Suicide and ACEs prevention multimedia resources

​These podcasts feature interviews with network leaders from Mobilizing Action for Resilient Communities (MARC), an initiative that supports cross-sector, community networks using the science of ACEs and trauma to build a just, healthy and resilient world.

• Podcast on Using Data to Effect Change

• Podcast on the Role of a Backbone Organization

• Podcast on Effective Network Leadership

Preventing Trauma and Youth Suicide During COVID-19 and Beyond: Promoting Mental Wellbeing Through In-School and Out-of-School Supports 
This topic explores how agencies and organizations that support the wellbeing of youth both in school and out of school have adapted to the current context. Groups have found new opportunities to authentically engage with youth in ways that elevate strengths, connect to culture and are trauma-informed.

• Brief: Preventing Trauma and Youth Suicide During COVID-19 & Beyond

• Webinar recording: Preventing Trauma and Youth Suicide During COVID-19 and Beyond: Promoting Mental Wellbeing Through In-School and Out-of-School Supports

• Presentation slides

• Resources from “Preventing Trauma and Youth Suicide During COVID-19 and Beyond
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Promoting Connectedness for Trauma and Suicide Prevention: Needs and Opportunities to Address Social Isolation in a Pandemic
​This topic explores how agencies and organizations are addressing social isolation and loneliness with a focus on priority populations who faced isolation even before the pandemic and groups at higher risk for suicide and trauma.

• Video: Building Socially Connected Communities (Duration: 3 minutes, 7 seconds; Based on the report: Socially Connected Communities: Solutions for Social Isolation.)

• Special Report from the CDC: Strengthening social connections to prevent suicide and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): Actions and opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Blog: Innovations in Social Connection: How Local Leaders are Addressing Inequities and Advancing Technology Solutions During COVID-19

• Webinar recording: Promoting Connectedness For Trauma and Suicide Prevention: Needs and Opportunities to Address Social Isolation in a Pandemic

• Presentation slides

• Resources from Promoting Connectedness for Trauma and Suicide Prevention​

Trauma-Informed Systems: Supporting your community and essential city workers during and after COVID-19
​This topic explores what it means for a city or other local government to be trauma-informed and what might this look like during the COVID-19 pandemic, including how agencies and organizations are integrating internal- and external-facing trauma-informed practices.

• Video: Building Resilient Communities  (Duration: 2 minutes, 4 seconds; Features healing efforts in San Francisco, St. Louis, and Baltimore.)
  
• Webinar recording: Trauma-Informed Systems: Supporting your community and essential city workers during and after COVID-19

• Presentation slides
• Resources from “Trauma-Informed Systems: Supporting your community and essential city workers during and after COVID-19” 

Building resilient communities can help prevent suicide and trauma. This topic focuses on what equitable recovery looks like in the current context, and how states and communities can set the course for healthier and more equitable development in the wake of COVID-19.

• Brief: Prioritizing equity and community wellbeing in the wake of catastrophic events: trauma-informed systems and long-term systems change
• Webinar recording: Prioritizing equity and community wellbeing in the wake of catastrophic events

• Presentation slides
• Resources from “Prioritizing equity and community wellbeing in the wake of catastrophic events”