Roots Ambassadors (Resilience Over Our Trauma) is a supportive-relationship group of your Avondale neighbors along with ADC who are available to meet regularly with any Avondale resident in need of a safe space to talk with others in the community about what you are currently experiencing in your life.
The Avondale community has been burdened with long-standing poverty, stress, and crime, in addition to, historical community neglect and disinvestment. ROOT was designed to bring mental health awareness and resources to the community of Avondale.
Our ROOT Ambassadors are trained in adult & child trauma-informed care, which includes an awareness of ACES, also known as Adverse Childhood Experiences. Topics can include abuse, neglect, other traumatic experiences, or personal stress that directly affect long-term adolescent and adult health. Our approach is to activate and integrate family voice in the community, provide educational awareness of trauma, prevent and mitigate adversities and improve access to evidence-based trauma prevention and intervention.
For any questions about Roots Ambassadors, or to become a ROOT Ambassador, please email Jerita Simpson at jsimpson@growavondale.org.
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