by Rosalyn Williams | Feb 2, 2018 | Healing, Policy, Racism, Resilience
This week, we had the opportunity to hear, the President give his State of the Union address where he painted a rosy picture of the US economy and the initiatives undertaken by the legislative and executive branches. We also had the opportunity to hear the opposition...
by Rosalyn Williams | Feb 9, 2017 | Community Engagement, Healing, Resilience, Teens
The Thriving Communities Collaborative (TCC) was excited to have the opportunity to engage in a dialogue with the older adults who come to the Z-HAP Fridays at the Zeta Center for Healthy and Active Aging in the South Park Heights Community. We had only visited once...
by Rosalyn Williams | Oct 31, 2016 | Brain Science, Community Engagement, Policy, Resilience
Back in the early 2000’s, I volunteered in a program here in Baltimore called B4Schools. The program partnered people in corporations as mentors to students in Baltimore City Schools. Each mentor stayed with their student for the duration of their high school...
by Rosalyn Williams | Nov 13, 2015 | Community Engagement, Healing, Resilience, Teens
This month, the Thriving Communities Collaborative (TCC) continued our focus on healing and building strong communities. The presentations given by Nneka Nnamdi of The Living Well and David Klark and Renee Angelo of The Choice Program at UMBC outlined strategies for...
by Rosalyn Williams | Sep 2, 2015 | Resilience, Teens
When it comes to overcoming ACEs and trauma, once you get beyond prevention, there’s no more effective tool than resilience. Last month several members of the Thriving Communities Collaborative (TCC) got the chance to hear Dr. Ken Ginsberg speak on Reaching Teens: A...
