April 2021

Click on the flyers, images, and links throughout this eNote to register for these upcoming Resilience Week Virginia 2021 events! More are coming together every day, so keep checking the Resilience Week Events Page for more ways to participate. Through this session, Chloe Edwards and Emily Griffey from Voices for Virginia's Children will walk participants through a state and federal policy deep dive by highlighting policies that contribute to resilient communities. Stay informed to fully...

Although vaccination rates are increasing and case rates are decreasing, ACPM is following the advice of public health officials and taking a science-based approach to this year’s meeting, and Preventive Medicine 2021, May 16–19, is transitioning to 100% virtual . While we eagerly look ahead to a time when we can gather in person, we can’t wait to engage with members from throughout the country via live, online sessions, presentations and activities. Register before April 25 to take...

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Recent materials added to our COVID-19 resource library The Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health now has over 100 resources available on our web-based COVID-19 resources library. Resources include fact sheets, social media messages, videos, radio scripts, and podcasts for use by Native American communities. Linked below are some of the recent materials posted around topics such as vaccines, school reopening, and substance use. Beverly Gorman - Diné Traditional Healer Talks about...

Nicole Ananda is a women’s empowerment coach and intuitive healing arts professional. Nicole has been serving the wellness industry for over a decade as a Women’s Empowerment Coach, Trauma-Informed Emotional Healer, Shamanic Reiki Master, Transformational Breathwork Facilitator, E-RYT 500 YogaWorks Teacher Trainer and Medicine Woman.

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Transforming Trauma Episode 040: ACEs, Developmental Trauma, and Chronic Illness with Veronique Mead In this episode of Transforming Trauma, our host Sarah Buino is joined by somatic therapist Veronique Mead, a former practicing physician and assistant professor of family medicine. For 20 years Veronique has been researching and integrating science with her personal journey of chronic fatigue syndrome, finding powerful evidence of the connection between childhood adversity and chronic...

Hi Friends! We are moving our Better Normal- Education Upended series back to 12 pm PST every 2nd and 4th Thursday. Join us this Thursday via Zoom, 4/22, at 12pm PST. To register click here

Many people woke up Tuesday morning worrying about the verdict a jury would deliver in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, and agonizing over the possibility that yet again justice would be denied. That we would even consider that justice might be denied in such an egregious case in which dozens of people witnessed first-hand the murder of Floyd, and millions more watched his tragic and needless death on video says so very much about the state of justice in this...

Earth Day has blossomed into a month-long celebration in April focusing on getting outdoors, appreciating nature and coming together as a community all of which are important in our work as ACEs Aware grantees. Recently, “spending time in nature” was added to the list of ways to practice self-care in relation to Adverse Childhood Experiences. The idea behind the self-care practices is to regulate an overactive stress response which can be heightened due to exposure to ACEs and lead to toxic...

[Editor's note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a web site — abuseresearch.info — that focuses on the health effects of abuse, and includes research articles on ACEs. Every month, she posts the summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only ACEs. Thank you, Harise!! -- Jane Stevens] Ma J, Lee SJ, Grogan-Kaylor A. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Spanking Have Similar Associations with Early Behavior. Problems. J Pediatr. 2021 Feb...

The Rev. Darrell Armstrong, pastor of the historic Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, New Jersey, is an accomplished man. He graduated from Stanford University in public policy and went on to get his master’s degree in divinity studies at Princeton. As a former director in the New Jersey Department of Human Services, he was responsible for New Jersey’s statewide strategy for preventing child abuse and neglect. Armstrong has also worked as an entrepreneur, workshop facilitator, and radio host.