Where Trauma, Poverty and Education Intersect

Christine Stoner-Mertz, LCSW, President and CEO, Lincoln Child Center
Macheo Payne, Ed.D., MSW, Senior Director of Equity and Educational Initiatives, Lincoln Child Center, Assistant Professor of Social Work, California State University East Bay

The intersection of trauma, poverty and race create hidden barriers to accessing quality education for youth in the Bay Area and around the country. Stoner-Mertz and Payne will discuss how early investments on a community level can help to dismantle those barriers. They’ll offer new approaches to long-standing issues, which can improve attendance, restore students’ mental health and create school communities that can thrive. Lincoln’s social impact model for reducing chronic absenteeism and their partnerships with school districts, parents and funders to achieve healthy school environments will be highlighted.

April 14, 2015