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DATE: Thursday, April 9, 2020 TIME: 12:00PM Many people have questions about ways to cope with stress experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to this, the UC Davis Office for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion has organized a weekly webinar series focused on Inclusive Practices, Holistic Health and Wellbeing. Please join me and Dr. Andres Sciolla, MD as we discuss Stress, Trauma and Resilience this Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 12 PM via Zoom. You can register at...

In a new policy brief from the UC Davis Center for Poverty Research, Timothy Beatty, Marianne Bitler, and Cynthia van der Werf of UC Davis find that current policy proposals to shrink the SNAP budget would likely have negative economic consequences. Key Facts SNAP redemptions totaled $76 billion in 2013, representing more than 10 percent of sales at supermarkets. Rollout of the Food Stamp Program in the 1960s and 1970s lead to more people working in food and grocery stores, more employment,...

UCD Trauma Informed Beginnings Students, staff and YRN members met recently to brainstorm on strategies for helping UCD become a Trauma Informed Campus. Several groups, organizations and individuals were recognized and will be contacted over the summer to help identify what is currently happening on the UCD campus’, what is needed, and what’s the next steps are toward creating a Trauma Informed Campus. Defining a Trauma Informed University is one of the first steps. Although many schools,...

The UC Davis School of Education is hosting an evening lecture on October 19 at 5:00pm that might be of interest. Dr. Carol Lee from Northwestern University will be giving a talk on the Davis campus titled Re-Thinking Race, Identity, and Opportunity to Learn: Foundation for Transformative Justice. If you’d like to join you just need to RSVP here: https://education.ucdavis.edu/tje/Lee Feel free to share with anyone you think may be interested! Hope to see you there!

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Join Us! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Yolo County CASA Friend, Tickets are now on sale for our "I Am For The Child" Dinner and Auction at Park Winters on Sunday, September 11 from 4-8 p.m. We will be enjoying great food and drink, bidding on wonderful auction items, and commemorating our Hearts of Yolo stories. Please follow this link to purchase tickets for the evening [ http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00...waxGtvv8Fuw7EaTOwQ== ]. This...

Julie - what is the exact address?

And who organized this? It's cool! On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 8:35 PM, ACEsConnection < communitymanager@acesconnection.com> wrote:

Julie is working with Kristina Gerlardi from the Sacramento ACEs Connection group. We felt like it was time to reach out to the UCD community. We'll be doing another on on the Sacramento campus later in the summer. Very exciting - we'll see who comes but regardless we'll keep hosting events. And for sure we will post a blog about it!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Our CASAs and Supporters, Happy 2017! We are very grateful for all of the generosity that you, our community of supporters, showed us during the holiday season. We met our goal for our annual appeal, which provides us with much-needed funds to grow our program and increase the amount of CASA volunteers that we train. Please see...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Our CASA Volunteers and Supporters, Because of you, we are continuing to build our capacity to change the lives of children who need it most. Your support has enabled us to train more CASA volunteers than ever before and add a full-time advocate supervisor to our staff, giving us the potential to increase our caseload by 40 CASA...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stella & Dot Trunk Shows to Benefit Yolo County CASA Thank you to everyone who supported us at the Stella & Dot Trunk show on Tuesday! Stylist Samantha Ballard is graciously continuing the momentum with an online shopping link open until April 25th [ http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00...5mtaHQjShHGtlLV0tQ==...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JOIN US IN CHANGING LIVES! THE BIG DAY OF GIVING IS NOW UNDERWAY... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Yolo County CASA Supporter, Did you know that you can schedule your donation [ http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00...gTb8eehWr3etnn1xkg== ] for the Big Day of Giving this year? In just two days, on May 4th, we have a tremendous opportunity to transform the lives of...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE BIG DAY OF GIVING IS HERE! WILL YOU HELP US MAKE IT TO $30,000? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Yolo County CASA supporter, We are jumping up and down and cheering! We just made it to our $20,000 goal and are SO MOVED by your support! In the spirit of the Big Day of Giving, we are challenging ourselves to see if we can get to $30,000. With $10,000 more...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DO YOU THINK WE CAN GET TO $50,000 BY MIDNIGHT? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WOW!! We are at $34,000! THANK YOU for your incredible support. This means we can now train and retain FIVE additional CASA volunteers for a year because of YOUR generosity. On the Big Day of Giving, we believe in dreaming BIG. WE HAVE NOW RAISED OUR GOAL TO $50,000. Just imagine, if...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JOIN US FOR OUR 9 P.M. POWER HOUR! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are almost to $40,000 and this is our POWER HOUR! Will you help us in our final push? In just 24 hours, we've come SO MUCH closer to our goal of providing every foster child in Yolo County with a CASA volunteer. We currently have 116 CASA volunteers and nearly 500 foster children in Yolo County.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THANK YOU FOR HELPING US CHANGE THE LIVES OF FOSTER CHILDREN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Yolo County CASA Supporters, THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for your generosity on last Thursday's Big Day of Giving. We are thrilled to have exceeded our goals and elated over the ways this helps us change the lives of foster children. We are tallying the...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Our CASA Volunteers and Supporters, We are so grateful for YOU! On this year's May 4th Big Day of Giving, you helped us EXCEED our goals. With your help, we raised $43,000. This will allow us to continue working hard to build our capacity at an especially crucial time. We now have over 500 children in foster care in Yolo County and we have 116 CASA volunteers. A few years ago, we set a goal to provide every...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Executive Director Tracy Fauver (second from right) participates in an informational briefing at the state capitol on the need to extend support to former foster youth beyond age-based deadlines. To Our CASA Volunteers and Supporters, Summer is a resilient season. Amidst vacations and bright, sunny days, it's hard not to feel revitalized and positive. In the spirit of resilience, we'd like to take a moment to...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Board President Kirk Trost addresses the audience at the 2017 "Hearts of Yolo" dinner and auction with Executive Director Tracy Fauver and Past President Ginni Davis Photo credit: KLJ Studios [ http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=00...EXtsrPnSSXO63Iu-pg== ] To Our CASA Volunteers and Supporters, We are very grateful for your support of our dinner and auction on September 17. It is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and...

This is great, Julie! A couple of questions: Who attended the meeting? And when was it? What TI practices are being implemented now? And do they include educating people about ACEs science? Cheers, Jane