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School is moving towards social-emotional learning.

Creating SEL room: bean bags, maker station, arts, etc.

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Zen Zone! Creating calm spaces for teachers.

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Getting trained on how to work with trauma-informed communities, helping families thrive.

Connections Matter. Handle With Care.

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Staff, coordinators, teachers, -- we all have (secondary) trauma. We should be aware of it and how it shows up.

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Students are not really talking -- lunch are quiet because students still need to physically distance

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Having a safe space to speak truth and be comfortable in expressing how you feel without being judged

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Having a safe space to speak truth and be comfortable in expressing how you feel without being judged

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Group 5- originally from the South but moved to Midwest. A part of an equity committee. I don't feel compelled to make other people feel comfortable. I speak truth. Need transparency from people in order to feel trust from others. Want to know your purpose and know if you are really invested in equity

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Students who were not engaged during the summer were still in "summer" mode while coming back into the fall

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Losing close friends to suicide/gun violence have pushed me to want to learn more healthy ways to deal with mental health.

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Students need schools although they say that they don't like it--they need their peers, resources, and counselors/teachers.

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Pandemic revealed and amplified issues.

Mental health amplifies gun violence. We need someone at the school students can go to.

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Leadership of the youth panel.

Identifying how many youth school counselors have. Using Community Schools to help establish school-based health centers, but it isn't enough.

Some kids we still haven't seen

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Being isolated as escalated by gun violence. Unsure of what is fueling it.

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Connecting with middle school youth and working alongside students going through life transitions internally and/or externally. Needing support in school and out of school.

All the schools in our district are different and students have to be involved in decision making because what works in one area of our community may not work in another.

We're all on the right track. Continuing to engage families and students will continue to shape not just our school environments but our whole communities. The work is sometimes hard but necessary.

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I live and work in a community in Chicago, IL that has been increasingly affected by various aspects of gun violence and safety concerns. Mental health concerns are also a significant issue for us.