Strategies to help upper elementary and middle school kids who have experienced trauma understand and control their emotions.
Source - Edutopia: https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-students-how-deal-stress
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Some people ask me why CHN keeps insisting that in order to heal, we, as people of African ancestry, must Defy the Lie of Black Inferiority and Embrace the Truth of Black Humanity.
“Can’t you find some softer language?” they ask.
Sure, we could. But...
Source - Community healing Network Blog: https://www.communityhealingnet.org/why-defy-why-the-lie/
WAKING UP. WORKING out. Riding the bus. Music is an ever-present companion for many of us, and its impact is undeniable. You know music makes you move and triggers emotional responses, but how and why? What changes when you play music, rather than simply listen? In the latest episode of Tech Effects, we tried to find out. Our first stop was USC's Brain & Creativity Institute, where I headed into the fMRI to see how my brain responded to musical cues—and how my body did, too. (If you're someone who experiences frisson, that spine-tingling, hair-raising reaction to music, you know what I'm talking about.) We also talked to researchers who have studied how learning to play music can help kids become better problem-solvers, and to author Dan Levitin, who helped break down how the entire brain gets involved when you hear music.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/tech-effects-how-does-music-affect-your-brain/ ;
In January, 2018, Liliana Gonzalez felt a lump in her breast. Lacking health insurance, she was hesitant to see a doctor. She and her husband had only moved to New Haven two years prior, having fled civil turmoil in Venezuela to apply for political asylum. Then she learned about the Fair Haven Community Health Clinic, where a biopsy was taken and her worst fears were confirmed – she had breast cancer. With no insurance and no ability to pay for treatment, Gonzelez was terrified by the thought of cancer spreading through her body.
That was when Gonzalez was referred to Project Access, a network of health care providers that offer free medical care to uninsured and low-income people in Greater New Haven. She was enrolled her in its Breast Health Navigation Program, and within three weeks of her diagnosis, Gonzalez began chemotherapy. One year later, Gonzalez is responding well to treatment. Continue reading Gonzalez story.
Funding is still available from the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH) to help people who have been evacuated from Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria who are continuing to experience a housing crisis.
This funding can be used to help stabilize housing through support such as rental assistance, security deposits, moving costs, utility assistance, credit repair, bus passes to employment, and more.
If you were evacuated from Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria and are experiencing a housing crisis, dial 2-1-1 (select option 7 for Spanish) to get connected to housing supports and access to this funding.
Download the "Hurricane Maria: How 2-1-1 Can Help" Fact Sheet (available in English and Spanish) to lean more about the resources available to those who have been evacuated. For more information, dial 2-1-1 or visit www.211CT.org.
If your organization is interested in partnering with CCEH to connect clients to this funding, please contact Joanne Vitarelli at assistance@cceh.org for more information.
Source: Greater Bridgeport Latino Network <gbln@hotmail.com>
March 14, 2019
"We’re getting to a point where it just has to stop, so we’re just trying to make as much noise as possible.”
According to an Instagram post from the activist group Students of Color Matter, a lockout protesting racism has ended.
"After nearly 72 hours, extensive back and forth with the administration and the overwhelming support of all of you ... THE LOCK OUT IS OVER!" the group wrote in a caption. "Fieldston has accepted all 20 demands and have organized a formal plan agreed upon by all parties to implement each demand as soon as possible. Stay tuned, more information coming!"
Teen Vogue has reached out to see if it would like to provide a statement on the lockout's resolution...
A new study shows that growing up in an affluent community brings “compounding privileges” and higher educational attainment—especially for white residents.,,
City Lab: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/03/social-inequality-data-race-wealth-education-white-privilege/584761/ ;
Dear White Teachers: You Can't Love Your Black Students If You Don't Know Them
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For Black and Brown children in the United States, a major part of their schooling experience is associated with White female teachers who have no understanding of their culture. That was certainly my experience. My K-12 schooling was filled with White teachers who, at their core, were good people but unknowingly were murdering my spirit with their lack of knowledge, care, and love of my culture...
Education Weekly: https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/03/20/dear-white-teachers-you-cant-love-your.html
Over 2,000 students took us up on our second annual December challenge to “connect what you’re learning in school with the world today,” and, as you’ll see from the work of the winners, below, this year’s best were just as insightful and imaginative as last year’s...
The arts can be a source of joy in a child’s day, and also come in handy for memorizing times tables.
In “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” Betty Smith’s 1943 autobiographical novel about growing up poor in the early 20th century, the public school that the heroine attends is a pretty bleak place. But “there was a great golden glory lasting a half-hour each week when Mr. Morton came to Francie’s room to teach music.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/well/family/using-arts-education-to-help-other-lessons-stick.html
My parents lived good lives and expected to die good deaths. They exercised daily, ate plenty of fruits and vegetables, and kept, in their well-organized files, boilerplate advance health directives. But when he was 79, my beloved and seemingly vigorous father came up from his basement study, put on the kettle for tea, and had a devastating stroke. For the next 6½ years, my mother and I watched, heartbroken and largely helpless, as he descended into dementia, near-blindness and misery. To make matters worse, a pacemaker, thoughtlessly inserted two years after his stroke, unnecessarily prolonged his worst years on Earth...
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When the president of the United States says “America first,” he is making his voters happy. I can understand that. But from a global perspective, this statement isn’t relevant. Everything is interconnected today...
Continue reading:
Good development directors are precious.
It seems there is a great demand for good development directors. Turnover is a tremendous problem. In their study, Underdeveloped, CompassPointand the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund found “high levels of turnover and lengthy vacancies in development director positions throughout the sector”. I know in my community it seems like a game of musical chairs as the same pool of candidates move from job to job...
Source: https://mcahalane.com/do-you-want-to-know-why-you-cant-find-a-great-development-director/
The Basic Needs Safety Net in an Age of Inequality
What does philanthropy contribute to basic needs? Not as much as you might think. In the latest Community Foundation info brief, learn more about the safety net and the inspiring work being done by local nonprofits to deliver food, shelter, and other basic needs. https://bit.ly/2XTnoCj
We asked you to vote for the women you believe have had the biggest impact on world history, from a shortlist of 100 figures selected by 10 experts. Find out who topped our poll below…\
Source: https://www.historyextra.com/100-women/100-women-results/
For this who don't know us, Love146 is an international human rights organization based in New Haven working to end child trafficking and exploitation through trauma-informed survivor care and prevention education. We have current openings in our Survivor Care team. We will also be hiring additional social workers soon as we expand our capacity to address the sad fact that we currently have a waiting list of children in need of our services. The job description follows. For more info and to apply, click here. Please feel free to share this post and the link with anyone who might be interested, or any networks you might be involved with that would help us fill these positions. Thank you!
LOVE146 VISION: The abolition of child trafficking and exploitation. Nothing less.
LOVE146 MISSION: ABOLITION & RESTORATION! We combat child trafficking & exploitation with the unexpected and restore survivors with excellence.
REPORTS TO: Survivor Care Clinical Supervisor
STATUS: Full-Time
SALARY: $47,000-$51,000
BENEFITS: Comprehensive medical coverage; fifteen (15) paid vacation days annually; five (5) paid sick days annually; five (5) paid PTO days annually; paid holidays per Love146 schedule; professional development opportunities and internal trainings; month-long paid sabbatical after two (2) years continuous employment in direct service role; employee-funded benefits: voluntary vision, voluntary dental, voluntary long-term disability, voluntary short-term disability, and 403(b) plan (employer match not offered at this time); use of company car
LOCATION: New Haven, CT
OVERVIEW: The Survivor Care Social Worker is a full-time position. The Social Worker will be the first point of contact for children served by Love146’s Survivor Care program, and will help mobilize their reintegration into society.
LOVE146’s COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION: Love146 seeks to enhance the innovation and creativity, greater productivity and employee satisfaction that derive from a well-managed, diverse, and inclusive workplace. We acknowledge that this is an important area for growth as an organization. Read our full statement.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Implement Love146’s Survivor Care program services with a standard of excellence.
Provide direct services to suspected and confirmed child victims of sex trafficking. Services may include, but not be limited to the following: (1) application assistance, (2) information and referral services, (3) crisis intervention and safety planning, (4) individual counseling, (5) advocacy/accompaniment to medical, law enforcement, court, and academic appointments, and (6) transportation assistance.
Provide information, referrals, crisis intervention, and safety planning to caregivers and other individuals responsible for the care of program participants.
Collaborate and participate in case meetings with providers involved with program participants to advocate for and coordinate service delivery.
Document all client-related activities to ensure appropriate data tracking and facilitate program monitoring and evaluation.
Build and maintain relationships with key state and community-based agencies, independent service providers, educators, and other members of participants’ support networks.
Help promote a culture that fosters passion for the mission, cooperation, open and frequent communication, teamwork, and common vision.
Performs other activities as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Social work license in the State of Connecticut (or ability to transfer license to Connecticut).
A minimum one year experience providing direct services children at high-risk for trafficking; experience working with confirmed victims preferred.
Experience working with adolescents preferred.
Experience providing in-home services preferred.
Experience working with state and private child welfare agencies.
Ability to work independently, be self-motivated, and exercise judgment and discretion.
Ability to multitask, prioritize, and work efficiently.
Advanced problem-solving skills and ability to find creative solutions.
Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Valid driver’s license and a clean driving record.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Clients’ homes/placements, community settings, Love146’s headquarter office and automobile travel. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested by individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions.
Exchange information and communicate verbally and by written word.
Must be able to read, write, and comprehend English.
Deal with a wide variety of people on various issues.
Specific vision abilities include close and distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Ambulate on rough surfaces and climb stairs.
Must spend long hours sitting, using office equipment and performing computer operations, which requires intense mental and visual concentration and eye hand coordination.
Endure long periods of driving.
Stand, walk, and/or sit for extended periods of time.
Lift or move up to 25 lbs.
Liam Dillon covers the politics of housing policy more closely and thoughtfully than almost any other journalist in the country and yet he was nearly dumbfounded by the results of a recent survey commissioned by his paper, the Los Angeles Times. The Times and researchers from the University of Southern California asked 1,200 California residents about the causes of the housing crisis. Only 13 percent of respondents blamed the crisis on “too little homebuilding.” Twice as many people included “lack of funding for affordable housing” or “lack of rent control” as top explanations for the problem...
https://shelterforce.org/2019/02/19/why-voters-havent-been-buying-the-case-for-building/
Keep reading for more information, or visit our website: https://newhavenreads.org/about/jobs.
New Haven Reads Summer 2019 Intern Position
New Haven Reads provides free one-on-one tutoring for children who are struggling with reading. We also offer a free Kindergarten and Pre-K program, and special summer clubs. We serve over 500 students each week at four locations in New Haven. In addition, we also provide free, gently used books to the public, teachers, and community organizations.
Duties and Responsibilities for Summer Intern:
- One-on-one tutoring of students ages 6 through 18 (primarily in reading)
- Planning and running a summer club (e.g. Math Club, Chess Club, Coding Club, Art Club)
- General office work – e.g. answering the phone, data input, filing
- Sorting and packing books for our Book Bank
Minimum Requirements:
- Previous experience working with children
- Must be a rising college freshman with a high school G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher or a current college student with a G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher
Preferred:
- Experience tutoring elementary or middle school students
- Resident of New Haven County
Desired:
- Math tutoring experience
- Resident of New Haven
- Fluent in Spanish
Training:
Interns will receive training in our book bank and tutoring model.
Timing:
This position will be 27 hours per week for 7 weeks during the period from June 24th – August 9th. We operate Monday through Wednesday 1-7:30 pm, Thursday and Friday 1-6:30 pm. Saturday work hours will be assigned as needed. Candidates must be available the entire 7 weeks. Specific schedules will
be determined with individual applicants. Interviews will begin March 11th 2019.
Priority Deadline for Application: March 29th, 2019
Pay rate: $10.25/hour
To apply:
Email a completed NHR Employment Application (available at www.newhavenreads.org under “Jobs”), along with a cover letter, resume, and transcripts to hr@newhavenreads.org. Include “Summer Internship Application” in the subject line of your email. Qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. Six internships are currently available. Selected candidates will be notified after the interview process has closed.
Summer 2019 Intern positions are funded by the First Niagara Foundation in partnership with Key Bank.
New Haven Reads is an Equal Opportunity Employer
AmpleHarvest.org* is gathering information to determine how much excess food America's home and community gardeners grew last year (2018), and to evaluate the impact gardeners like you can have in reducing food loss and improving the health and well being of your community.
If you are a home or community gardener anywhere in the USA, we would appreciate it you would take a few minutes to fill out this short survey. We know your time is valuable so we kept this short. Filling in this form should take about 7 minutes...
For more information and to complete the survey go to this Google Survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNwWQJdl3pvoa3ePq_5z4ky1qMYslkzsireE19BkQ9ukaVAA/viewform
Position: Executive Director
Overview:
FISH of Greater New Haven, Inc., is seeking a self-motivated, highly-organized, and experienced
individual to serve as Executive Director (ED). This full-time staff member oversees other staff
members, and is responsible for all organizational operations, including program services,
administering the annual budget of $400,000, development, fundraising, public relations and
communications. The ED works with an extensive network of volunteers and supporting organizations,
as well as with an active and engaged Board of Directors (BOD).
FISH of Greater New Haven is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit food pantry, delivering groceries and foodstuffs to
low- and no-income households in New Haven, Connecticut. FISH is the only food pantry in the area
that delivers directly to clients’ doors.
Responsibilities:
Program Services:
● Oversee the grocery delivery program, including supervising the the Program Manager. The
Program Manager’s responsibilities include overseeing food acquisition (incoming deliveries of
purchased and donated food items, and orders through CT Food Bank), tracking and weighing all
incoming food, stocking, packing grocery bags, coordinating volunteers, drivers, and delivery
routes, and all record keeping.
● Ensure that appropriate records are maintained and that data on all clients are collected in a
timely and accurate manner.
● Produce regular reports on program services for the BOD and funders.
Volunteer Coordination and Internships:
● Actively solicit new volunteers, coordinating a variety of businesses and civic, and faith-based
organizations.
● Maintain records on all volunteers, including contact information and waiver forms, and work
with the volunteers to retain their ongoing support.
● Develop an internship program and actively market to area colleges and universities.
● Recruit and oversee semester-long interns. All volunteer and internship activities are reported
regularly to the BOD.
Facilities and Maintenance:
● Ensure proper and clean maintenance of all facilities and equipment in compliance with all
safety and legal standards, including signed lease agreements.
● Oversee purchasing of all requisite equipment, supplies, and contracts with cleaning and
maintenance workers when appropriate.
Finances:
● Review and approve all expenditures for cost reasonableness and allowability.
● Work closely with the Treasurer and Board of Directors to ensure proper accounting, including
the creation of an annual operating budget and monthly year-to-date (YTD) actuals.
● Review monthly YTD budget vs. actuals at least monthly and develop a corrective action plan if
line items are not within budget.
● Manage all facilities, utilities, and service-related accounts.
● Ensure all payables and receivables are processed in a timely and accurate manner, and
maintain proper organizational records in a clear and well-organized fashion in both hardcopy
and electronic formats.
● Maintain clear and well-organized records of all cash and in-kind revenue and expenses
Development & Fundraising:
● Create and execute an annual development plan that includes defined goals for revenue (by
source), special events, fundraisers, social media, and donor engagement.
● Develop a clear strategy with defined goals for revenue annually.
● Manage the grant writing process from prospect research to ensuring high quality and timely
submissions of grant applications and reports, and follow up with funders if funds are not
awarded.
● Maintain grant tracking system that clearly identifies grant-specific information including but
not limited to, due dates, amounts applied for, amount awarded, status of award, reason for
rejection, etc.
● Organize and execute regular fundraising efforts and events (with BOD assistance) according to
an annual development plan, and solicit and cultivate relationships with individual donors,
businesses, faith-based organizations, civic groups, and schools on a regular basis.
● Oversee and execute the following activities: individual and major donor cultivation, events,
direct mail and email campaigns, social media, marketing, newsletter and e-newsletters, and
other appeals.
● Maintain clear and accurate records of all fundraising efforts.
Public Relations & Communications:
● Develop and execute a clear public relations and communications strategy, including, but not
limited to, newsletters, mass emails, marketing, social media, events, and outreach and
speaking engagements.
● Cultivate relationships with community partners (e.g., service organizations and religious
congregations) and represents FISH in the City’s Food Policy Council and other public forums.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of relevant experience in a nonprofit and/or human services
setting. Master’s degree in social services, social work, nutrition/health, public administration/policy
or other related field preferred.
Must possess excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. Must possess strong communication
skills, both written and verbal, including interpersonal skills and a basic knowledge of client and donor
confidentiality and privacy practices. Must be able to work both individually and collaboratively, as
well as in a managerial capacity. Experience overseeing volunteers and knowledge of nutritional
standards are pluses. Must possess excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office suite, Adobe
suite, web-based reporting programs, file management, social media, and mass-email
communications. Past experience working with low- or no-income households and/or food assistance
is a plus. Spanish proficiency is a plus. Must have a valid Connecticut driver’s license and be able to
lift up to 50 lbs.
The ideal candidate has past experience in administering nonprofit organizations and/or in a senior
management position at a larger organization, is comfortable working amicably with a volunteer Board
of Directors, is flexible and self-motivated, and is comfortable overseeing organizational transitions.
Supervisory Relationships: Reports to the Board of Directors. Supervises all staff and volunteers.
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience.
Schedule: 40 hours per week (exempt); occasional nights and weekends.
Application: Please submit a cover letter, résumé, three references and desired salary range via email to
the search committee (careers@fishofgreaternewhaven.org).
FISH of Greater New Haven, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis
of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation,
disability, or unfavorable discharge from military service.
