Our ACE Screening Implementation Action Team Has a New Co-chair: Meet Maria Juarez Sanchez!

Maria Juarez Sanchez is a Bilingual Pediatric Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the Behavioral Health Director at Alliance Medical Center. She has served the mission and vision of Alliance Medical Center for over 3 years, and she has been in the field of mental health since 2016. She is a Latina born in Mexico who immigrated with her family at the age of 5. Maria was inspired by her positive early childhood experiences. Maria and her family thrived as immigrants due to the resources and support they were offered by clinics like Alliance Medical Center and other community-based organizations. She is a firm believer that it takes a village to help others thrive despite their early adverse childhood experiences.  

Maria is dedicated to serving children, youth and families by providing trauma-informed mental health services at Alliance Medical Center. She ensures that families experience a warm welcome from the time they get engaged for the first time to the time they are discharged. Maria is dedicated to improving the health outcomes of her community by continuously seeking development opportunities to ensure equity is at the heart of the care that is offered to patients. When Maria is not working, she enjoys spending quality time with her two young sons and their bulldog, Leo.  

Don't miss Maria's presentation on Alliance Medical's journey to “Becoming a Trauma-informed and Healing Organization” at the ACE Screening Implementation Action Team on Thursday, June 1, 2023. 

Resource Connection Network Frequently Asked Questions

Curious about the Resource Connection Network, the health and social integration platform that enables cross-sector referrals, collaboration, data sharing, and care coordination that Sonoma Connect | Sonoma Unidos and community partners are building together?

We developed a Frequently Asked Questions resource to help you learn more. 

Upcoming Action Team Meetings

This month, the Sonoma Connect | Sonoma Unidos Action Teams will be working on the agenda items below:

ACEs Screening Implementation Action Team 

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Maria Juarez-Sanchez and Sue Labbe from Alliance Medical Center will be presenting on their highlights and lessons learned in their process to “Becoming a Trauma-informed and Healing Organization.” 

Community Accountability Action Team 

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Our co-chairs and backbone team have been working with Equity First Consulting on defining our definitions of equity and anti-racism and practices to implement these concepts in our Community Accountability Action Team and beyond. Join us to discuss strategies to do this work together.

Resource Connection Network Action Team  

Monday, June 26, 2023

We’ll be discussing developments in the implementation of the Resource Connection Network and next steps.

Our Action Team meetings offer simultaneous interpretation in Spanish. 



Join us in moving this important work forward by attending an upcoming meeting!



Community Events

Caminata con Humanidad

When: Saturday, June 24, 2023

Where: Jack London State Historic Park

2400 London Ranch Road

Glen Ellen, CA 95442

Join us in Co-Creating Culturally-Rooted Spaces of Belonging!



Community Based Organizations are coming together to nurture well-being in Sonoma County. We believe that everyone deserves spaces where they feel connected, valued, and supported on their wellness journey.’

Population Health Innovation Lab: Improving Population Health Through Multisector Collaboration

This learning series is meant for those who want to understand impactful strategies for multisector collaboration, hear stories and see examples from communities, and explore aligning ideas in depth. 

• Wednesday, June 7, 10:00 – 11:30 am PT — "Getting Real with the Experts: Community stories of aligning"
• Thursday, June 15, 10:00 – 11:00 am PT — "Digging Deep into the Data: A repository of lessons learned about aligning"

Hanna Summit

When: June 28-29, 2023

Where: Virtual and on-demand

Hanna Institute will be having their annual Hanna Summit June 28-29. The theme of the Summit is “Building Belonging: Uplifting Children who are unhoused, foster-involved, or undocumented.”

The Summit will have over 20 guest speakers with keynote conversations from CEO of PACES Connection, Ingrid Cockhren on June 28 and New York Times Bestselling Author of “Dear America,” Antonio Vargas on June 29. Speakers and presenters will provide support in workshop tracks across professions and disciplines, and continuing education credits are available. The Summit is $295 for full access and on-demand. 

53rd annual MLK/Juneteenth Community Festival

When: June 17, 2023

Where: Martin Luther King Park, 1671 Hendley St, Santa Rosa CA, 95404

Join the 53rd annual MLK/Juneteenth Community Festival on June 17, 2023.There will be live entertainment, food, basketball games, arts & crafts, and more!

Want to see your events featured?

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Beyond Land Acknowledgement: A Guide

Indigenous land acknowledgment is an effort to recognize the Indigenous past, present, and future of a particular location and to understand our own place within that relationship. Usually, land acknowledgments take the form of written and/or verbal statements. This guide provides some recommendations and action steps to developing an authentic land acknowledgement.

The Culture is Prevention Project

The Culture is Prevention Project: measuring cultural connectedness and providing evidence that culture is a social determinant of health for Native Americans

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