Racial Equity Professional Learning and Community Parenting Sessions Leading and Listening: Cultivating Effective Cross-Cultural Communication Friday, September 11, 2020, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Racial healing is supported through respectful dialogue, affirmation of people and their lived experiences,connectedness to culture and history, while acknowledging the impact of racial oppression. In this session, participants will discuss cross-cultural…
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Racial Equity Professional Learning and Community Parenting Sessions Strategies for becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Organization: Using the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services(CLAS) Standards as a frameworkFriday, August 28, 2020, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m Culturally responsive leadership is a critical component to creating anti-racist and equitable organizations and systems. Using the National Culturally and Linguistically…
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Racial Equity Professional Learning and Community Parenting Sessions Know Thyself: Cultivating Cultural Humility Friday, August 14, 2020, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Along with disparate outcomes for communities of color due to COVID-19, there is heightened racial unrest as a result of the horrific deaths of Armaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and many others. It…
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Racial Equity Professional Learning and Community Parenting Sessions Supporting children and families experiencing racial stress and trauma Thursday, August 13, 2020, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Parents need brave and gracious space to discuss the challenges of parenting during this time of racial unrest. Some parents/caregivers mention “the talk” that they must have with their children…
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What is Recovery Month? Now in its 31st year, Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery, just as we celebrate improvements made by those who are managing other health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. Each September, Recovery Month works to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the emergence…
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International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held on 31 August each year and aims to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death. It also acknowledges the grief felt by families and friends remembering those who have died or had a permanent injury as a result of drug overdose. Click Here For More Info
Until now, recovery communities have been limited to uniting and celebrating recovery by holding local rallies, walks, and other events. Through the use of the Internet we can now bridge the geographical and time zone barriers, allowing us to join all folks in recovery from all addictions, including all recovery pathways – all around the…
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Polk County 4–4 Recovery Symposium Share in the message “Recovery is a reality for over 23 million Americans!” Celebrate all the many pathways to recovery. Recovery is everywhere! Become informed on building stronger cultures of recovery in our communities. Experience how the new recovery movement advances personal recovery. Act to help reduce stigma and remove…
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