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Tagged With "racial equality"

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Why governments should prioritize well being — [10 min - 2019 TEDTalk]

Jane Stevens ·
In 2018, Scotland, Iceland and New Zealand established the network of Wellbeing Economy Governments to challenge the acceptance of GDP as the ultimate measure of a country's success. In this visionary talk, First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon explains the far-reaching implications of a "well-being economy" -- which places factors like equal pay, childcare, mental health and access to green space at its heart -- and shows how this new focus could help build resolve to confront global ...
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Cut off from Justice: The impact of excluding separated and migrant children from legal aid

Dawn Cretney ·
All children and young people in the UK should be kept safe and have equal access to justice, regardless of where they were born. However, sweeping changes made to legal aid provision for immigration cases have put some of the most vulnerable children in this country at serious risk and unable to get the help they need. This report, written in partnership with Dr Helen Connolly, University of Bedfordshire, highlights the needs of unaccompanied and separated children in a system that often...
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Employers need to do more to support adult survivors of childhood trauma

Serena Bradshaw ·
We now need the right climate in the workplace for survivors to talk openly and with full confidence so that their employer can provide appropriate support.
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Re: London ACEs Hub

Tiane Graziottin ·
Please, do share, Gail. It'll be great! Happy Thanksgiving
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London ACEs Hub

Tiane Graziottin ·
Dear All, It's with immense happiness/alegria that I inform you of the launch of our London ACEs Hub (LAH) website! We've put a lot of thought and love into the project. Feel welcome to visit the site, explore its pages and resources and spread the word far and wide! https://www.londonaceshub.org If you are involved with an ACEs and/or trauma-informed service in London or elsewhere, do let us know! We have two maps available on the site to share details about projects. We would love hearing...
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Re: London ACEs Hub

Gail Kennedy ·
Congratulations! Can i share it widely on ACEs Connection's main site and in our Weekly Roundup? We at ACEs Connection are off for some R&R during our Thanksgiving break so we wont have a newsletter until next week (out on Weds Dec 4th) but I can be sure it will be shared then if that is OK?
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Re: London ACEs Hub

Iya Affo ·
YES!!! Great to hear! All registered for the Racial Justice Open Conversation.
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Unmasking ACEs and racial trauma as causes of health inequity: ways forward for primary care

Tiane Graziottin ·
Dear Colleagues & Friends, We are delighted to invite you to our second Racial Justice Open Conversation . This live webinar will provide participants with a unique opportunity to hear from two London GPs who are at the forefront of a movement to raise awareness of the impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and racial trauma in causing health inequity and in medical practice and education. Challenges and solutions will be addressed during the event, giving special emphasis to...
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LAH Statement on the Report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

Tiane Graziottin ·
London ACEs Hub's Statement on the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities’ Report In the light of the official report on racial equality released by the UK Government on 31 March, we reiterate the London ACEs Hub ’s commitment to raising awareness of the adverse childhood experience of racism that results in individual and collective traumas and negatively impacts our society as a whole . We emphasise our Call to Action where we state our conviction that racism is a public health crisis...
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