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An Open Letter: How Much Is a Childhood Worth?
How much is a childhood worth? I learned about child trafficking at a missions conference in 2006, and like many people first learning about the issue, I understood two things: it was selling children for sex, and it happened in foreign countries.
May Edition: Keith Letchworth & Derick Fields of the National Alliance on Mental Illness – Pitt County
This month we are recognizing May as Mental Health Awareness Month with our guests, Keith Letchworth, vice president of the Pitt County chapter of NAMI, and Derick Fields, secretary of the Pitt County Chapter of NAMI and certified NAMI Peer Support Facilitator. Join us as we learn about what the National Alliance on Mental Illness has to offer as well as a conversation around destigmatizing mental illness.
PCBRACE April Edition: Pitt County Sheriff’s Office’s Venus Curry, Community Programs Coordinator & Sgt. Lee Darnell, Public Information Officer
This month we welcome representatives from the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office, Venus Curry, community programs coordinator, and Sgt. Lee Darnell, public information officer, to discuss the amazing work the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office is doing to build resilience in the community through its community programming and the programs, such as WEAR and SHARP, being offered at the Pitt County Detention Center.
PCBRACE is here to normalize the conversations about trauma and resilience, pull difficult issues out into the light to obliterate the shame, blame, and secrecy to build a better community for our children and ourselves.
Pitt County Sheriff’s Office Programs:
Learn more about S.U.M.M.E.R. program
Learn more about S.H.A.R.P. and W.E.A.R. programs
Learn more about the GED program
Learn more about Serving Our Seniors program
Click here to learn more about TEDI BEAR Child Advocacy Center.
Sign up for the virtual Stewards of Children
Click here to learn more about NC Stop Human Trafficking.
Check out NC Stop Human Trafficking’s learning opportunities.
Click here to learn more about BRACE (Building Resilience Against Courage to Excel).
PCBRACE – April Edition: Pitt County Sheriff’s Office’s Venus Curry, Community Programs Coordinator & Sgt. Lee Darnell, Public Information Officer
This month we welcome representatives from the Pitt County Sheriff's Office, Venus Curry, community programs coordinator, and Sgt. Lee Darnell, public information officer, to discuss the amazing work the Pitt County Sheriff's Office is doing to build resilience in the...
PCBRACE March Edition: Executive Director of Rocking Horse Ranch Morgan Tedder
This month we welcome Morgan Tedder, executive director of Rocking Horse Ranch. Rocking Horse Ranch offers equine therapy for those experiencing the effects of trauma and other disabilities. Its mission is to improve each participant's quality of life so that they can...
No. 24 – There’s More Work to Do
North Carolina ranks No. 24 according to the Safe House Project’s report “An Evaluation of Survivor Identification and Safe Housing by State.”