Join Racial Truth & Reconciliation Virginia today, January 18, 3:00-4:45pm, as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who embodied racial resilience, peacemaking, reconciliation, and justice. This event will authentically address Virginia’s reckoning of the past and reconciling of the present and examine the role that educational entities play in shedding light on historical trauma and the retelling of history. Participants will engage communities in pursuing their own journey of truth and reconciliation. View on FB Live @RacialTruth!
The Caroline Virginia Community Resilience Network is hosting its first annual summit on Adverse Childhood Experiences concerning intentional strategies towards resiliency. Professionals and community members are invited to participate and engage in this inaugural virtual event on January 30, 2021. The summit will provide knowledge of trauma and supporting data as well as offer the initial steps needed towards becoming a resilient community. Alison Cebulla, Northeast Region Community Facilitator for ACEs Connection will be the keynote speaker.
View the full program flyer here and register here.
Explore the ACEs Connection website for a vast wealth of resources on ACEs science, trauma, resilience, and building a trauma-informed community network. You can attend webinars on organizing ACEs initiatives, view their webinar series 'A Better Normal', read through their blog, and more. If you're interested in creating a community page for your TICN, contact Alison Cebulla at acebulla@acesconnection.com.
The Virginia General Assembly has begun! Voices for Virginia's Children has created different options for volunteer advocates to support and engage in advocacy. Use this form to share your story and encourage others to share theirs!
Visit the links below for more information about this year's priorities!
Campaign for a Trauma-Informed VA: Racial Truth & Reconciliation Blog and Video | Education and Early Care Blog and Video | Mental Health Blog and Video | Foster Care & Child Welfare Blog and Video | Famil
SAMHSA Spotlight Series: Building Trauma-Informed, Resilient Communities
This series from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration includes PDFs that spotlight SAMSHA's community trauma initiative, as well as initiatives in Philadelphia, Tarpon Springs, Florida, San Francisco, and Walla Walla, Washington.
Join the Greater Richmond TICN in spreading kindness throughout our communities by practicing 21 acts of kindness during the week of January 24-30, 2021. View a flyer with ideas for how to celebrate!
5-4-3-2-1: A Simple Exercise to Calm the Mind
Tuning into the senses directs our awareness away from anxious thoughts and grounds us by focusing on the physical body. From this state of calm presence, we can meet whatever is troubling us with more steadiness and clarity.
January 18, 9:00am-5:00pm | Brown Virginia Dr. King Day of Advocacy at the VA State Capitol
January 20, 4:30pm-6:00pm | Creating Compelling Messaging with ACEs Data
January 25, 10:00am-2:00pm | Campaign for a Trauma-Informed VA: Racial Truth & Reconciliation Digital Advocacy Day
January 28, 1:00pm-2:00pm | Child Welfare 2021: What We Are Taking With Us and What We are Leaving Behind
Resilience Week VA 2021 will take place May 2-8, and it's never too early to start envisioning and planning!
Visit the recap video from Resilience Week VA 2020 to review last year's successes!
The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call or text 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453). Serving the U.S. and Canada, the hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with professional crisis counselors who—through interpreters—provide assistance in over 170 languages. The hotline offers crisis intervention, information, and referrals to thousands of emergency, social service, and support resources for children and caregivers. All calls are anonymous and confidential.
Mental Health America of Virginia's Warm Line is a peer-run service for individuals, family members, and other concerned parties in Virginia who would like someone to talk to, or who request community mental health resources, or who have specific questions about their recovery journey. Call 1-866-400-6428, Mon-Fri 9am-9pm and Sat-Sun 5pm-9pm.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides 24/7 support for survivors and their loved ones. Call 1-800-799-7233, use the website's live chat function, or text LOVEIS to 22522. They also provide services for those who are deaf and hard of hearing.
SAMHSA (the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) offers a Disaster Distress Helpline for immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. For services in both English and Spanish, call 1-800-985-5990. To connect with a trained crisis counselor, text TalkWithUs (for English) or Hablanos (for Spanish) to 66746.
Please feel free to share any resources or events that you would like to see in the next eNote by replying to this one or emailing Charlotte Eure at ceure@grscan.com.
For questions and support, contact:
Melissa McGinn, MSW, LCSW
State Trauma Informed Community Networks Coordinator
mmcginn@grscan.com
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