Throwback Thursday: It’s been a heck of a journey!
It was on a chilly Fall day after a long, hot summer in Arizona that I boarded the plane to San Francisco attend the 2016 ACESCONNECTION conference. I…
Videos
Root Your Culture in Values and Watch it Grow
“Change culture and you change lives. You can also change the course of history. Many well-meaning social activists overlook this essential fact. Th…
The Time is Now: How a Principal Changed a School’s Response to COVID
Now is the time for taking action! We are all passionate about making the world a better place but we can sometimes struggle with how to get started. …
ACEs & Toxic Stress
In this video, Andi talks about how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are not the only source of toxic stress (insert pandemic here). Understanding…
Navigating the Storm: We’re in the Same Storm, but Not the Same Boat
At Origins, we encourage self-reflection as we navigate advocacy during this social justice revolution. While we are all in this storm together, we re…
Facebook Live Video #4- A Trauma-Informed Approach for All!
In this last video, "A Trauma-Informed Approach For All!" we will wrap it all up and talk about how all of these concepts can be translated into pra…
Facebook Live Video #3- What Can We Do About It?
In this third video, “What Can We Do About It?” Andi will offer some concrete practices that you can do to build that resilience muscle and keep …
Facebook Live Video #2- What About Resilience?
In this second video, “What About Resilience?” Andi will offer some hope and talk about resilience–what it is and what impacts it.
Facebook Live Video #1- Is a Pandemic Trauma?
In this first video of this four-part series, Andi talks about what we are all feeling and why during this COVID-19 (aka coronavirus) pandemic. Using…