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Kawika Ke Koa Pegram has lived his entire life in island communities and is all too familiar with what sea level rise looks like firsthand. Pegram, a 17-year-old junior in high school, recently moved back to Hawai‘i—where he was born—from the Philippines. Two years later, Hurricane Walaka hit the state. “It was one of the worst storms the island has seen in modern history,” he remembers. “It had floods that went up to your knees and legs.” Pegram says he had seen that degree of flooding...

It was a sunny fall afternoon a few years ago. A friend posed a very interesting question as we ate our dinner on the deck at a local restaurant. “What do you think, Chris, about the possibility of a whole group of people experiencing a reaction to trauma? Like, maybe our whole nation is still traumatized from 9-11-01, or Katrina, or maybe just a whole host of cascading traumatic events?” We spoke at some length about what a reaction to trauma would look like in a society at large, and it...

Dear ACEs Connection Community: We've had hundreds of people sign up for the virtual screening and Twitter chat this week. We've had a few questions about the registration process and viewing details which I'll answer here. If you have other questions, please leave a comment so we can address them. Thank you. Cissy Q)I've not registered yet, can I still do so? Yes. Here's the link to register for the virtual screening and more information about the film and the Twitter discussion which will...

Dr. Sandra Bloom, MD, author of the Sanctuary Model, discusses the adverse childhood experience (ACE) study and childhood trauma's effect on adult health.

PREVENTION: a key solution to reducing ACEs. Bringing Baby Home Training of Trainers, Sacramento, April 25-26, 2019 Building healthy families is key to reducing ACEs. Even the strongest relationships are strained during the transition to parenthood. Lack of sleep, never-ending housework and new fiscal concerns can lead to profound stress and a decline in marital satisfaction — all of which affect baby’s care. Not surprisingly, 67% of new parents experience conflict, disappointment and hurt...

Growing this podcast. Growing its reach. Growing the hope. Thank you for tuning in!

Thank you for listening in on this thought-provoking conversation with ACEs Connection member, Karen Zilberstein, discussing her philosophies and work in the parenting arena. Thank you, Karen, for helping shine the light of hope into the lives of those who might be struggling in their parenting roles due to additional pressures and lack of resources.

Resilience, or the ability to overcome challenges in life, is a trait many parents hope their children will develop. Resilient children are more likely to have good emotional and mental health. Research has shown that children who know more about their families and family history are more resilient and tend to do better when facing challenges in life. This may be because seeing patterns of overcoming failures and surviving hard times can help children recognize that people can recover and...

Louis Boria, a.k.a. Brooklyn Boy, at right, shows New Visions sophomore Russell Arnold, 16, at center left, and other students a new knitting pattern during his two-hour workshop with the Knitting Club at New Visions School on Blue Hills Avenue in Hartford. After Louis Boria heard about the student knitters of Hartford, he came to Connecticut with a message — and a challenge. “Fall in love with your passion. Love yourself first,” Boria — the founder of his own knitting company, Brooklyn Boy...

Nearly 7,000 miles separate the U.S. west coast from Christchurch, New Zealand. But the attack on two mosques that left 49 dead and 20 more injured during Friday’s afternoon prayers feels close. It feels close because we, too, have witnessed the tragic consequences of violent Islamophobia in the United States. We remember the two victims stabbed on a Portland train . We remember the man who was shot and killed in Olathe, Kansas . We remember Nazma Khanam , Maulama Akonjee and Abdisamad...

Today I received a message from a former student who is now a grown man. My favorite memory about him was his big beautiful smile. I have not seen him for at least a decade, if not longer. He found me on Facebook a few months ago and today he sent me this message: Never doubt that those moments of care, the ones where we have to dig really deep to take care of one more student, may just be the moment that makes all the difference. My student, with the biggest smile, was hiding a very sad and...

Like many states, New York has a bail law that is half a century old. The legal rules that in 2010 made it possible for 16-year-old Kalief Browder to be jailed on Rikers Island for three years for allegedly stealing a backpack—just because his family couldn’t pay $3,000 in bail to get him out—all remain on the books. Criminal justice reformers around the country are admonishing the Empire State to change its system, arguing that having to pay money to get out of jail unfairly targets the...