Tagged With "Martin Luther King Jr"
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1st Annual Nat'l Conference for Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools - Reps from DJUSD
[Pictured from left: Martha Merchant, UCSF Hearts Program, Michelle Flowers, Cara Messmore] Cara Messmore, Prevention & Crisis Manager for DJUSD, and Michelle Flowers, Principal of King High School, attended the 1 st Annual Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools Conference in Washington D.C. Both left inspired by the work that is being done on a national level and affirmed in the work they are doing in Davis schools. There is still so much work to be done to support our young people,...
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2017 DJUSD Parent Engagement Night
Tuesday, April 11, 6:00 - 8:00 pm Harper Jr. High MPR, Davis Join DJUSD parents, community and staff for the 2017 Parent Engagement Night. Explore a range of Socio-Emotional Learning topics: our children's sense of safety, their resilience and connection to others, their expanding awareness that they can grow, have fun and develop new skills. Come and learn together how we can support our children. For details on the specific topics to be covered and the list of presenters and to register...
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Consumer Rights Clinic - Oct 20th
Legal Services of Northern California with volunteers from King Hall are hosting a Consumer Rights Clinic on Saturday, October 20th. They will be addressing housing barriers and debt collection matters. A flyer in both English and Spanish is attached for you to post and/or distribute. Questions may be addressed to Legal Services of Northern California at the phone number listed above. Please pass this one to anyone that may benefit from these services. Thanks! Date: 10/20/2018 Time: 9:00am -...
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COVID-19 resources for Families/Clients
COVID-19 Fact Sheet for Grandfamilies and Multigenerational Families from Generations United Find lots of great resources for grandparents and kinship care families in the attached document. Futures without Violence: Tip sheet for Family and Friends of Families Experiencing Violence at Home Attached please find 8 different ways to help children and adults living with violence. Renter protection videos from Legal Services of Northern CA (LSNC) LSNC staff created these accessible videos hoping...
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration - January 22
Join us at YCOE's annual Dr. Martin Luther King celebration: DATE: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 TIME: 5:30PM - 6:30PM LOCATION: Yolo Office of Education Conference Center (1280 Santa Anita Ct, Ste 120, Woodland) Featuring: Dr. Rex Fortune and accompanied by a brief presentation from: Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center. Dinner will be provided. Register here: https://yolocoe.k12oms.org/2495-180627 See attached flyer for more details. Questions? Contact Yvette Seibert yvette.seibert@ycoe.org...
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Empower Yolo's Services Guide (for Providers)
Attached please find Empower Yolo's Services Guide (with walk-in versus appointment only services). Please share with any professionals who may want to refer clients to Empower Yolo, but please do not hand it out to clients . It was intended for professionals to use as a guide.
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February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM) is a movement to help raise awareness about teen dating violence. Abuse in teen relationships is a national problem affecting youths in every community crossing all racial, gender and socioeconomic backgrounds; see www.loveisrespect.org . Dating violence is more common than people think. One in three adolescents in the U.S. will experience physical, sexual or emotional abuse by someone they are in a relationship with before they become adults, a...
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Yolo County Bridge to Housing Program considered a success [DailyDemocrat.com]
A year after the completion of Yolo Countys Bridge to Housing program, graduates are still faring well. According to Tracey Dickinson, Homeless Program coordinator for Yolo Countys Health and Human Services Agency, 42 of 53 participants are still engaged in services with case managers. The project helped 38 people find permanent housing and as of last week, 32 of them are still being housed. It has been reported that six participants lost their permanent housing due to changing family...
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Yolo County Trauma and Resilience Network One Pager
Attached find a 2018 version of Yolo County community profile detailing information about your community ACEs initiative. This will be shared with CA legislators at the Trauma-Informed Policymaker Awareness Day on May 22nd in Sacramento. I attach it here as a PDF and a word document ready to print and share! I also have uploaded into 'Resources for Downloading' the same PDF, and an editable Word document so that you can update or otherwise improve it. If you have any questions, don't...
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Yolo Housing CEO breathes new life into the county organization [DailyDemocrat.com]
Lisa Baker, chief executive officer of Yolo County Public Housing Authority, has led the charge to bring low-income housing and other services to Yolo County’s neediest citizens. Last year the housing authority celebrated its 65th anniversary and the organization and the new CEO is being credited with helping bring about a positive change to its reputation along with improving is image in the community. According to Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad, Baker has provided excellent leadership...
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YOLO PROGRAM UPDATES
POSTPONED: Partners in Parenting Groups from Help Me Grow of Children’s Therapy Center Attached please find information about groups for 5/12 (Understand Your Child’s Sensory System) and 6/23 (Sensory Development) that have been postponed until further notice. If you have questions, please contact Mayra Gonzalez: mayra.gonzalez@ctchelpskids. org . COMMUNICARE UPDATE: Davis CommuniCare is undergoing renovation, but services continue in a new location As a temporary measure, Davis Community...
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Yolo resumes talks on a proposed Indian youth rehabilitation facility [DailyDemocrat.com]
Yolo County agreed to resume talks with the Indian Health Service on a proposed regional youth treatment center after years of county apprehension about the project. The proposed drug and treatment facility, Sacred Oaks Healing Center, was first presented to supervisors in 2011 after the Indian Health Service failed to get approval to build in Butte County. The 40,000-square-foot center would sit on a 12-acre site on the old DQ University property north of Davis and would provide substance...
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YRN Steering Committee Meeting Notes, March 10, 2016
YRN Steering Committee First Five Woodland, CA Notes Attending: Tracy, Anna, Julie, Regan, Jessica, Emily Kochly Alice Magnusson ( alice.magnusson@ycoe.org ), Alison ( Alison.book@yolocounty.org ), Trisha Luciano, Public Defenders office Juvenile court ( trisha.luciano@yolocounty.org ), Mindfulness Moment – Recap/Debrief February Community Meeting – Trauma informed – what does that mean? If using that term how can we have an oversight or criteria for using term. Plan – research and discuss...
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YRN Steering Committee Notes Dec 10, 2015
Here are our steering committee notes for December 10, 2015. They're also attached. Introductions & Announcement - Several new members / guest - Tara Thronson, Works with Don Saylor Sara Gavin, CommuniCare Robb Davis - mayor pro-tem Davis 2. YRN website - Gail Reconfiguration of website, ongoing changes, not quite done. Want to add - logo Groups change sunflower to logo Post - at bottom of each post can can like and share on facebook / twitter / google. Can email to someone...
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Taming the Dragons - Helping Children Cope, ages birth to 12 yrs
Attached find Sue Delucchi's manual for childcare providers. Tips and tools to help kids with trauma heal and develop resilience. Sue was the Director of a crisis nursery in Washington State throughout her career. This manual was developed based on...
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Reaffirming our schools as a place where everyone belongs [Davis School Board - Special to the Davis Enterprise]
Note from Gail: Thanks for alerting us to this, Susan! I am out of town but hope others can join this discussion! This seems like an important opportunity for Reselient Yolo to be part of this discussion. I know a few of the SB Members are aware of RY but not sure they know what we are doing. I hope this will be discussed at the RY meeting today! What: We All Belong Community Forum When: 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4 Where: North Davis Elementary School multipurpose room, 555 E. 14th St.
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Resilient Yolo Meeting Minutes - Feb, 1, 2019
Attached are the February 2019 minutes. Topics covered; Hillary Cottam TED Talk video, resilience inspired by Officer Corona, and committee updates.
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Resources related to "Public Charge" regulation
Attached please find information from Protecting Immigrant Families about the new public charge rule. You can learn more from Protecting Immigrant Families at https:// protectingimmigrantfamilies. org/ . Attached please find the Sacramento Area Immigration Legal Referral list. Please share with clients who may need legal services. In addition, families can go to this website https://www. keepyourbenefitsca.org/ questionnaire to explore the public charge "guide," or families can text...
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Role of Adult Mentorship in Helping Children Deal with Trauma - The Atlantic
Read the article below from The Atlantic about cultivating hope in kids who have experienced trauma and the role of supportive adult relationships, written from the perspective of a teacher. Thanks to Jenn Mullin (who is the new Vice...
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Speaking and training services from a first-hand, tenaciously resilient experience
My name is Rebekah Couch and I am a former teen mother of five children, the youngest child being my only clean & sober pregnancy allowed to remain in my care. I am a survivor of multiple sexual assaults and was afflicted with untreated mental health issues as an adolescent. My destructive journey began with self-medicating and illegal activities in Jr. High and a daily cocaine addiction by the age of fifteen that eventually advanced to methamphetamine abuse. My addiction and criminal...
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Meeting notes - Sept. 24, 2015
Lisa Muller — Child welfare Alison Book -- Child welfare Karleen Jakowski -- CommuniCare Julie Langston -- Bear Valley Megan Overholt -- First Five Tracy Fauver -- CASA Sarah Roseen -- Woodland School District Molly May — PTA Davis Lucy...
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Mobile Health Clinics for schools in Yolo County?
Read the article from the East Bay Times about beautiful new mobile health clinics at high schools in Contra Costa County making it easier for students to access to medical services . Find the full article HERE . This idea of a mobile clinic that travels around to schools is something that Michelle Flowers, Principal of King High School in Davis and I chatted about recently. I know high school students in Davis recently got a new food truck; a "health truck" would be a great addition to the ...
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Re: National ACEs Conference
The 'Save the Date' will be out in the next few weeks (I will be sure to post it here on the Resilient Yolo site. And very soon there will be a 'Project Showcase' call for applicants - I encourage you to apply Michelle and share what you have been doing at King! I will share that call here as well. (accepted applicants get one free registration at the conference FYI).
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Re: National ACEs Conference
I am not sure I am exciting enough to present but I will consider it. I do have a meeting with key players at the district and high school level to discuss a wellness center at DSHS!!! Michelle Flowers530-979-7011 On Wednesday, May 23, 2018, 8:15:37 AM PDT, ACEsConnection < communitymanager@acesconnection.com > wrote: | == To reply by email, write above this line. == | | | | | Hello, Michelle Flowers: We're sending you this notification because you are either following the content or...
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Re: Introduction to Trauma-Informed - UCD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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...
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Re: Introduction to Trauma-Informed - UCD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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...
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Re: Introduction to Trauma-Informed - UCD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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...
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Re: Introduction to Trauma-Informed - UCD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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...
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Re: Introduction to Trauma-Informed - UCD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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...
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Re: Introduction to Trauma-Informed - UCD
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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...
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Re: Mobile Health Clinics for schools in Yolo County?
As we work to open our Wellness Center at King High School, I have come to the conclusion that ALL schools need access to basic health care. A wellness van/bus would be able to reach all of the schools. It could include general health services, reproductive health services, and mental health services. If it could include a dental clinic, that would be even more fantastic. I know first hand that some children in EVERY town, even Davis, are going without basic healthcare. I feel a deep...
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YCRC Trainings Next Week on Restorative Justice and Forgiveness
Attached please find flyers for two upcoming trainings hosted by Yolo Conflict Resolution Center (YCRC): An Introduction to Restorative Justice at 4-5:30pm on July 15 An I n-depth Training on Forgiveness at 9am-1pm on Friday, July 17 Learn more and to register call 530-564-2324 or email programs @yolocrc.org
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TRAINING: Spanish Restorative Justice Conference Facilitator training from YCRC
Please see the attached flyer for more information from Yolo Conflict Resolution Center and to register for this 3-day training in September and October.
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RESEARCH: Adult Health Burden and Costs in California during 2013 associated with Prior Adverse Childhood Experiences
This study found that having at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) was associated with $10.5 billion in excess personal health care spending. For more information, please find the study attached or at this link .
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Yolo County Library resumes Curbside pickup
The Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library is expanding curbside hours on Saturday, January 16th from 10AM-4PM. To accommodate increased demand and ensure safety during COVID-19, please pickup materials at the branch library according to the first letter of your last name: 10AM-12PM: A-G 12PM-2PM: H-O 2PM-4PM: P-Z Book returns, curbside & phone services at all branches will be closed on Monday, January 18th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Beginning Tuesday, January 19th Mary...
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Race Matters 28-Day Challenge
Sponsored by UC Davis Human Resources. Shout-out to Eddie Moore, Jr. and CUPA-HR for inspiring this challenge and for their great resources and ideas on structure!
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Road Map for Ending Domestic Violence in California: A Life Course Approach to Prevention
Futures Without Violence (FUTURES) is excited to share A Road Map for Ending Domestic Violence in California: A Life Course Approach to Prevention with the ACEs Connection community. The Road Map , a policy paper supported by Blue Shield of California Foundation, draws upon our work at FUTURES as well as research and study on best practices for preventing violence. It presents four evidenced-based prevention and intervention strategies to prevent and end domestic violence in California:...
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