Racism is an Adverse Childhood Experience.

And, it begins in the Womb...

Several organizations have acknowledged this fact and developed policy statements regarding structural racism and its impact on culturally and socially marginalized individuals, families, and communities. They include the following:

American Medical Association (AMA):

https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/ama-racism-threat-public-health

US Senate:

https://www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/padilla-introduces-resolution-declaring-racism-a-public-health-crisis/

American Public Health Association:

https://www.apha.org/Topics-and-Issues/Racial-Equity/Racism-Declarations

City of Seattle (King County): 

https://publichealthinsider.com/2020/06/11/racism-is-a-public-health-crisis/

Being a member of a culturally marginalized group, being Black, for example, can often dictate whether you make it into this world or not.

 Racism impacts the lives of children of color from the time they enter this world, sometimes before that. We must make this issue a priority and counter the effects of structural racism on young children.

We are also offering a hands-on institute in New Orleans on Friday, May 17th, 2024, in which we will demonstrate interventions for race-based stress among young children.

This event,

"Addressing Racial Trauma in Young Children:

5 Early Childhood Interventions,"

is co-sponsored with Be Strong Families.

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