In this presentation, Shawn C.T. Jones, Ph.D. discusses racial literacy as a tool for recognizing racial trauma across a number of systems and life stages. Collectively, we will reflect on how racial seeing and racial noticing are important elements in our mission towards social justice.
Cultivating Resilience: Black Youth & Family Psychosocial Health with Shawn C.T. Jones, PhD MHS LCP
A new research article on how access to “green space” may affect child mental health. This article is a product of collaboration across disciplines, something CCFW aims to encourage and contribute to. Authored by Jessica Acolin, UW School of Public Health in collaboration with Anjum Hajat, UW School of Public Health, Paula Nurius, UW School of Social Work, and CCFW Director, Liliana Lengua, UW Department of Psychology.
Abstract Parents living in low-income contexts shouldered disproportionate hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic with consequences to maternal mental health and child adjustment. The current study uses a sample of first-time mothers (N=147) of young toddlers, all living in low-income contexts, to examine the roles of pre-pandemic and COVID-19-specific risk and individual resilience factors in the