Stacking the Deck for Resilient Community
Being dealt a pair of aces is stroke of luck at the card table, but for a community trying to thrive in extremely challenging times, they are another matter entirely. Researchers have identified two sets of ACEs: 1) Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) or categories of abuse, neglect, or dysfunction that correlate with poor health outcomes and 2) Adverse Community Environments (ACEs) produced by structural racism. In combination, this pair of ACEs stacks the deck against community resilience….
Everybody’s Problem: Violence as an Adverse Community Environment
I recall a day when violence felt like something that happened in distant places to strangers. I could avoid thinking of it if I turned off the news or skipped the front pages of national newspapers. The accounts of violence I saw or read evoked outrage and empathy but not fear. It was noteworthy, not routine. It was present but not pervasive….