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For as long as the Center for American Progress has tracked this data, LGBTQIA+ people have experienced unemployment at rates that outpace the general population. Earlier last year, the same workers were disproportionately impacted by COVID-19-related layoffs . While employment discrimination against LGBTQIA+ employees has been broadly illegal in California for some time, inequities remain, and as people who care about both LGBTQIA+ workers and the health of San Diego’s workforce broadly, we...

How does a grassroots San Diego nonprofit arts organization thank a benefactor it has never met or spoken with for an unsolicited, seven-figure donation? That’s the happy — if previously unimaginable — question for David’s Harp Foundation , which this week was announced as a recipient of a $1 million donation from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. It’s a game-changing gift yet for the 12-year-old nonprofit, which provides free music and video-production lessons to San Diego...

San Diego Trauma-Informed Guide Team's Learning Exchange features Aisha Pope, LCSW, San Diego Center for Children. PRESENTING ON “BROADLY, CODE-SWITCHING INVOLVES ADJUSTING ONE’S STYLE OF SPEECH, APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR, AND EXPRESSION IN WAYS THAT WILL OPTIMIZE THE COMFORT OF OTHERS IN EXCHANGE FOR FAIR TREATMENT, QUALITY SERVICE, AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ” (MCCLUNEY, ROBOTHAM, LEE, SMITH, & DURKEE, 2019). FOR MANY BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) PROFESSIONALS,...

PACEs Connection's Race & Equity Workgroup will be examining historical trauma in the United States of America and its impact on American society in a series of virtual discussions. This series will highlight each unique region within the United States and outline how unresolved historical trauma has impacted every aspect of American life and directly shapes the socio-political landscape of today as well as the overall well-being of Americans. Discussions will make connections between...

Please find Linda K. Williams website, Caring and Capable Kids, with many resources for you and your families. Please click HERE: https://caringandcapablekids.com/caring-and-capable-kids/

It was great to see those who were able to attend this month's meeting. Special thanks to Dr. Eric Hazzard and Dr. Moira Kenney for their presentation on UniteUS. Please see attached for minutes and handouts .

New analysis highlights how systemic racism and the pandemic have impacted young children’s well-being . For Zero to Three’s State of Babies report , Child Trends experts compiled and examined more than 60 policies and indicators related to infant and toddler well-being. Whenever possible, researchers disaggregated the data by race and ethnicity and examined indicators both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis highlights systemic inequities that families of color faced...

Photo by: William Holderfield/AP Author: Jared Aaron's article, please click here. San Diego leaders looking for solutions to the county's mental health issues have turned to other cities around for ideas. They may have found a blueprint in Eugene, Oregon. "If the wheel had already been created, we wanted to copy it and make it 'San Diego,'" says San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan. For 31 years, Eugene, Oregon, has used the "Crisis Assistance Helping Out on the Streets" or "...

Already facing health and education gaps, refugees in San Diego banded together during the pandemic to define their own challenges and create their own solutions. Jama Ahmed Mohamed was 2 years old when his family fled the civil war in Mogadishu, Somalia, and escaped to a refugee camp in Kenya. This became his precarious home, where his family faced alienation and violence as displaced outsiders in the borderlands of two countries. “There’s this feeling of never being settled. …We would...

We can begin by truly listening to parents and caregivers, and building from their wisdom. To help achieve this understanding, over the last 18 months, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) commissioned in-depth research with parents and caregivers to learn about the aspirations they have for their children, the challenges they face, and the factors that help them thrive. What makes this research unique is an intentional focus on parents and caregivers of different racial and ethnic...

We have a wonderful opportunity for youth to participate in a virtual Farm to School Series at the end of the month please sign-up the youth you work with, share with your children and school connections . CHIP’s Farm to Institution Center will be hosting the “ Farm to School Virtual Advocacy Series ” on 5/17/21 – 5/28/21. This series is a fun, unique, and flexible enrichment opportunity for ANY students grades 6 th – 12 th within the following school districts: Cajon Valley Union, Escondido...

At a time when migration across the U.S.’s southern border continues to grow and a new administration looks for different solutions, Todd Miller’s fourth book, Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders , seeks to reframe the issue. The book makes clear that our border “problem” is endemic, transcending whichever party is in power. But rather than pointing the finger at migrants or even individual decision-makers, Miller takes aim at the border apparatus itself: a relic...