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Washington, DC Metro Area ACEs Connection

This group explores issues related to adversity, trauma and resilience in the District of Columbia and surrounding areas. We are advocates, trauma survivors, concerned community members, and professionals who share information and develop practical solutions, to support the Washington, DC metro area to become trauma-informed, address sources of adversity, and promote health and resilience.

Tagged With "Campaign to End Child Trauma"

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Transforming Trauma, DC Institute - a workshop

Calendar Event

Trauma Informed DC Brown Bag Lunch

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Re: Transforming Trauma, DC Institute - a workshop

Brenda Yuen ·
Thanks for alerting me about the conference! If I had known about it well in advance, I might have been able to arrange to go. I'm definitely interested in what is going on in my metro community. FYI, there is a Maryland Counselor's Association Annual Meeting scheduled for November 12 and 13, 2015 in Annapolis, Maryland (The Historic Inns of Annapolis, 58 Circle Street, Annapolis, Maryland) and the conference is centered around "Trauma-Informed Counseling". I'm hoping to attend. Keynote...
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Re: Trauma Informed DC Brown Bag Lunch

Leah Harris ·
Hi Brenda, thanks for your feedback. I admit I am not so good with this interface, but here it is attached as a Word announcement. When I saved it as a PDF the registration link kept failing for me. Technical difficulties! Originally Posted by Brenda Yuen: Is it possible, as a future goal, to ask that these events be available in .pdf form so ACESConnection members can forward them on to others who may not be ACESConnection members yet, but potentially interested in the meeting (and then...
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Re: Trauma Glasses Message!

Brenda Yuen ·
Jane Evans, a great trauma therapist in England, created this visual, to help build the movement towards seeing everything through a trauma lens! I loved it - thought it was catchy and wanted to share here.
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Re: Wounded Places Screening and Community Discussion

Attached is the flyer for this event. Please share with others who might be interested in attending. Elizabeth
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Re: Washington, DC, forum examines trauma-informed approaches to end school-to-prison pipeline

Brenda Yuen ·
Elizabeth, Thank you so much for this rich update! I am meeting with three members of my children's public school in Montgomery County to talk about Trauma-Informed Practices in mid-November. I'd like to invite them to contact and/or join this group. We have SOME PBIS-program schools, but most schools (and teachers) are uneducated about childhood adversity and all the trauma they bring inside the classroom. These three Board members seem very emotionally intelligent. I know it will be a slow...
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Prevention is Essential: Collective Impact Coalition Promotes Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments for All Maryland’s Children

Anndee Hochman ·
When members of Maryland’s State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (SCCAN) began in 2006 to examine what their state was doing in the realm of prevention, they discovered a gaping hole. Many participants in the 23-member Council—people working in child welfare, mental health, law enforcement and advocacy groups—knew about ACEs and about the corrosive effects of early childhood maltreatment. But they discovered, through informational interviews across different sectors and an environmental...
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Youth-Led Advocacy Creates Healing Opportunities in Baltimore City

Anndee Hochman ·
After a shooting at a historic Baltimore high school in February 2019—a 25-year-old man, angry about the school’s treatment of his sister, who was a student there, shot a special education assistant with a Smith and Wesson handgun—conversation in the city centered on whether school resource officers should be armed. Students said that was the wrong question. When City Council’s education and youth committee, chaired by council member Zeke Cohen, held hearings on school violence following the...
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The littlest witnesses to D.C.'s gun violence inspire an initiative aimed at stopping it [washingtonpost.com]

By Theresa Vargas, The Washington Post, September 26, 2020 A 13-year-old girl sits in her home on the Northwest side of the nation’s capital, taps on her screen to get to class — and feels relieved. Relieved that she doesn’t have to sling her backpack over her shoulder and say goodbye to her mom and little sister. Relieved that she doesn’t have to step outside and make the 2-minute walk to her middle school. Relieved that at the end of the school day, she doesn’t have to walk home alone.
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Teri Johnson

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Liz Castaneda

Liz Castaneda
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Susan Hess

Susan Hess
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Zach Laris

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Sharra Greer

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Karen Key

Karen Key
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Dawnn Leary

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Hannah Davis

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Nick Szubiak

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Eileen Doty

Eileen Doty
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40 Acres and a School - Fundraising for Black Liberation in New England States

McKinley McPheeters ·
I am a member of Done for DiDi: White Labor Collective - an international direct giving collective instructed by Black women and non-men organizers and executed by a network of white labor. We are redistributing white wealth - money, land, time, skills, and resources - to Black women and non-men. I’m sharing with your group the opportunity to participate and amplify an incredible campaign called 40 Acres and a School. The project is led by DiDi Delgado and Black Marginalized Genders (MaGes).
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Rebecca Mintz

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FREE WEBINAR - The Impact of Mind Matters: Preliminary Evidence of Effectiveness in a Community-Based Sample

Emily P Jackson ·
Becky Antle, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work and esteemed University Scholar at the University of Louisville, won The Dibble Institute’s national competition to evaluate Mind Matters: Overcoming Adversity and Building Resilience in 2019. As a result, Dr. Antle and her colleagues have conducted a randomized controlled trial to examine the impact of Mind Matters on a host of outcomes related to trauma symptoms, emotional regulation, coping and resiliency, and interpersonal skills for at-risk...
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Supporting Mental Well-Being through Child Care Settings - 9/30, 1:30-3:00 ET

Jesse Maxwell Kohler ·
A webinar offered by the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP) Thursday, September 30, 1:30 - 3:00 pm EDT Register today . Addressing the mental health needs of child care providers and children in care is vital in the face of the pandemic, a population-level traumatic event. CTIPP is offering a "plug and play" framework to ease the process of developing a continuum of training, reflective coaching, and consultation to build the capacity for supporting relational health...
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Lori Chelius

Lori Chelius
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A football player couldn’t find a therapist who understood Black, urban trauma. So, he decided to become one [Washington Post]

Fellonte Misher was a standout football player at his D.C. high school and at Old Dominion University. (Theresa Vargas/The Washington Post) If you had met Fellonte Misher a decade ago, you would have encountered a teenager who believed the only way he could help his family was through football. While other students worried about their GPAs, he focused on different numbers. As a student at D.C.’s Coolidge High School, the 6-foot-2 wide receiver made 13 touchdowns in a season and 17 tackles in...
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Brenda Yuen

Brenda Yuen
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