Tagged With "Health"

It’s been all over the news for months: Black women in the United States are dying from complications during their pregnancies or in childbirth at alarming rates, and those deaths are preventable. Less well explored is how systemic racism and historical trauma have been at the core of what’s driven up these rates over several decades. A March 20 conference entitled The Impact of ACEs on Black Maternal Health took an in-depth look into why Black maternal mortality and complications during...

Join us for a Hope for Change community circle. The Hope for Change community circle is an invitation to connect and share what your hope for change is in Sonoma County. May 4th 3:30-5pm. For more information email: erika.klohe@stjoe.org

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Racism negatively affects the mental and physical health of millions of people. The CDC and the AMA release plans to address health inequity. Sonoma County announces Core Equity Team.

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Did you know you can locate resources in Sonoma County? Here is the link to check it out! http://www.partnershiphp.org/Community/Pages/Sonoma-County-Resources.aspx

For anyone who thinks Oregon — long regarded as a liberal, progressive state — was a welcoming place for Blacks and other minorities in the past, a recent webinar sponsored by Oregon health care organizations was a chilling wake-up call. In June 1844, Oregon’s provisional government passed its first Black Exclusionary Act , with language stating that any Black person who set foot in Oregon “would be publicly whipped 39 lashes.” From that time forward, Oregon, like most states, amassed its...

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Sonoma County is participating in standing united to support maternal mental health month with the traveling blue dot. The Blue Dot is the national symbol for maternal mental health survivor-ship, support, and solidarity. The Purpose of TheBlueDotProject is to: *Raise awareness of maternal mental health disorders, *Proliferate the blue dot as the symbol of solidarity and support, *Combat stigma and shame https://www.thebluedotproject.org If you and/or your agency would like to participate...

White supremacy is a political-economic social system of domination, based on the historical and current accumulation of structural power that privileges, centralizes, and elevates white people as a group. It’s a system that dominates many aspects of our lives, including areas we don’t expect. One of those areas is American mental health care. We hope you’ll join Dr. Daniela Dominguez — for a two-part course that strives to understand the system, and how we can create a more equitable...

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Sonoma County PACEs Connection, Community Manager set to be a panelist speaking to Children's Mental Health. Between fires, floods, power shutoffs, and a pandemic, our children have faced more adversity than ever before. Sebastopol Rotary is happy to host a panel discussion October 21 on the topic of their mental health. We hope this will not only raise awareness but provide some insight as to where we can be of help. If you're interested in attending and you are not currently a member,...

Christina Bethell, Ph.D, MBA, MPH, founder of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI), principle author of the groundbreaking study on positive childhood experiences, and creator of the free Well Visit Planner, among other innovations. Two internationally-respected leaders and innovators in complementary aspects of early relational health and childhood and maternal health equity recently launched a partnership they believe will benefit everyone from newborn babies and...