trauma
TCC October 7th Planning Meeting
Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United StatesSimilar to our August meeting, the focus for the October 7th Meeting will be to continue to plan how we will move forward in terms of presentations, participation and outreach. We will also dedicate some time to addressing strategy planning coming out of the September 29-30th event, Building a Trauma Informed Nation: Moving the Conversation into Action. If […]
Penn North Wounded Places Screening
Why do we as a nation make it so hard for children to thrive and how can we do better? Wounded Places, from the Raising of America Series, examines how our long history of disinvestment and structural racism has ravaged communities and left so many residents suffering from the effects of chronic and toxic stress. In partnership […]
From Brain Science to Action – Harnessing the Power of Epigenetics to Impact Change
Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United StatesWe 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 […]
Stronger Connected – Using What We Know About Trauma & Resilience to Build More Thriving Communities
Zeta Center for Healthy and Active Aging 4501 Reistertown Road, Baltimore, MD, United StatesThe TCC is excited to have the opportunity to dialogue with Central Park Heights community members around the topics of trauma and resilience as part of the Zeta Healthy Aging Partnership (Z-HAP). Our presentation is just one of the segments that will be covered at this Z-HAP event. Under the leadership of founding director, Betsy D. […]
Racism & Trauma: How Does Racism Get Under Our Skin?
Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United StatesHow 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 […]
DNA Is Not Destiny – Breaking Down Biological Obstacles to Success
Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United StatesAs a follow-up to our February and March events, we will be screening DNA is Not Destiny, one of the films from the Raising of America series produced by California Newsreel. This film will build upon and reinforce concepts raised at TCC's March event, highlighting the fact that everything in a child's environment including diet, environmental […]
Breaking Trauma’s Grasp Through Collective Action
Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore, MD, United StatesThe Thriving Communities Collaborative is excited to welcome back Naketta Lowery, CFLE of Sustainable Life Solutions and The Family Tree to lead us in exploring how we can collectively act to help break trauma's grip on our communities. She will follow up on her previous discussion with the presentation, "Balancing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) with […]