Support PACEs Connection: Empower Communities to Heal and Thrive

PACEs Connection is a dynamic social network dedicated to promoting trauma-informed and resilience-building practices based on the science of Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs). Our mission is to unite individuals, organizations, and communities to prevent and mitigate the impact of childhood adversity, fostering environments where everyone can thrive.

Thanks to generous donors, PACEs Connection is back online! However, to continue our work—including maintaining our Resource Center, which houses peer-reviewed journal publications, research, presentations, and other critical tools for raising awareness about PACEs science—we must raise $3,500 by December 31.

Your tax-deductible donation will ensure PACEs Connection remains a vital resource for those working to build trauma-informed communities. Together, we can empower healing and foster resilience. Join us in this essential mission—your support makes all the difference.

How You Can Contribute:

• Online: Fill out our donation form to contribute effortlessly.
• Check: Make payable to National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives (write "PACEs Connection" in the memo section) and send to Dana Brown at 4364 Bonita Road, PMB322, Bonita, CA 91902.
• Wire: Email Carey Sipp at carey.pacescommunities@gmail.com for wire transfer or electronic fund transfer details.

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Every contribution helps keep PACEs Connection a vital resource for our community. No donation is too small!

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A NEW CHAPTER WITH NEW PARTNERS

Thanks to the support of two key organizations—the National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives (NPSC) and our former fiscal sponsor, Third Sector New England (TSNE)—along with many individual supporters, PACEs Connection is back!

Diana Fishbein, PhD, founder and co-director of NPSC, shared her thoughts: “We recognized the importance of PACEs Connection having a nonprofit home with aligned goals, enabling it to secure funding and continue its crucial work.”

NPSC is a professional organization committed to translating prevention science into sustainable policies and practices. PACEs Connection’s new division within NPSC is a perfect fit, given our history of collaboration.

One of our key supporters is Jesse Kohler, NPSC board member and executive director of the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice (CTIPP). Jesse will serve as the liaison between PACEs Connection and the NPSC board. We're excited to continue our work together!

WELCOME BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY!

To our 60,900+ members: Welcome back! We invite you to start posting, share your stories, and let the PACEs community know what you’ve been up to. (Posting instructions and trauma-informed community guidelines remain the same.)

SPREADING THE WORD

We’re also grateful to our content contributors who are helping to build momentum. Dr. Lori Dorfman, director of the Berkeley Media Studies Group, shared her excitement about our return, noting the significant impact that media coverage of ACEs science has had on raising awareness.

We look forward to adding new blog posts and resources to our site, highlighting research on media coverage of PACEs and other vital topics.

OUR PERSEVERANCE: WHY WE DIDN'T GIVE UP

The past few months have been challenging, but we persevered. We didn’t give up.

The “we” is Carey Sipp and Dana Brown. As long-time staff members of PACEs Connection, we were determined to bring the website and its invaluable resources back to life after it went dormant in April when our funding dried up.

We both knew the importance of PACEsConnection.com. The information about the lifelong effects of positive and adverse childhood experiences—and the ways to foster nurturing environments for children, families, and communities—was too vital to lose. Over the past six months, we’ve worked tirelessly to keep the site and organization alive.

We remain committed to raising awareness about the lifelong impact of childhood experiences—positive and adverse—and the importance of preventing trauma. This work must be at the forefront of decisions made by parents, educators, policymakers, and organizations of all kinds.

As Dr. Fishbein said: “We’re excited to play a role in keeping this vital network online, as it serves as the primary source of news and connection for the trauma prevention community.”

For more on the history of PACEs Connection and its roots in the groundbreaking ACEs study by Dr. Vincent Felitti.