Originally published on ACEs Connection on April 10, 2017 By SVAVA BROOKS. As you know, April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. On April 6, I was a keynote speaker at a fundraiser for a Children’s Advocacy Center in Oregon. This was the second time I‘d been asked to speak…
Originally published on ACEs Connection on April 10, 2017 By ELIZABETH PREWITT. A scan done in March by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) through StateNet of bills introduced in 2017 that specifically include adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in the text produced a surprising volume of bills (close of…
Originally published on ACEs Connection on April 6, 2017 By CHRISTINE CISSY WHITE. When my daughter was younger I was anxious. I didn’t have full-blown anxiety attacks, as some do. I had an almost constant anxiety motoring within me. It was mixed with dread. Sometimes, it lasted days. Other times…
Originally published on Pacific Standard on April 3, 2017 By Melissa Gira Grant. A new report goes past sensationalized stories to show what trafficking really looks like — and what those who have been trafficked themselves are doing to end it. If you were asked to imagine what a survivor of human…
