Roundup
November 1, 2023
Strength Through Unity: Nurturing Trauma-informed Resilience in Families Displaced by Violence Through the CRC & the PACEs Movement ([link removed])
The PACEs 16-hour Creating Resilient Communities (CRC) accelerator certification program is focused on supporting and developing individual advocates and organizational agents of change in transforming their communities and organizations using PACEs science, trauma-informed awareness and resilience frameworks.
By Kahshanna Evans, PACEs Connection Director of Creating Resilient Communities

Empathy in Action: How Volunteering Leads to Empowerment ([link removed])

Volunteering can uplift at-risk youths in many different ways. It can be a crucial support system and a lifeline for some desperately seeking help.

By Charlie Fletcher, PACEs Connection member

Cultivating a Culture of Care for Early Care Educators ([link removed])

Resilient Georgia and the have partnered together to create and launch a wellness training for infant and early childhood professionals in Georgia.

By Kristin L. Denning, PACEs Connection member

With the Mass Shooting in Maine..... ([link removed])

I have written the attached for educators and parents, wherever they are located, to help them deal with this shooting, school and business closures and lockdowns.

By Karen Gross, PACEs Connection member

On Sexuality & Emotional Neglect In Marriage ([link removed])
A very huge component of Emotional Neglect in marriages that we must talk about is Sexuality.
By Jabulile Mutale, PACEs Connection member


** Wednesday Digest
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New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR)
Mass shootings can affect kids' mental health. Here are some ways to respond. ([link removed])
The Marshall Project
One City’s Surprising Tactic to Reduce Gun Violence: Solving More Nonfatal Shootings ([link removed])
Bloomberg CityLab
The Key to Boosting Latino Homeownership ([link removed])
Associated Press (AP)
The US infant mortality rate rose last year. The CDC says it’s the largest increase in two decades ([link removed])
Atmos
In Palestine and Israel, De-Escalating Conflict Through Environmental Action ([link removed])


** Research Corner
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Ed. note: Dr. Harise Stein at Stanford University edits a website — abuseresearch.info ([link removed]) — that focuses on the health effects of abuse, and includes research articles on PACEs science. Every month, she posts summaries of the abstracts and links to research articles that address only PACEs. Here are 6 of the 30 that she found for this week. You can read them all here ([link removed]) .
Gaylor EM, Krause KH, Welder LE, et al.
Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among High School Students - Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 2021. ([link removed]) MMWR Suppl. 2023 Apr 28;72(1):45-54. PMID: 37104546 ([link removed])
Using data from a national survey, “from 2019 to 2021, female students had an increased prevalence of seriously considered attempting suicide (from 24.1% to 30%), an increase in making a suicide plan (from 19.9% to 23.6%), and an increase in suicide attempts (from 11.0% to 13.3)…Prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors remained stable overall for male students from 2019 to 2021.”
Orr C, Kelty E, Fisher C, O'Donnell M, Glauert R, Preen DB.
The lasting impact of family and domestic violence on neonatal health outcomes. ([link removed]) Birth. 2023 Sep;50(3):578-586. PMID: 36190166 ([link removed])
Of 1230 Australian women who gave birth within 12 months of experiencing family and domestic violence (antenatal = AFDV), compared to groups with a past history (HFDV) and no history of (NFDV), women in the AFDV group had higher proportions of factors associated with poor neonatal outcomes including smoking (42.4%), substance use (23.0%), and mental health disorders (34.8%). Neonates born to AFDV mothers had significantly higher odds of congenital anomalies (OR: 1.51), low birth weight (1.74), and preterm birth (1.48) compared with neonates born to no FDV mothers.
Janczewski C, Mersky J, Plummer Lee C.
Intergenerational transmission of child protective services involvement: Exploring the role of ACEs and domestic violence among families who receive home visiting services. ([link removed]) Child Abuse Negl. 2023;144:106384. PMID: 37542996 ([link removed])
From a sample of 3039 Wisconsin caregivers who received home visiting programs, 22.8% were also involved with CPS. CPS prevalence rates were associated separately with caregiver personal ACEs as well as DV in the home.
Chen M.
"Are You-?" "Are You?" Queer Advocacy at Contemporary Neoliberal Rape Crisis Centers. ([link removed]) Violence Against Women. 2023:10778012231192606. PMID: 37545388 ([link removed])
“This article draws on semistructured interviews with 23 LGBTQ+ advocates to explore how they navigate their sexual, gender, and racial identities at rape crisis centers today. Results show that LGBTQ+ advocates choose the ways that their sexual and gender identities are visible or invisible at their agency, usually to improve LGBTQ+ survivor services.”
Rattan J, Bartlett TR.
Potential influence of nurses' implicit racial bias on maternal mortality. ([link removed]) Public Health Nurs. 2023 Sep-Oct;40(5):773-781. PMID: 37141152 ([link removed])
“An increasing body of research describes the phenomenon of implicit racial bias among providers and how it may affect communication, treatment decisions, the patient care experience, and health outcomes. This synthesis of literature reviews and distills current research on the presence and influence of implicit racial bias among nurses…and interventions that can mitigate its effects.”
Rides At The Door M, Shaw S.
The Other Side of the ACEs Pyramid: A Healing Framework for Indigenous Communities. ([link removed]) Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 25;20(5):4108. PMID: 36901119 ([link removed])
“We provide a holistic Indigenous Wellness Pyramid …to guide pathways toward healing in Indigenous communities.”


** PACEs Connection News & Events
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Thursday, November 2, 2023
‘History. Culture.Trauma.’ encore with ‘minister of gun violence prevention’, Rev. Deanna Hollas ([link removed])

PACEs Connection Launches Sustaining Resilient Communities Initiative! ([link removed])

Join PACES Connections - Worldwide PACEs Movement Champions! ([link removed])

We're hiring: Development Director ([link removed])


** Member Posts
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C. Nicole Brown: RCC's Free Fall Festival Workshops ([link removed]) , Engaging with Youth through a Trauma Informed Lens ([link removed])

Suzanne Frank: AVA : ESCARS(Electronic Data Sharing child abuse reports)11/3/23 Noon PDT ([link removed])

Tammy Piazza Hurley: The AAP Wants to Hear from You: Pediatric TIC Training and Resources (Deadline 11/10/23) ([link removed])
Laura Gallant: Promoting the relationship building block in schools ([link removed])

John Engel: Now hiring: Trauma-Informed Care Trainer-Consultant ([link removed])

Renae Dupuis: The Becoming TraumaWise Summit - November 9-11 - FREE Event ([link removed])
Michael Skinner: Music Monday - Stand by Me performance by Michelle Skinner & Michael Skinner - Music is Healing! ([link removed])


** Mark Your Calendars
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November 1
Online: National Family Caregivers Month: Caring for the Caregivers Virtual Summit 2023 Journeying with Courage and Intention ([link removed])
Online: SunnysideFlex: A Web-Based Intervention for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder during Pregnancy ([link removed])
Online: FREE Mandated Reporting & Child Safety ([link removed])
November 3
Online: FREE Impact of Trauma Exposure on Professionals ([link removed])
November 6
Online: Trauma-Informed Mindfulness for Kids (Echo) ([link removed])
Online: Virtual: Trauma-Informed Mindfulness ([link removed])


** Videos
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Object Permanence (Mount Sinai Parenting Center) ([link removed])
Handling Fears in the Visit (Mount Sinai Parenting Center) ([link removed])
Interventions for Self-Injurious Behavioral ([link removed])
Get Off the Negative Thought Train ([link removed])
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