Benjamin Perks
@BenjaminPerks
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Head of Advocacy @unicef #NYC. writer. Senior Fellow @unibirmingham Dad #THFC. Opinions Mine. Trauma Proof is out now. Literary Representation Foliolit NYC
New York City
Joined March 2013
RT @unicefchief: Our thanks to everyone who donated to protect children from diseases. UNICEF continues to deliver for @gavi, working with….
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RT @GBarsawme: The more you heal,.the less you explain. The more you feel,.the less you perform. The deeper you anchor into the Light Withi….
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‘Some of us are born with the safety net of privilege, others with the trapdoor of poverty’. Lyrical & purposeful writing from @Thomasod10 in the @irishexaminer
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RT @warren_larkin: Huge thanks to @BenjaminPerks for a brilliant presentation and discussion about healing from childhood trauma and why in….
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On any given day, a quarter of a million of the world's children are detained.
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It took decades to create a world where global collaboration dramatically reduced-and endeavored to end-child hunger & disease. It’s current unraveling is an unprecedented disaster by choice, with the known potential consequnces akin to the worst atrocities of history.
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Looking forward to this conversation with the excellent @warren_larkin.
On June 5th, I’ll be in conversation with the brilliant @BenjaminPerks — global advocate for child wellbeing and author of Trauma Proof: Healing, Attachment and the Science of Prevention. We’ll be unpacking the science behind trauma and resilience, sharing personal stories, and
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RT @unpublications: Missed our “Trauma Proof” Meet the Author event at the #UNBookshop?.Watch the full conversation with Benjamin Perks, Sh….
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Almost everything we spend on helping children self-regulate comes when its already too late. #TraumaProof
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RT @sbkaufman: Unpopular view: People who have been through terrible things should be the ones to tell you if they consider themselves a "v….
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“Optimism is not necessarily seeing the glass as half full; rather, it is the confidence that you can take the glass to the sink and fill it yourself.” Meg Selig.
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RT @rianalynn: Love is a type of generational wealth we don’t pursue enough. We keep trying to own more, make more, travel more but we nee….
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RT @CareExp_Culture: @BenjaminPerks raised in an English orphanage, now Head of Advocacy for UNICEF in New York. In Trauma Proof, he explor….
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Fusing #abundance by @ezraklein & @DKThomp & #Utopia by @rcbregman, with rigorous evidence that early attachment drives lifelong well-being & prevents costly social and health outcomes, makes universal #ParentalLeave for all of early childhood a no-brainer.
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RT @LORWEN108: You’re not indecisive. You’re not “too nice.”. You’re stuck in a trauma loop of people-pleasing and overthinking. It’s not….
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RT @FolioLiterary: Happy book birthday to TRAUMA PROOF by Benjamin Perks! A rallying call to address child trauma as the public health cris….
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My first signing event for #TraumaProof couldn’t be anywhere else but UN Headquarters in New York at the bookshop! Kindly hosted by Under-Secretary-General @MelissaFleming & in conversation on the theme with global director of child protection @ShSenGupta
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