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By Steve Inskeep, National Public Radio, June 24, 2021 STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now, the president focused on violent crime because, as the mayor pointed out, it is up nationwide in many big cities. Why would that be? We've called Ronald Wright, a criminal justice expert and law professor at Wake Forest University. Good morning to you. RONALD WRIGHT: Good morning. INSKEEP: What kinds of crimes are up here, exactly? WRIGHT: Homicides are up. Nonviolent crimes are down. And then violent crimes...

By Bob Doppelt, Undark, June 24, 2021 I T WAS 80 DEGREES outside in Oregon’s Southern Willamette Valley, the record drought continued, and a red flag warning had been issued to alert residents to beware of wildfires. No, it was not autumn, when wildfire season has historically occurred in the region. It was April 16, when it should have still been cool and pouring rain outside. The surprising wildfire warning seemed to have everyone on edge, fearful about what might happen to them, their...

By Simone Weichselbaum, Lisa Riordan Seville, Emily Siegel, et al., The Marshall Project, June 23, 2021 Eliel Paulino was less than a block from his apartment complex late one night in 2015 when red police lights flashed in his SUV’s rearview mirror. After he pulled into his parking lot, police told him the light on his license plate was out. Within minutes, a routine traffic stop became a beatdown, court records show. An officer yelled at Paulino to stop talking, then pulled him to the...

ACEs Aware in Action June 2021 State of CAre Toolkit We recently launched the ACEs Aware “ State of CAre” health care provider engagement campaign to expand the reach and impact of the ACEs Aware initiative beyond our dedicated group of supporters and “early adopters” of screening. During the month of July, please download our toolkit and post it to your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn accounts. Draft captions can be customized to reflect your organization’s priorities or voice,...

Watch the virtual press conference in which representatives from the NJ ACEs Collaborative, along with State and community leaders, kicked off an exciting new public awareness campaign designed to highlight how we all can play a part to reduce the effects of childhood adversity, through actions both large and small that demonstrate compassion and promote a sense of emotional safety. How will you act to address ACEs in your community? Visit https://www.actions4aces.com/ and help amplify this...

The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Newsletter highlighted Black Americans and what's next for health equity: "Black Americans have faced an increased risk of being hospitalized and dying from COVID-19 compared to White Americans. This disproportionate burden placed a spotlight on the ongoing impact of systemic racism and long-standing inequities on the health of Black Americans. Multiple forms of economic discrimination mean that Black Americans are more likely to be...

You can't fail at self-care. If something isn't helpful, maybe you haven't yet found your own way.

La Maida Project is thrilled to share videos from our recent webinar series “Exploring the Role of Culture in Healing”. We had an great audience turn out and robust dialogue with our panel of guest speakers including Ken Epstein, PhD LCSW , leader in trauma-informed systems transformation, Anil Vadaparty , CEO of child-welfare agency McKinley, and Omid Naim, MD , integrative psychiatrist and founder of La Maida Project. In these webinars we discuss the role of leadership in trauma-informed...

By Rob Waters, The Washington Post, June 20 2021 Spencer Merritt thought he was going to die. He couldn’t breathe and voices in his head told him he had been poisoned and that his beloved dog, Lulu, who died a year earlier, had been, too. He thought the voices were talking to him through hidden microphones and speakers, although he couldn’t find any. His cluttered bedroom seemed like a death trap, and Merritt, 32, was terrified his parents were going to kill him. He ran down the stairs and...

By Kalyn Belsha and Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat, June 22, 2021 For the last few years, the Dallas Independent School District has been trying to make some of its schools more economically diverse — and hearing from other districts curious about doing the same. Its integration program reserves half of a school’s seats for students from low-income families, and the other half for middle- and higher-income students. And while just 14 of the district’s 230 schools are participating this fall, the...

By Ned Berke, The Whole Story, June 7, 2021 Solutions Journalism Network’s previous research shows that stories that focus on responses to problems can increase readers’ intention to become civically engaged and impact the public discourse . While that alone may inspire newsrooms to adopt a solutions journalism approach, a new study of a year’s worth of audience data from a dozen publishers shows that in addition to providing a democracy dividend, this type of reporting offers a high...

By Tom Wheeler, Brookings, June 21, 2021 ne of the lessons of COVID-19 was the need for speed in digital broadband connections. As more and more members of a household were online simultaneously doing schoolwork or working from home, the need for bandwidth increased. An August 2020 survey found that almost a quarter of broadband households planned to upgrade to higher speeds. It is for these, and many other reasons, that the broadband infrastructure program being considered by Congress must...