By Wendy Ellis, DrPH, MPH, David W. Willis, MD, and Kay Johnson Our growing understanding of the factors that ensure the heathy development of young children within strong families focuses both on the foundational relationships of Early Relational Health (ERH) and on the contexts and resources of families within the…

A Center for Community Resilience ‘Emerging Voices in Public Health’ guest blog by Elizabeth Mason, MPH ’22, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health Voting laws that strip any group of its collective power at the ballot box ensure the needs of those silenced go unaddressed in the…

A Center for Community Resilience ‘Emerging Voices in Public Health’ guest blog by Katherine Hill, MPH ’22, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health My uncle was eighteen years old when he became involved with the criminal justice system. Coming from a poor, rural family, he did not…

By Dr. Wendy Ellis, DrPH, Director of the Center for Community Resilience On May 25, one year ago, a man in Minneapolis went out to buy a pack of cigarettes and never came home. He didn’t travel far, yet by the end of the week the images of his death…

By Ambika Mathur and Sara Wierbowski In the midst of reports of the negative mental health effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacted upon children, we are happy to uncover an unexpected silver lining: improved familial relationships. At the Center for Community Resilience (CCR) we know family and community environments…

By Juanita Winston, MPP, Senior Policy Analyst and Deborah Noymer, Graduate Assistant, Center for Community Resilience As we enter Mental Health Awareness Month and reflect on the April observance of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, we’re called to bring all our tools to bear in addressing the rise in childhood…

Authors: Sarah Baldauf, CCR Communications Consultant, and Kate Wolff, Redstone Global Center Communications Director Of the many painful realities this past year revealed, the chokehold of white supremacy on our American systems has become even more stark. Whether it’s referred to as white supremacy or structural racism, the reality of…

Truth and Reconciliation is the Beginning of Healing & Equity. Authors: Wendy Ellis, DrPH, Director of the Center for Community Resilience at The George Washington University, Tia Sherèe Gaynor, PhD, Director of the Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation at the University of Cincinnati, and Laura Huerta Migus, MS…

Author: Dr. Wendy Ellis, Director, Center for Community Resilience Since 2015, the Building Community Resilience (BCR) collaborative has grown from five sites to a national network of cross-sector partners, including a major public health initiative focused on community resilience and a Policy Lab focused on advancing equity in policy. In…