Happy Monday! May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We hope you enjoyed a restorative weekend and are doing your best to take good care of yourself. Reset your mind! Below you’ll find info about our book clubs, upcoming events, and resources.
Around the Way Girls Book Club
Wednesday 5/18/22
6:30pm-8pm
Zoom
The girls are on Chapter 18 of “Blended” by Sharon M. Draper
Escape Velocity Resource Referral Request
We provide our program participants, their families and the Sacramento community with resource referrals. Use the form below to request third party services through Escape Velocity. We will match you with the correct service provider based on your selections. Your information is confidential.
summer reading kickoff
Celebrate with Sacramento Public Library as they kick off the 2022 Summer Reading Challenge.
Saturday, May 20, 2022 from 10am – 1pm
Join us at McClatchy Park in Sacramento’s Oak Park Neighborhood for a family friendly festival, with music, art, and activities by ARTners, Bigger Than Us Arts, Cascabel de Dos Rios, Escape Velocity Foundation, Sacramento Poet Laureate Andru Defeye, Sol Collective, and more!
Escape Velocity will be providing free resources, books and ways to win other prizes! We look forward to seeing you.
Sojo Museum Youth Pop
Friday 5/20/22
- 6pm-7pm (Food and art packet pickups) at 2251 Florin Rd, Sacramento, CA 95822
- 7pm-9pm (Virtual activities via Zoom)
African Market Place
Saturday 5/21/22
12:00pm-6:00pm at 2251 Florin Rd, Sacramento, CA 95822. Fun, food, shopping, and resources for the entire family.
youth work readiness/jobs
Looking for a great summer program for your middle / junior high schoolers?
Pipeline To Success is a two-week pre-apprenticeship program that trains in fundamentals of the construction trades and prepares students for apprenticeship programs and a career in the trades.
Registration is now open for an amazing pre-apprenticeship program for HVAC and Plumbing! Youth will be given a stipend at the end of this FREE program! Spaces are VERY limited so enroll today.Snacks and lunch provided.Session are 10 days long June 13-24, 20229am-3pm
Register Youth for Pipeline to Success
Community engagement
Sacramento is considering making plans to change the mental wellness platform in schools and in other parts of the community, but that can only be done if we prove that change is needed.
Join us in being part of the movement to make Sacramento a better place for students and take this survey. All Sacramento high schoolers are welcome! The survey will inform a May convening of youth who will be developing an advocacy agenda around youth mental health.
Take the High School Student Wellness Survey
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PILOT PROGRAM
On June 15, 2021, the Sacramento City Council approved the use of up to $1 million in Measure U funds for residents to propose ideas and vote on proposals through a Participatory Budgeting Pilot Program. The City’s Measure U Community Advisory Committee is leading the implementation of this initiative.
HOW WOULD YOU SPEND $500,000 IN NORTH OR SOUTH SACRAMENTO?
The Measure U Committee is calling on community members to submit their ideas to invest $1 million in North and South Sacramento ($500,000 for each area).
The idea submission deadline is Tuesday, May 31, 2022.
More Information and Submit Your Idea
Wellness Crisis Call Center and Response Team Advisory Committee
Applications are being accepted through June 3, 2022. The role of this committee will be to make program recommendations and review outcomes regarding the WCCCRT and the committee will also assist County Behavioral Health Services with transparency and provide connection to the community.
The WCCCRT Advisory Committee will have nine (9) seats and there will be a purposeful overrepresentation of community members to MHB members. Of these nine seats, three (3) shall be filled by current MHB members that meet specific qualifications and six (6) shall be filled by community members that meet specific qualifications.
We are prioritizing and compensating (with a financial stipend) those community members appointed to serve on this committee. We value a geographically, ethnically, and racially diverse applicant pool.We encourage applicants who themselves or a loved one:
- Has lived experience with behavioral health challenges, or
- Had a law enforcement encounter while experiencing a behavioral health crisis, or
- Has previously or is currently experiencing homelessness, or
- Is living with a disability, or
- Is a survivor of intimate partner violence
More Info about Advisory Committee
register to vote
NCNW Sacramento Valley Section in partnership with BAPAC Sacramento and the Greater Sacramento Urban league (GSUL) are hosting a REACH ONE REGISTER ONE Voter Registration Drive. The REACH ONE REGISTER ONE campaign provides Unregistered Voters 4 Ways to Register to Vote:
- The CA Secretary of State’s Online Voter Registration link www.registertovote.ca.gov,
- Pickup a registration form from the library or post office,
- Pickup a registration form from the Sacramento County Voter Registration & Election Offices or,
- Pickup a registration form from a Vote Center
Encourage family & friends to REACH ONE REGISTER ONE TO VOTE!!!!
The Voter Registration Application DEADLINE IS MAY 23 for the Primary election on June 7, 2022
resources
mental health awareness month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Take the time to check yourself out or check in on a friend, if you’re concerned about your/their mental health. You can take a screen at mhascreening.org #stopthestigma
High school students can enroll now in dual enrollment courses that allow them to take community college classes concurrently while still in high school.
This helps high school students get a head start on their general education coursework for college. Click the button below for more information and visit ICanGoToCollege.
#CCCOutreachPartner #CCCEnroll2022 #EnrollNow
College Resources
- College Track Scholarships
- Sacramento Sister Circle College Bound Luncheon & Nominee Info
- #CaliforniansForAll College Corps
- Improve Your Tomorrow
- African American Male Education Network & Development (A2 MEND)
Sacramento County residents may receive FREE online therapy sessions through HearYou.org in partnership with Sac Collab, the Sacramento County COVID-19 Collaborative.
Adult residents of Sacramento County may receive up to 6 sessions at no cost. Children and young adults through the age of 26 years may receive up to 10 sessions at no cost.
Free Online Therapy Sessions Info
Meadowview Family Resource Center Presents Father’s MPAP
“Fully Sharpened” Making Parenting a Pleasure by sharpening the parenting skills you already have.
A call for fathers to join in on Virtual conversation to foster relationships with your children. If you wonder about how to impact your parenting skills and cultivate empathy. Register with the QR Code on the flyer or below.
For questions, Contact community resource advocate at 209-214-8299 or Anthony.Ziba@kidshome.org
WEAVE Crisis line
24/7 hotline 916-920-2952
Domestic Violence
Sex Trafficking
Sexual Assault
CA Youth Crisis Line
Are you a youth that feels misunderstood or overwhelmed? Talk to someone about what’s happening.
The California Youth Crisis Line (CYCL) operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week as the statewide emergency response system for youth (ages 12-24) and families in crisis. Youth can call, text, or chat.
M.H. First
Community First Response. MH First Sacramento, a project of Anti Police-Terror Project, is a cutting-edge new model for non-police response to mental health crisis. The goal of MH First is to respond to mental health crises including, but not limited to, psychiatric emergencies, substance use support, and domestic violence safety planning.
Call or Text 916-670-4062
in loving memory Dana Maeshia
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