In this powerful episode, we honor the legacy of Jane Stevens, founder of PACEs Connection, and explore how her vision is evolving into a bold national and global trauma recovery movement—one grounded in the belief that healing-centered care is a right, not a privilege.

Through an intentional collaboration of organizations guided by Alliance Practice | Strategic Consulting for the Trauma Sector, this conversation highlights a growing movement that weaves together grassroots to systems-level change. From trauma-informed advocacy and upstream prevention policy to cross-sector partnerships and global certifications, this work is building a socio-ecological approach to healing across the lifespan.

Join Carey Sipp, solutions journalist and leading voice in PACEs science, and Dana Brown, lifelong community organizer and statewide trauma-informed leader, as they share how science, lived experience, and community wisdom are coming together to prevent adversity and promote resilience.

Together, they illuminate how positive childhood experiences, maternal and relational health, and community-driven leadership can disrupt cycles of trauma and create pathways for every child, family, and community to thrive.

Be inspired by a movement that is not only growing—but transforming systems, empowering communities, and redefining what healing looks like worldwide.

About Our Guests:

Carey Sipp is a solutions journalist, community builder, and subject matter expert on positive and adverse childhood experiences (PACEs) who has spent nearly two decades researching, writing, and speaking on the science linking childhood adversity to lifelong health outcomes — and championing the upstream prevention strategies and positive experiences that heal and protect. Carey has held a leadership role at PACEs Connection. She serves on the Board of the STAR Network Foundation, the Steering Committee of Prevent First, NC, and the Advisory Board of Trauma Resilient Educational Communities.Carey is the author of The TurnAround Mom

Dana Brown is the PACEs Science Statewide Facilitator and Interim Executive Director of PACEs Connection. She is a powerful social entrepreneur who has served the youth of her community in numerous ways. Some of the highlights of her dedication to her community include her efforts as an inner-city community organizer in City Heights for 29 years. She was a Commissioner on the City of San Diego Commission on Gang Prevention & Intervention and Chaired the Youth Committee. She is the co-chair of the San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team and on the Advisory Council of the University of San Diego's Character Development Center, and the leadership team of the Warrior Spirit Family with Indigenous communities. Dana is a HeartMath National Certified Coherence Advantage trainer and the author, of Hidden Treasures,