Tagged With "women's empowerment"
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Youth Empowerment Summit (Y.E.S) 2018
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2 Webinars from Strategies 2.0
Empower Latin American Communities to Prevent Sex Trafficking 10am to 11:30am on 6/13/19 A 90-minute webinar focusing on the scope and overview of sex trafficking of Mexico and Latin America and how it connects to the United States. This webinar will increase awareness of the vulnerabilities Spanish-speaking populations face, increase access to human trafficking victim and survivor services, and highlight resources/tools to educate Mexican and Latin American communities. Weaving in theory...
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2 Webinars: Parent and Community Engagement & Prevent Sex Trafficking
Strategies 2.0 is offering two workshops in the coming months. See the course descriptions below. For more information and to register, visit https://strategiesca.asentialms.com/catalog/ PARENT & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DYNAMICS Tuesday, May 7, 2019 Guest Speakers: Gregory Bourne, Executive Director, Lead4Tomorrow Lucy Roberts, Director, Family Hui This webinar will help family support professionals gain additional insights into the dynamics associated with parent engagement in their...
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3rd annual Building a Resilient Yolo conference October 30th!
Don't miss this year's Building A Resilient Yolo summit. The summit will include discussions and learning opportunities about how to improve and restore the lives of children and families who have experienced adversity and trauma. DATE: October 30th TIME: 8:00am - 4:00pm LOCATION: Yolo County Office of Education Conference Center COST: $25 per person, lunch is included Tracy Fauver, a member of Resilient Yolo and executive Director of Yolo County CASA states, " We come together and take a...
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Domestic Violence Awareness Month - In Oct THINK PURPLE!
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Join Empower Yolo for its Paint Yolo Purple Campaign Month of Action! For full calendar of events go to: http://empoweryolo.org/events/ Or see the attachment. The first event is this weekend, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 @ 2pm. SEVEN: the play, a benefit for Empower Yolo. Winters Theatre Company is presenting six performances of Seven: the Play (September 30th-October 9th) at the Winters Community Center and has chosen Empower Yolo as beneficiary of...
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Donating Items to Survivors and Families in Need during COVID-19
Empower Yolo relies almost entirely on donations to supply our shelters, main office, resource centers, and clients with basic necessities and emergency supplies. Please consider donating some of these essential items: Disinfecting cleaning supplies (Clorox wipes, Lysol spray) Paper goods (toilet paper, paper towels) Hand sanitizer Antibacterial liquid hand soap (pumps & refill size) Diapers (any sizes) Wipes Trash bags (30 gallon size) Hygiene items, travel or regular size (deodorant,...
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Education Preventing Teen Dating Violence
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Did you know? *Nearly 1.5 million high school students nationwide experience physical abuse from a dating partner in a single year. ( loveisrespect.org ) *Girls and young women between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the hightest rate of intimate partner violence. *Violent behavior typically begins between the ages of 12 and 18. Prevention Education: Empower Yolo's Prevention Education Program is focused on promoting healthy relationships and...
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Empower Yolo and Center for Families Have Merged!
We have exciting news: Empower Yolo is now bigger and better than ever as we have merged with Center for Families so as to increase and improve reach of services in our community! A huge thank you goes out to everyone who has supported these two agencies in the past, we look forward to sharing more good news as we move through this first year as one agency. The press release is attached. If you did not receive it by email, please consider joining our list serve. You can send a request...
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Empower Yolo: CARE Team provides support, advocacy [Davis Enterprise]
As we look back on April — designated Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month — we are mindful of all the survivors that Empower Yolo has worked with over the past 40 years. The agency, formerly known as the Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Center, has been providing services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking, and promoting safe, healthy and resilient communities for 40 years. Empower Yolo’s CARE Team (Concerned Advocates...
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Empower Yolo: Connecting the county’s most vulnerable
Article in the Davis Enterprise By William Hodges Special to The Enterprise This article celebrates the successful partnership of Dignity Health and Woodland Memorial with Empower Yolo. This partnership created the ER Patient Navigator Program which is focused on health-care navigation, which assists patients in connecting with a medical home and helping them gain a better understanding of their benefits if they do have coverage. Empower Yolo is providing patients health and social services...
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Empower Yolo DACA renewal workshop 7/26
If you know a client whose DACA will be expiring within six months from now, please tell them to call Catholic Charities at 530-562-9125 to schedule an appointment to renew it. The workshop will be held at Empower Yolo at 10am on 7/26 at 175 Walnut Street; Woodland, CA 95695. Please see the attached document with a list of the required documents clients will need to bring to the workshop.
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Empower Yolo Event - Last day to get tickets
Empower Yolo Fund Raiser is this Saturday, 6/18, 2016. Today, Monday, 6/13/2016 is the last day to get tickets so don't delay! For information and to purchase tickets go to: http://empoweryolo.org/
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Empower Yolo: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month [davisenterprise.com]
By Natalia Baltazar, Davis Enterprise, October 4, 2019 October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and on Oct. 1, Empower Yolo, in partnership with local businesses and organizations in Yolo County, kicked off its fifth annual Paint Yolo Purple — Month of Action campaign. October’s Paint Yolo Purple (the color purple representing Domestic Violence Awareness) campaign is meant to raise awareness about domestic violence, and help fund Empower Yolo’s essential intervention and prevention...
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Empower Yolo offers new Parent Support group for caregivers whose children have experienced sexual abuse
Flyer attached. Caregivers whose children have experienced sexual abuse may experience: -‐conflict with family members or their spouse -‐reminders of own abuse from childhood -‐difficulty navigating legal and child welfare systems -‐feelings of distrust, guilt, shame You are not alone.
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Empower Yolo: Pilot project aims to better serve survivors of abuse [DavisEnterprise.com]
Empower Yolo, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office and the Yolo County Administrator’s Office have joined forces on a new project to address the needs of victims of family violence, sexual assault and human trafficking as part of the mission of the newly formed Family Violence Coordination Pilot Program. Other community partners include the Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency, Victim Services Program, Probation Department, Office of Education and Child Support Services; First...
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Empower Yolo powers up its board after merger (Davis Enterprise)
From Davis Enterprise, Sunday February 7, 2016. By: Cathy Farman Empower Yolo has long served survivors of other forms of violence too, including sexual assault, sex abuse, stalking, trafficking and child abuse. As a board member, I am proud of Empower Yolo’s founding mission to provide survivors of family and sexual violence with counseling and legal services, but even prouder this year as Empower Yolo broadens its mission to promote safety, health and resilience for our entire...
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Empower Yolo: Resiliency amid the crisis
Article in The Davis Enterprise by Natalie Baltazar; Special to The Enterprise https://www.davisenterprise. com/features/empower-yolo- resiliency-amid-the-crisis/ Everyone at Empower Yolo — from volunteers, staff, managers, executive director to the board of directors — has been working tirelessly to ensure Empower Yolo is able to serve the most vulnerable members of our community.
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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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Empower Yolo Special Event
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month Join Empower Yolo for this special, hands on, art event at the Pence Gallery. Help us create a unique art piece for the shelter in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Empower Yolo's 40th Anniversary. The project will be led by local artist and teacher, Judy Catambay. Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Pence Gallery, 212 D Street, Davis $40 per person includes beverages and snacks. This will be a fun and...
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Empower Yolo: Support survivors and families in need during COVID-19
- In these trying times you can make a difference - We hope you and your families are healthy and safe. We know that each day brings a new challenge for the community. Empower Yolo's services are considered essential and we remain open during regular office hours to provide services for the community. Empower Yolo's clients have urgent needs, and we need your support now more than ever . Please see how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Empower Yolo and the clients that we serve: 1)...
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Empower Yolo will offer "The Journey": Support group for women who have experienced, and have left, violent relationships
“The Journey ” Support Group This is an 8 week closed support group for women who have experienced intimate partner violence, who ended their relationship, and are currently managing the transitions involved past this relationship. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Journey Support Group is both a process and educational group that will focus on general as well as topics of interest of group members including (but not limited to): transition challenges and coping,...
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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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February Yolo ACEs Mtg - Summary Notes
Hi all- See below and attached for a summary of our February meeting that Anna Sutton compiled at the Feb. 20th Yolo ACEs meeting. We look forward to seeing you THIS FRIDAY, March 20th from 12-1:30pm at our March meeting . Stay...
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Film ‘Resilience’ explores effects of toxic stress
Two free screenings coincide with Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month - Download the attached movie flyer. Article from The Davis Enterprise published April 15, 2019 WOODLAND — What’s predictable is preventable. This theory is behind research aimed at averting the physical effects caused by negative childhood experiences on an adult’s health. “We’d all like to think of childhood as this time of joy and innocence, but for many of us it’s just not true,” says a narrator in a newly-released...
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FREE DACA renewal assistance
DACA renewal workshop JULY 26th at 10:00 AM If your DACA will be expiring within six months from now, please call Catholic Charities at 530-562-9125 to schedule an appointment to renew it. The workshop will be held at EMPOWER YOLO Location: 175 Walnut Street Woodland, CA 95695 Please see the attached document with a list of the required documents you will need to bring to the workshop.
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Yolo County CASA: Let’s build the resilience muscle together
This article by Tracy Fauver originally appeared in the Davis Enterprise on July 9, 2017. In response to her husband’s unexpected death in 2015, Cheryl Sandberg contacted Wharton professor Adam Grant, a psychologist, to better understand her trauma and grief, and gain hope for recovery. She learned so much about resilience that she coauthored a book about it with Grant, titled “Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy.” In her keynote address at Virginia Tech’s 2017...
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Yolo County Child and Family Initiatives
In an effort to help us know more about the great work that is happening in Yolo County and to increase opportunities for collaboration, Natalie Audage of YCCA created a spreadsheet of Yolo County child and family initiatives. For this effort, initiatives are defined as multi-organization or agency collaboratives, meetings, or committees related to children and families in Yolo County. Natalie will revise this document on an ongoing basis. If you have any additions or changes, please let...
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Yolo Crisis Nursery: The power of partnership [davisenterprise.com]
Sara is a young, pregnant, single mom who didn’t know where to start. There were so many wolves at the door and she had no clue as to which one to take on first, or even if any of them could be driven away. Her toddler son had just been removed from another child-care center due to behavioral challenges. Without child care, Sara was on the brink of losing her job, which meant the family would be evicted from their apartment and forced to live on the streets. It seemed she had nowhere to...
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YOLO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES
Attached please find two documents with the following information. Please share widely! Yolo County Children’s Mental Health Services are available during COVID-19 Pandemic: 24/7 ACCESS LINE: (888) 965-6647 COVID-19 Resources for Coping with Mental Health: Includes resources for families, parents & caregivers; online or phone supports; emotional support and wellness; and mindfulness meditation and yoga.
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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
YRN Steering Committee AGENDA 3:00 - 3:05 – Welcome - Mindfulness Moment, 3:05-3:30 – General Planning Upcoming Events Summer community events Pan Event – send info with Resilient to his office (coordinate with Resilient Sac) Oct 11, Resilience schools Sac UCD campus TI (Trauma Informed) pending, plan to work with Resilient Sac on TI for UCD campus CASA volunteer who is also RN in student health center ACEs 101 awareness to public in community – library professional education (Regan...
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A Youth Empowerment Summit — “YES!”
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Strategies 2.0 Webinar
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Summer Solstice Celebration - Empower Yolo
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SUPPORT GROUPS: Empower Yolo Teen Sexual Trauma and Parent/Caregiver groups
Empower Yolo is starting two new sexual trauma support groups for teens who have experienced sexual trauma and for parents/caregivers. Groups start 2/21 and registration is required. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
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Support teen dating violence awareness
Join us in the movement to support our teens with healthy relationships in the following ways: 1) make a donation any time to Empower Yolo's Prevention Education Program; donate here to support healthy relationships. 2) wear orange on Tuesday, February 12 in support of #Orange4Love Day to raise awareness about teen dating abuse. 3) support local teens and sponsor t-shirts for the "My Strength" and "Be Strong" groups; contact juan@empoweryolo.org . 4) participate in our Steve's Pizza...
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Teaching kids to cope with stress
Everyone needs some stress in their lives to build mental strength and resilience, even children. However, chronic stress in kids damages both their psyche and their physiology. Here’s how one hospital’s innovative care models help...
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Teen summer program in Knights Landing
Join us for Summer Days! Loads of fun activities for teens. Sponsored by Empower Yolo. Monday-Friday 10:00 am-4:00 pm Knights Landing Resource Center 9544 Mill St, Knights Landing , CA 95645 For more information, Contact Gabi at (530) 324 - 6622 and see the attached flyer for hints at the fun planned for this summer!
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The League of Women Voters Davis Area (LWV) and CivEnergy Present "Housing...Past is Prologue"
By League of Women Voters Davis Area, November 18, 2019 The LWV and CivEnergy bring noted author and speaker Richard Rothstein to Davis. Mr. Rothstein's book deals with how our government enacted Housing Policies produced and maintained segregation—and he discusses how this history effects housing and housing policies today. This is an impactful and interesting topic, we hope you will join us. [ Please click here for more information .]
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The many faces — and aspirations — of all of us at ACEs Connection
All of us at ACEs Connection have experienced ACEs during our childhoods, either in our own families or vicariously through friends; some of us accumulated pretty high ACE scores, with not enough resilience factors, and we’ve suffered the consequences. That history propels us up and out of bed every single morning to grow this network of amazing people (that’s you!) to reach even more people so that kids don’t have to repeat what we went through. We want more of our taxes to go to such...
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Free tax preparation for eligible families (VITA)
Please see the attached VITA flyers for the tax season. This is an excellent opportunity for eligible families to get money back through Earned Income Tax Credit! There are multiple sites and dates for this effort. Please share with your networks and clients! Flyers in English, Spanish, and Russian.
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FUNDRAISER: Empower Yolo's Summer Solstice Celebration on 6/22
Saturday, June 22, 2019 at the UC Davis Alumni Center, Moss Patio, 530 Alumni Lane, Davis; 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Enjoy a fun summer evening with appetizers, drinks and music under the twinkling lights of the Moss Patio. Bring your friends and bid on delicious cakes during our lively cake auction generously donated by local bakeries such as Timothy's Bakery, Lester Farms Bakery, and Solano Baking Company. For more information, please see the attached flyer.
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Help us build our dream kitchen for families in our safety shelter
Empower Yolo's shelter staff invite you to "Gather Around Our Kitchen" for the Big Day of Giving, Thursday, May 3, 2018 - starting at midnight tonight! The shelter staff at Empower Yolo work tirelessly to keep our shelter clients and their children safe 24-hours a day. They know first hand how important a clean, well functioning kitchen can help every day life in the shelter. Help us build our dream kitchen for the families living in our safety shelter. We have $50,000 in matching funds...
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Helping Traumatized Children Learn 2: Creating and Advocating for Trauma-Sensitive Schools
I am reposting from ACEs in Education group a manual on Trauma-sensitive schools from Massachusetts. The release of Helping Traumatized Children Learn 2 represents an exciting next step in the evolution of the cultural movement to...
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Human Trafficking Awareness Event - Jan 23rd
Free event sponsored by Woodland PD, Empower Yolo, Dignity Health, PROTECT, and Yolo County District Attorney's Office. Spanish translation will be provided. See attached flyer. DATE: January 23rd TIME: 6:00pm - 8:00pm LOCATION: Woodland Community & Senior Center 2001 East Street, Woodland
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I-CAN Compassion Fatigue Training
I-CAN presents in partnership with Community Medical Centers, Crime Victims Action Alliance, Empower Yolo, La Familia Counseling Center, MADD, My Sister's House, Sacramento Court Appointed Special Advocates, Sacramento State Student Health and...
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Inaugural Day Yoga - 100% of Proceeds to Benefit Empower Yolo
January 20, 8:00-9:00am Akasha Yoga Davis - (140 F St. Davis) A yoga class offered as a community event to benefit Empower Yolo. All are invited to join Dion Wiedenhoefer and Wendi McCaskill for an hour of mindful movement, self-connection, and peaceful practice. We will bring our attention to the potential of calm and joy in the supportive company of our caring community. -100% of the proceeds will go to Empower Yolo http://empoweryolo.org/ -All levels and experience welcome