February 3rd TCC Planning Meeting

The Martin Pollak Project 3701 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, United States

The final agenda for this next planning meeting will be set once the January 20th meeting has been completed, but mark the date on your calendars.  We value and need input from the greater TCC community! RSVP by submitting the form below.  

April 13 TCC Meeting

Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Our next TCC Meeting is scheduled for April 13th.  We'll be talking about next steps coming out of our prior events & path forward: The Nurture Effect Action Planning Take-aways from Wounded Places Screenings Framing the Conversation About Trauma Citywide Event We are back at the Center for Urban Families. We heard a few people […]

A Mid-Summer Evening’s Networking Event & Website Launch Party

Youth Empowered Society (Y.E.S.) 2315 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

We've talked about it. It's finally here, a TCC networking event and launch party for the new website.  We'll discuss ideas on what's working & what's needed in Baltimore. **********************************************************   To realize thriving communities, we have to work together with all stakeholders involved and really get to know each other.  We need to know […]

Free

September 2016 TCC General Meeting – Feature Presentations: “Safe Streets/Cure Violence” and “Boys & Men of Color Research Insights”

Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Our next meeting is planned for Friday, September 16th meeting, 9 AM to 11:30 AM at the Center for Urban Families. We're going back to our roots with a meeting focused on education and information to help us stay on course with our growth as a trauma-aware community.  All who share our vision of helping communities […]

October TCC General Meeting – Epigenetics and the Brain Science of Trauma – A Double Edged Sword

Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

For people suffering from the effects of chronic exposure to trauma, learning about the brain science of trauma can be eye-opening. Suddenly, it becomes clear why you behave the way you do; you can finally understand. But, at the same time many, particularly teens and adults wonder, "Can I be fixed? Will I always be […]

From Brain Science to Action – Harnessing the Power of Epigenetics to Impact Change

Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

We had a great TCC meeting in October.  Brain science can truly be fascinating, but what's even more fascinating is when we can harness the power that knowledge provides to make peoples' lives better. Join us as we take the next step.  We'll be exploring further: The policy implications of the brain science of trauma Examples […]

Thriving Communities Collaborative December Meeting

Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

As 2016 comes to a close, we would like to thank you, the TCC Community, for your support and encouragement this year. As a collaborative, your contribution is essential to our success. This focus of our final meeting of 2016 is on sharing where we are in helping to build a trauma-informed Baltimore. The agenda […]

Free

January General Meeting

Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

We hope your new year is off to a great start!  Please plan to join us as we kick off our new year with a facilitated workshop focused on identifying priority issues for the Thriving Communities Collaborative in areas such as partner education, external outreach, internal operating procedures for decision making and direction setting, and any […]

Free

Racism & Trauma: How Does Racism Get Under Our Skin?

Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

How exactly does racism "get under our skin?" How does something like racism factor in when we look at health outcomes? When the original ACES study was done, racism wasn't one of the adverse experiences identified as the population studied was only 5% black. However, when the Philadelphia Expanded ACES study was done, they found that […]

Free

The Irrefutable Link Between High-Quality Childcare & Thriving Communities

Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Over the past few years, the Thriving Communities Collaborative (TCC) has examined some of the factors necessary to prevent childhood trauma and build and sustain thriving, resilient communities. So many things are intertwined. You can't just deal with part of the problem. And so, this month, we've chosen to focus on High-Quality Childcare. Having access […]