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Trauma Informed Practices are the link to academic achievement and social/emotional success for students who’ve experienced toxic stress and trauma. Due to repeated triggering of the fight or flight system, the neurology of these students is different than their grade level counterparts, and taking in new knowledge can often be challenging. Navigating social/emotional situations can also be difficult. Trauma Informed Practices help teachers and students to be better regulated, which...

From the Movement 4 Black Lives: It is with great excitement that we inform you that the Electoral Justice League application is now available! We will hire a cohort of full-time Black organizers who will champion the local issues everywhere Black people live. Fellows in the Electoral Justice League will receive intensive political training and in partnership with our Movement organizations, they will carry out localized strategy. To learn more about the Electoral Justice League Fellowship...

As a longtime grassroots organizer and direct-action trainer, I have heard from multiple parents, in the past few days, asking me about what their children will be up against as they participate in the #NeverAgain walkouts this week. As most of us have read, some students will be treated gently by administrators, who have more or less decided to go with the flow. Some students, however, may face consequences for walking out. Many have already been menaced by saber-rattling administrators...

First 5 Community Connections Grants- Accepting Applications from through April 2 nd ! A mandatory Statement of Intent to Apply is due March 26th First 5 Sacramento offers community grants up to $5,000 for innovative projects that will make a difference in the lives of young children and help with community bonding. For more information, please check out our website at http://www.first5sacramento.net/Programs/Pages/CommunityConnections.aspx .

For more information, see this Facebook Event . Rise up for Immigrant and TPS Rights by standing with us as we hold a press conference in front of the Federal Building in Downtown Sacramento - located at 650 Capitol Mall. We will continue to stand up for immigrant rights in our communities and in our city! Join us as we kick off a week of actions here in Sacramento!

"This brief was developed to provide outreach and engagement best practices for agencies, community-based organizations, and other entities that are working with male survivors of violence. Currently, the victim services field is not addressing the needs of boys and men of color, who are experiencing violence at alarming rates and are not being connected to the services that they need. Through interviews with hospital-based violence intervention programs, school-based health centers, and...

Something was different about the mass shooting this week in Parkland, Florida, in which 14 students and three adults were killed. It was not only the death toll. The mass murder at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High became the deadliest high-school shooting in American history ( edging out Columbine, which killed 13 in 1999). What made Parkland different were the people who stepped forward to describe it. High-school students—the survivors of the calamity themselves—became the voice of the...

$5000 grants for organizations, artists, community groups (not specific to 501c3), media makers, youth, community partners, and anyone with a creative way to increase awareness of the school to prison pipeline. Click here to find out more. Video on the project here . Call for Proposals For California artists, organizations, and community groups - Sol Collective is seeking proposals from California artists, media makers, youth, activists, educators, and organizations for this year’s...

Hi everyone - here is some additional information about the presentation at today's Resilient Sacramento Community Meeting... I wanted to follow up with you on the debut of our new guidelines and tools — Growing Resilient Communities 2.0 — and our new tool, the AC Community Tracker (here’s a link to the Sonoma County, CA, Community Tracker ), I wanted to let you know about them. The Community Tracker helps a local initiative measure its progress, and the guidelines provide information about...

Learn more about all of the elements of this amazing program, and the ways you can learn to bring this to your local schools, at their website (linked here). See short clip from their website embedded in this post!

This piece has been a long time coming. As a young person, I spent years interviewing women involved in the Black Power movement, reading their letters, poetry and essays. I was researching their experiences and the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder on their lives. Later on, I realized that I was searching for a way to be involved with movement work in which my spirit, personality and hope could remain intact. I've learned that part of that work is mine alone. But part of it is a...

A review of kids’ well-being & roadmap for the future. The 2018 California Children’s Report Card grades the state on its ability to support better outcomes for kids, from birth to age 26, through early childhood to higher education systems. This year's grades range from an A on Health Insurance to a D in several areas including Academic Outcomes, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, and Youth Justice. Overall, the state’s grades show a disappointing lack of investment and progress in...