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February 4th, 2022 - 1pm-5pm ET/10am-2pm PT - Building the Movement in the Child Welfare and Justice Systems Making these sectors trauma-informed, prevention-focused, and healing-centered You’re invited to participate in the third of eight remarkable workshops featured in the series, “Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience”. This half-day workshop will occur virtually and focus on promising practices in the child welfare and justice systems, as well as teach...

Join trainers Amy Read and Bo Dean for a FREE virtual full day Community Resiliency Model training to learn skills to help manage stress and support your well-being. You will learn how stress and trauma impacts the human nervous system and the six wellness skills to support your well-being to feel like your best self again. Register with the QR code or email aread@coastalhorizons.org

Please share this flier on our Resilience documentary screenings on February 7! We invite you to join the Resilient Brunswick Task Force for a FREE virtual screening and panel discussion of the film Resilience on Monday, February 7 at 9:00-10:30 a.m. and 2:00-3:30 p.m. The Zoom link is below. Please see the flier for even more details. Topic: Virtual Screening of Resilience Time: Monday, February 7, 2022 09:00-10:30 a.m. and 2:00-3:30 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting...

Lee Johnson III PhD and Sandra Bloom MD to lead discussion on emerging trauma-informed policies and practices in the education and health care fields. What are ways that these fields are taking PACEs, Prevention, and Trauma science into consideration, and what can advocates do to help further advance these and other promising practices? It's free to join, so sign up at this link today! You’re invited to participate in Building the Movement in Education and Health Care , the second of eight...

Join live on YouTube at 3:00 EST/Noon PST on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 for the 6th Annual National Day of Racial Healing THE WORK STARTS HERE Creating a brighter future for everyone starts with racial healing. We have an opportunity to transform the systems that disrupt so many lives. It’s about bringing communities together to create new ones built on foundations of: Relationship-building, truth-telling and racial equity; Healing and solidarity; Transformative action. That work begins with...

Join us next Wednesday for two excellent CTIPP CAN presentations to begin our 2022 lineup. Baltimore Councilman Zeke Cohen will discuss the work, started by the late Congressman Elijah Cummings, that is making the city of Baltimore trauma-informed. Claudia Remington will describe new trauma informed initiatives by the State of Maryland, including legislation that created a Commission to develop a comprehensive strategy to make the State trauma informed. We will also report on the first...

We are looking forward to our next mini-conference, “The Power of Collective Healing ” on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 from 9am-11am . If you haven’t already, register today for a calendar invitation and zoom link. In this mini-conference, we will focus on the concept of resilience and strengths within ourselves and communities. We’ll discuss adversity with an intersectional lens and share specific skills and strategies that individuals, communities, and organizations can implement in the...

The Carolina Hunger Initiative is hosting free nutrition and cooking classes for children and adults starting January 31, 2022. Information below taken directly from the Carolina Hunger Initiative website. Cooking Matters at Home: Mondays at 7pm Join us online for FREE online nutrition and cooking education lessons! The Cooking Matters at Home program shares information about buying healthy, affordable foods that families can prepare and eat together at home. Spring lessons will be held...

On Monday, February 7, 2022, the Resilient Brunswick Task Force will host an in-person screening of the film Resilience. The event will take place at Odell Williamson Auditorium at Brunswick Community College in Bolivia on Monday, February 7, 2022. Screening Times 9:00-10:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m 2:00-3:30 p.m. While this is currently scheduled as an in-person program due to factors out of our control, we may have to adjust this plan. Social distancing, mask wearing and hand washing will...

The Resilient Brunswick Task Force met on Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Bonnie Jordan welcomed folks and shared the agenda for the meeting and introduced Jamie Fox, who will be taking the place of Morgan King at 4-H and with the Resilient Brunswick Task Force. After that Kelly Purcell, shared the Help Now skill from the Community Resiliency Model. Jamie Fox is the local representative for 4-H and the Health Rocks contact person shared the Health Rocks program that is used in...

Please register now at this link to reserve your spot. You’re invited to participate in Building the Movement with Coalitions, the first of eight remarkable workshops featured in the series, “ Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience ”. The first half-day workshop will occur virtually on January 7th from 1-5pm ET/10am-2pm PT. It focuses on the history and future of the movement and building community-owned, trauma-informed, prevention-focused, and healing-centered...

Chart is sample page from county-by-county funding allocated as part of ARPA. Information is available by clicking here. This is the first of several articles on the importance of any resilience-focused entity, including your PACEs Connection community, seeking out the people in your area allocating ARPA funding and asking for money. Organizations do not necessarily have to be 501 C-3 nonprofits to receive funding. Thanks to federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to states in April...