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Welcome to Virtual Racial Healing Circles! About this event Join the UC Davis Health Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for our virtual racial healing circle, facilitated by: Mercedes Piedra, MS : Director for UCDH Office for Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Rangineh Azimzadeh Tosang, MA, CPF : Founder of Solh Resolutions International We are creating a safe space to build a community of belonging for a collective impact on racial justice. [ Please click here to...

Thank you Brittany and Paula for sharing your wonderful services. I have attached the power point and notes with relevant emails for everyone to share.

Dear Stakeholders, The next Sacramento County Methamphetamine Coalition meeting will be held virtually on the ZOOM platform. Registration will be required in order to attend. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting. Please join us for the next Sacramento County Methamphetamine Coalition Meeting: Date: May 13, 2021 Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: ZOOM Webinar Registration:...

Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 3:00pm - 4:30pm Greetings! You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: May 11, 2021 03:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://baymark.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqdO2hpjIvGN3l6EqkVm2IVt47dr6dH4QR After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Introduction to Resilient Sacramento/PACEs Connection - (Formerly ACEs Connection) - Ramee Serwanga Mindful minute - Alejandra...

Currently, there are no standard asthma management guidelines that account for the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress on asthma, leaving underserved communities particularly vulnerable to increased risk and severity. Children for whom ACEs and asthma co-occur may ultimately require different prevention and intervention strategies due to their toxic stress-related physiology. As more pediatric clinics become aware of the role of ACEs on health outcomes, the field...

May 18 and 20, 2021 Webinar #1 Date: May 18, 2021 Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm PDT Trauma is Our Heritage, Healing is Our Nature The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study not only sheds light on the effects of childhood adversity, but it also raises questions about the framework of healing in healthcare. In the first of a two-part webinar series, participants will learn how trauma and toxic stress can heal through an ecological framework of health that includes each individual as part of an...

A collaboration between UCSF HEARTS and ETR, the Institute will provide ongoing virtual training, consultation, and technical assistance to participating school teams. Participants of the two-year HEARTS Institute will gain the knowledge and skills to implement trauma-informed practices, procedures, and policies that are tailored to their local school communities.

PACEs Connection is excited to be hosting a conference, in partnership with Genentech, on Friday, May 14, 2021! We are bringing together our most active ACEs champions in a half-day event, to connect, learn from each others’ work, establish long-lasting relationships, and spark opportunities to collaborate. The event will include: Highlights from local county based ACEs initiatives; Special panels on PACEs advances in juvenile justice and education Interactive, toolkit building “World Cafe”...

Andres Sciolla, a psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at UC Davis Medical School, hopes that an expanded version of ACEs becomes completely integrated into the medical profession in the future. By “expanded,” he explains: “Medicine would have to integrate sustainable and practical ways to address social determinants of health,” such as affordable housing, basic income, and access to affordable health care. Sciolla earned his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Chile...

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Please join Health Net for an educational webinar on: Health Care Team Well-Being in Challenging Times! When: Thursday, May 20, 2021 Noon to 1:00 PM Who should attend? All providers and staff ___ (Everyone who can benefit from this webinar) Registration: You must pre-register for these webinars. At the end of the registration process, you will be given the option to add the webinars to your calendar. While viewing the webinars, you can access the audio portion of the presentation through a...

We are very excited to announce that First 5 Sacramento will be offering a presentation on Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE), conducted by Dr. Robert Sege from Tufts Medical Center. As we continue to support trauma-informed practice in Sacramento County, we want to go beyond ACEs and focus on the positive childhood experiences that help to mitigate them. As an added benefit to joining us on this virtual overview of HOPE, we will also assess interest for providing future...