With "Race & Equity Workgroup"

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

Ingrid Cockhren (PACEs Connection Staff) · 11/11/199:12 AM

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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Snapshot of ACEs Statutes and Resolutions

Elizabeth Prewitt PACEsConnection writer · 9/25/197:13 AM

The attached table summarizes all of the statutes and passed resolutions that contain the words "Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)" and trauma-informed language through the end of 2018. There are nearly 60 statutes with the earliest law enacted in Washington State in 2011. The laws are categorized by subject matter such health care, education, training, and funding. If you are aware of something we missed, please leave a comment to this post.

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Greater Richmond Trauma Informed Community Network, first to join ACEs Cooperative of Communities, shows what it means to ROCK!

Jane Stevens · 7/30/208:41 AM

In 2012, Greater Richmond SCAN and five other community partners hatched a one-year plan to educate the Richmond, Virginia, community about ACEs science and to embed trauma-informed practices. Eight years later, the original group has evolved into the Greater Richmond Trauma-Informed Community Network (GRTICN) with 495 people and 170 organizations. And they're just scratching the surface.

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"A Better Normal" Community Discussion Series- Our Reckoning with Race and Equity at ACEs Connection

Donielle Prince · 10/27/209:53 AM

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PACEs Connection presents the "Historical Trauma in America" series

Ingrid Cockhren (PACEs Connection Staff) · 6/7/2110:35 AM

PACEs Connection's Race & Equity Workgroup will be examining historical trauma in the United States of America and its impact on American society in a series of virtual discussions. This series will highlight each unique region within the United States and outline how unresolved historical trauma has impacted every aspect of American life and directly shapes the socio-political landscape of today as well as the overall well-being of Americans. Discussions will make connections between...

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2011-2021—A decade of steady growth in ACEs and TI laws and resolutions in the states

Elizabeth Prewitt PACEsConnection writer · 6/9/215:53 PM

In 2019 and 2020, dozens of states enacted nearly 60 laws and resolutions that reference adverse childhood experiences or trauma. In this post, there's an interactive map that shows them all.

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