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5th Annual Arizona ACEs Summit

 

The Arizona ACEs Consortium and the Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family put on a wonderful event yesterday! Arizona's First Lady, Angela Ducey, delivered a poignant speech about the importance of recognizing ACEs within the Foster Care System, based on personal experience with her nephew. She was authentic in her love of children and concern for their well-being. It was especially wonderful to hear that she is so knowledgeable about ACES!!! The Governor's address also expressed genuine concern for our children and the importance of the ACEs movement. The last keynote speaker, Dr. Bruce Perry was of course a mind-blower! Who in God's name can make neurology so palatable for the masses??!!! As always, Dr. Perry drew in the crowd and we all sat like conscientious students following his intricate explanation of the brain. I LOVE that Dr. Bruce Perry continues to acknowledge Historical Trauma in his work.

I lead and designed the Historical Trauma break-out session. It was amazing that 118 people were interested enough to register for our session!!! Elder Ken White, Jr. from Navajo Nation, Elder Propser Waukon from the Winnebago Tribe and Dr. Carlian Dawson all presented fantastic information from their various points of view. My presentation focused on the 3 Faces of Historical Trauma which is based on the Jewish Holocaust, Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Native American Genocide. A summary of my presentation is available as an attachment.

It's an exciting time for ACEs survivors! It's an exciting time for our children! Congratulations to the state of Arizona for having leadership that is listening and aware of the problems our children face. There is hope.

 

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I wish I could have attended. I just recently found the ACEs connection blog site. I am a clinical psychology doctoral student at a local medical school, and I am working on my dissertation which focuses on promoting more awareness of the ACEs study and prevalence in medical students throughout their training. As well as providing brief interventions and/or referring to an onsite health services psychologist or behavioral health consultant. I am open to further ideas and applications if any one has any. Happy to find this site and begin collaborating with you all! 

Thank you Iya for sharing this attachment.  I wish I could have been in Phoenix to attend your breakout session.  I also wanted to thank you for expressing a sense of hope about the future of Arizona.  My family will be relocating in the Phoenix from the Walla Walla area and it is good to hear that I am bringing my family into a state that is as committed to the work of ACEs and Resilience as the state that I am leaving.

PS - Was your breakout recorded by any chance?

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