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The Building a National Movement to Prevent Trauma and Foster Resilience: Workshop Series brought experts from sectors across the country to accelerate the movement by providing stakeholders, advocates and practitioners with the tools necessary to encourage and assist systems in every community in integrating trauma-informed, resilience-focused, and healing-centered approaches and principles into their daily operations, thereby making America trauma-informed. Click the link below to access...

Come join The Riverside Trauma Center, a service of Riverside Community Care, Inc., for its 12 th annual virtual conference on February 2, 2023. We’d love to see you and your community there! The Rise of Resilience: Living Through Trauma and Disruptive Events ,’ will bring together leaders, employers, health and human service workers, educators, and government officials to discuss how trauma intersects topics such as diversity, equity, productivity, growth, and the humanization of work;...

Note: PACEs Connection is in dire financial straits. We are asking for support, from you, our 57,505 members, to help cover the loss of foundation funding that was promised and did not come through. Pay and hours have been cut for our staff—most of us will be laid off for the month of December. Another grant will pick up in January. Since sounding the alarm this summer, we’ve raised about $24,000 . To get a sense of who your fellow members are, who is donating and why, please enjoy and share...

The Trauma-informed Design Society is pleased to announce the new TiDEvalK12 tool ! This tool is the first of its kind--an evidence-based tool to facilitate interior design renovations and new builds of K-12 schools! It can be used to evaluate the physical space and identify changes that can lower the stress levels of students and staff. The tool is grounded in the Substance and Mental Health Services Administrations' guidance for a trauma-informed approach, the Trauma-informed Design (TiD)...

Historical Trauma: Two Workshops in October , for the Healing New Jersey Together and Understanding ACEs: Building Self-Healing Communities NJ network, and anyone interested in this work: October 6, 1-4 , Linsey McMurrin will present on Historic Trauma focusing on the Native American experience. You can register for this session here . October 20, 1-4 , Sam Simmons will present on Historic Trauma focusing on the African American experience. You can register for this session here . Both...

The NJ People’s Gathering is a first of its kind, open, online learning collaborative conference, being held on September 22, 2022 , to bring together people from all walks of life to discuss healing solutions to the big issues affecting New Jersey’s communities: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Collective trauma from the COVID-19 pandemic Youth mental health and wellbeing Material Needs (homelessness, hunger) being experienced within our communities Substance Use Issues Racism,...

On July 3, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 188 also known as the Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act. The CROWN Act amends the California Education Code and the Fair Employment and Housing Act’s definition of race to include traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles. Protective hairstyles include, but are not limited to, “braids, locks, and twists.” The legislation makes California the...

Please note that the ACEs training scheduled for July 21st has been canceled. Please check the calendar and consider registering for our September training. Be well and stay safe.

16 Strong Project is excited to be recruiting for our third Youth Advocacy Board! We are looking for youth ages 14-24 who are passionate about mental health education, want to learn more about ACEs, and who are ready to inspire change in their communities.

Our Pow Wow celebrates the culture and socializing of American Indians. It is a “living event” and not a “reenactment.” Public Pow Wows invite non-American Indian people to learn and enjoy the celebration, while also respecting the culture. The Pow-wow is located on Route 40, just west of Sharptown in Pilesgrove Township, about 3 miles west of Woodstown in Salem County, NJ, and about 8 miles east of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. The Basics of Pow Wow Etiquette: 1. Dress and act...

As you may already be aware, the two year contract with Dave Ellis, DCF’s Executive on Loan (EOL) to coordinate statewide efforts to prevent, protect against, and heal from the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) has ended. I know this is disappointing to so many of us whose lives, organizations and philosophies, Dave touched and influenced, but the EOL role was always expected to be short term. Together with support from DCF and philanthropy (the Burke Foundation, The Nicholson...

Our Regional Ace Collaboratives (RACs) are open to receiving ideas that address children and families and adversities in their local communities. If you or someone you know has an idea, please have them reach out to their local RAC. This opportunity is also open to young people!!! This is NOT your typical RFP process. More details to come!