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Read about this Zoom workshop (from the School Crisis Recovery & Renewal Project) on their Event page HERE . The School Crisis Recovery & Renewal Project (SCRR) presents their free workshop where participants will explore the impacts of loss on the brain, body, and behavior, as well as actionable strategies for using this knowledge to scaffold learning environments and assignments that are grief-responsive and examine interpersonal, environmental, and curricular aspects of...

Yolo County Library is currently hiring for a part-time , Extra-Help ESL Outreach Coordinator position that will manage this library’s new California grant for ESL classes. Position description is attached. You can also find the job bulletin on their website: https://yolocountylibrary.org/employment/ . This is a family-friendly job for moms or dads and will start at 20 hours/week reducing to around 15 hours/week over the summer.

Join us at Noon on March 4th for the 1 hour free workshop discussing resilience in healthcare! Register HERE .

Help the Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) celebrate children and families during Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month. We invite youth to show their creativity by participating in our Art Showcase. This is a project of the CAPC for the 2022 CAP month campaign- Building Youth Resilience. We look forward to seeing what “Strong Families” means to Yolo County youth! Please help us spread the word about this art showcase! Share this flyer with others who live and work in Yolo...

UC Davis Health presents their Healing Circles, where you are invited to join in on a virtual session of compassionate listening and intentional sharing to foster understanding, love, and unity. They offer techniques for proactively building authentic relationships to create collective impact. Wednesday, February 23, 2022 from 6 PM- 7:30 PM . For more info visit HERE . Click HERE to Register Now on Eventbrite.

The School for Communication and Journalism of the University of Southern California Annenberg presents their webinar where they will share examples of how racism operates in health care systems, and how health disparities are compounded by structural forces such as residential segregation. Taken together, these forces ultimately erode Black health and hurt all Americans. The discussion will also feature examples of promising strategies to mitigate against these forces. The webinar will be...

SRQ Strong presents a free live event where participants will get the opportunity to take on a new practice or learn something new for their Mind, Body, and Soul. They invite you to a conversation with two special guests (Dr. Chippy Ajithan-The Mindful Cardiologist and Helen Neal-Ali- a Level II Certified Trauma Specialist) to explore the connections between our minds and our bodies, learning how meditation can help us calm our brains and heal from stress. Thursday, February 28, 2022 from 3...

Forward-Facing Institute presents a free one-hour conversation about professional resilience in the 21 st Century. Dr. Gentry will be joined by a panel of community leaders (Dr. Kathleen Flarity the Deputy Director of the CU Anschutz Center for COMBAT (COmbat Medicine and BATtlefield) Research and Dr. Jim Dietz, a retired Emergency Medicine Physician, was the coordinator for the 10-year Emergency Medicine Resilience Project with CEP America/Vituity) to share over 100 years of combined...

via Zoom (from Boston University School of Public Health. Go to their EVENT PAGE for more information and event agenda) The Boston University School of Public Health presents a program that will examine trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and their effect on our physical and mental health and how our social and economic context influences this relation. They will be discussing questions, such as How do racial, social, and economic inequities influence the consequences of PTSD? And...

The Kempe Center presents their Pathways to Prevention webinars, a collaboration with the Injury and Violence Prevention Center at the Colorado School of Public Health. They are excited to have Alan J. Dettlaff, Dean of the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston, whose work focuses on improving outcomes for children and youth in the child welfare system through examining the factors contributing to racial disparities and improving cultural responsiveness. His research...

Free Tax Preparation via In-Person and Virtually. You can call the WSFRC at (916) 572-0560 if you have any questions or would like to make an appointment. Yolo County Children’s Alliance is now taking appointments for tax preparation at their West Sacramento Family Resource Center (in-person or online). This program is offered to individuals or families who made less than $65,000 in 2021. Please see flyer or call the WSFRC for more details on which filing situations may not qualify. Clients...

The Yolo County Library in collaboration with the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency invite you to join as they cover different socio political factors each week that have historically contributed to ongoing problems and root causes of inequity. Organizations and communities will be inspired to develop visions, roadmaps, and interventions with effective holistic solutions. Presented by Sandy Holman, Director of The Culture C.O.-O.P. Wednesdays; 6:00-8:30PM Click HERE to join the...