Latest Past Events

Breaking Trauma’s Grasp Through Collective Action

Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore

The 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 […]

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DNA Is Not Destiny – Breaking Down Biological Obstacles to Success

Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore

As 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 […]

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

Center for Urban Families 2201 North Monroe Street, Baltimore

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 […]

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