Community partners working together
to build health and resilience
March 2022
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PACEs Action Alliance *
*Positive over Adverse Childhood Experiences
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VIEW the video from our last meeting here. At this meeting, we discussed the name change from ACEs to PACEs and reviewed the research on the impact of Positive Childhood Experiences by HOPE at Tufts University. Roosevelt Wood from Unite Us presented this online program for resource coordination and closed-loop referral that is free for non-profit and governmental agencies and providers.
NEXT MEETING:
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Trauma-Informed Schools Workgroup |
NEXT MEETING:
- TIME: 1 - 3 pm, Thursday, March 10
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TOPIC: Our discussion of equity approaches in schools continues as we welcome equity directors Klarissa Hightower (Evergreen PS), Janell Ephraim (Vancouver PS) and Charlene Williams (Camas PS) to share their district's work on this topic.
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LINK - or click button below: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84899435499?pwd=dkxkU3Bkay9nZ0VZY1pJVHZTRk5sUT09
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Meeting ID: 848 9943 5499
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Passcode: 560437
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Dial in (Meeting ID and passcode required): 1.253.215.8782
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Although Faith-Based Coffee meetings are on pause due to COVID-related demands on our schools and zoom fatigue, all usual Faith-Based Coffee attendees are invited to attend the PACEs Action Alliance meetings. For the month of March, the Trauma-Informed Schools meeting is also open to friends from Faith-Based Coffee. Please see meeting content and directions for joining these zoom meetings in the section above. Hope to see you there!
Our schools are extremely appreciative of support from their partner faith communities. See the section on Faith-Based Coffee at the bottom of the newsletter for contact information if your faith community wants more information or to connect to a school partner.
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Safe Kids Clark County will resume their monthly meetings on Teams!
NEXT MEETING:
- TIME: 10 - 11:30 am, Tuesday, March 15
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TOPIC: Goals and projects for 2022.
- Hear what Kanessa has been doing since we last met and meet her new co-coordinator. Look forward to seeing everyone.
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LINK: Click button below to join with Microsoft Teams
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Southwest Washington Healthy Families |
NEXT MEETING:
- TIME: Noon on Monday, March 21
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TOPIC: Joe Enlet will present on the Micronesian community. Joe was born and raised in Chuuk, Micronesia and has lived in Portland Oregon for the past 12 years. In 2017, Joe was appointed and confirmed by the FSM President to serve as Consul General for the Federated States of Micronesia at the FSM Consulate General in Portland, OR. He has worked in public policy as a community organizer and advocate for many years within the Pacific Islander community both locally and nationally. He currently serves as President of the COFA Alliance National Network (CANN), a local Portland non-profit advocacy organization with chapters in Washington, Arizona, Texas, and Eastern Oregon.
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LINK to pre-register (or click on button below): https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcu2uqTwrH92PYKhrDMwxFg8vJoyvXT7h
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Raising Clark County - Coming Soon! |
Clark County Public Health is collaborating with community partners to launch a county-wide survey of families with children ages zero to five later this month. We want to hear directly from Clark County families about what’s working well for them and what challenges they’re facing so we can better support them . Watch for more information in the April newsletter and an opportunity to help ensure all families' voices are heard by distributing the survey link and encouraging participation.
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Adaptive Leadership for System Change will address the framework, skills and tools necessary to support families, peers and professionals in their roles as leaders in transformation. This training has been developed for participants from all levels and is not training on how to be a manager, rather on leading from any position. The strategies and tools will significantly enhance the trainee’s ability to facilitate collaboration and systems change in their settings/communities. Provided by Washington State Health Care Authority.
Limited availability - register soon!
9 am - 3 pm each day
March 7, 9 & 11
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Learn all about eligibility, supports and services for all ages through the Developmental Disability Administration at this training at 1 pm on Thursday, April 21.
To register: Email or call 360.759.4317, Sarah Revord, Kinship Navigator at the Agency on Aging and Disabilities of Southwest Washington.
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month! To raise awareness of our community responsibility to end child abuse, the Children's Justice Center is once again distributing pinwheels and signs to place outside local businesses and neighborhoods.
If you are willing to plant pinwheels in April, CJC will provide you with four bundles of 25 pinwheels and one sign later this month.
Willing to do your part? Arrange pick up or delivery of your bundles and sign by e-mailing CJC or call 564.397.6002. |
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Learn more about free telecommunication equipment options for the deaf and hard-of-hearing at this webinar 11 am on March 16. |
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Family Youth System Partner Roundtable offers support for families and children living with mental health concerns. Don't miss another meeting! See the schedule and contact info above. |
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Yum! Yum! The Clark County Food Bank is offering online cooking classes and delivering the ingredients directly to participants' homes. Cook along with CCFB! Click the button to sign up. Got questions? Contact the food bank or call 360.693.0939.
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PEACE NW offers SibShops for siblings of kids with disabilities or special health care needs.
March 12 from noon to 1:20 pm.
For kids ages 8 to 14.
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Black students are three times more likely to be suspended than White students. Suspended students are nearly three times more likely to become involved with the juvenile justice system in the following year.
What will it take to disrupt that?
Sound Discipline, CHOOSE 180, The Freedom Project WA are co-sponsoring a free, interactive, online community conversation on
Tuesday, March 15, noon to 2 pm.
Register here. Registration includes an opportunity to view the documentary film, Since I Been Down..
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The CDC just released a new surveillance report on children’s mental health, using data from different sources to describe mental health and mental disorders in children during 2013–2019. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety among children of all ages, and symptoms related to depression among adolescents, are the most common concerns.
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Commemorate National Poison Prevention Week with the Children's Safety Network by learning about risk and protective factors for poisonings among young children and how these injuries can be prevented. Medication errors and unsupervised exposures to medications are responsible for approximately 1,100 poison control center-reported cases and 130 emergency department visits daily for children ages 5 and under. 11 am to noon, March 22, 2022. Register here.
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It's been a tough couple of years for teachers. We need you and value you!! Miss Kendra Webinar Series presents "Why Teachers Should Not Quit the Profession" at 1 pm on Tuesday, March 15. Register here.
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If you haven't been joining the Building the Movement workshop series, be sure to join the next free, virtual workshop this Friday (March 4) from 10 am to 2 pm. Register HERE. You can also watch any of the workshops you have missed HERE.
This workshop series aims to provide stakeholders, advocates and practitioners the tools to integrate trauma-informed, resilience-focused and healing-centered approaches and principles into their daily operations.
This week, the workshop focus is on populations with high prevalence of trauma.
Future workshops:
- 3/18: Building the Movement with Foundations and the Private Sector
- 4/1: Building the Movement to Address Global Crises
- 4/15: Building the Movement through Policy and Advocacy
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Although not a clinical article, this piece posted on Mashable raises interesting questions about the implications of trauma stories shared through social media. An interesting read by author Julia Ruiz.
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Do you know the difference between PTSD and Complex PTSD? This physician-reviewed article explains the difference in symptoms, causes, treatment and coping.
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Our coalitions and community groups |
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PACEs Action Alliance is: |
A multi-sector collaborative of public and private organizations and individuals. We raise awareness about positive and adverse childhood experiences (PACEs) and their long-term impact. We promote trauma-informed approaches and policies to support resilience and healing for people of all ages. All are welcome at our meetings.
Four key functions served by the PACEs Alliance:
- Support a healing community through policies, systems and environments that create and support safety, inclusion and positive childhood experiences;
- Educate the community about the causes, lifelong impact, and ways of preventing and mitigating childhood trauma and toxic stress;
- Facilitate opportunities for community mobilization;
- Promote and facilitate cross-sector connection and collaboration;
- Collect, evaluate and share data that helps our community to identify and address root causes of adversity and to measure our efforts to increase resilience.
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PACEs Action Alliance Learning Collaborative supports learning and awareness about childhood trauma and resilience.
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The Community Alliance Network provides a connection for community-serving agencies to meet and connect for potential collaborative efforts;
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The Trauma-Informed Schools Workgroup is open to people who work in or with schools in Clark County. We meet monthly during the school year to explore tools, resources and applications of trauma-informed principles for schools.
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On "pause" for the 2021-22 school year. This group provides a non-denominational bridge that joins faith partners, communities and local schools to share learning, meet the needs of children, families and neighborhoods, and address emergent needs that arise in our community. All are welcome. Members maintain the separation of church and state at meetings and when fulfilling needs by serving from the heart without promoting personal religious beliefs or engaging in religious recruitment. If you represent a faith community or community partner looking for a school partner, please contact:
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Southwest Washington Healthy Families: |
(Formerly Clark County Breastfeeding Coalition) works collaboratively to improve the health of our community by promoting, protecting and supporting breast/chestfeeding so families have the support they need to continue infant feeding. Our mission is to create an environment that supports breast/chestfeeding as the cultural norm for infant feeding.
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