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| Please RSVP here. There will be Q&A at the end. Please send any questions beforehand to Raima Roy ([email protected]), and we will also allow for follow-up questions at the end of the webinar. Hi Census Partners, Please join us for our Webinar on Census & Redistricting on Thursday, July 30 at 2pm ET / 1pm CT/ 12pm MT / 11am PT / 8am HT. This webinar will focus on how on 2020 Census will impact redistricting. We will highlight the importance of redistricting to Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities and how they can engage on redistricting at the local level. This webinar will also cover the legal considerations for redistricting, how it has been used to create political clout in the Latino community, and how different communities of color are working together on redistricting efforts. Lastly, the webinar will discuss how the potential delay of census statutory deadlines will impact redistricting in the states and federal legislative efforts to address these issues. Speakers Terry Ao Minnis is the senior director of the census and voting programs for Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC. Terry co-chairs the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’ Census Task Force and sat on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s 2010 Census Advisory Committee from 2002 through 2011, when the committee’s charter ran out. Terry has been counsel on numerous amicus briefs filed before the Supreme Court, including Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder, Arizona v. The InterTribal Council of Arizona, Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder, and Crawford v. Marion County Election Board. She was also counsel on a joint amicus brief with MALDEF in Bartlett vs. Strickland. She was one of the key leaders in campaigns on reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act in 2006 and Census 2010 and is actively engaged in addressing the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder. Terry holds a law degree, cum laude, from American University’s Washington College of Law and a bachelor’s degree in economics at The University of Chicago. Steven Ochoa is Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund’s National Redistricting Coordinator and serves all of MALDEF’s redistricting needs, be it direct GIS mapping, community education, gathering and constructing relevant datasets, and racially polarized voting analysis. Having served MALDEF since 2011, Steven oversaw MALDEF’s 12 state redistricting program from 2011-2012, and personally conducted its western program in California, Arizona, and Nevada. This included crafting redistricting proposals for California State Legislature, California Congress, Arizona State Legislature, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles, City, and LAUSD, among many other plans. He also participated in MALDEF’s 2001-2002 redistricting efforts. A Los Angeles native, Steven was trained at the UC Berkeley Statewide Database in the use of Census and election data and GIS mapping. He earned a Bachelors in Political Science from UC Berkeley in 2000 and a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Michigan in 2006. Julia Marks is a staff attorney with the Voting Rights and Census program at Asian Americans Advancing Justice – ALC. Before joining Advancing Justice – ALC, she clerked for the Hon. Keith P. Ellison of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Julia previously litigated civil rights class actions and other high-impact cases at Disability Rights Advocates to expand access to public- and private-sector services. She received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she participated in the California Asylum Representation Clinic, the East Bay Community Law Center’s Neighborhood Justice Clinic, and the Berkeley Journal of International Law. Karuna Ramachandran is the Director of Statewide Partnerships at Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta. Karuna brings over ten years of experience in nonprofit work to her position. She has developed programs spanning youth development, public health and health advocacy, environmental justice and organizational development. Prior to joining Advancing Justice-Atlanta, Karuna directed community-based public health programs aimed to reduce health disparities of Georgia’s rapidly growing AANHPI and refugee communities. She worked to create lines of service that improve access to healthcare while pushing alongside partner advocates to defend the Affordable Care Act and improve understanding and implementation of provisions designed to improve health equity. Karuna’s extensive experience integrating programs to organizational practice add value to Advancing Justice-Atlanta as we grow the justice movement in Georgia and the greater Southeast. Justin Valas is the Policy Director at Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago. He brings a decade of experience in community building, grassroots organizing, and leading legislative policy change around issues of economic justice, health equity, and immigrant rights. Most recently, Justin served as the Director of Health Equity at the Asian Pacific Development Center in Aurora, Colorado. Additionally, he was a founding member of Asian Communities Together, organizing Asian Americans in Colorado around issues of racial justice. Previously, while with the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, he led the legislative efforts to repeal the state’s “Show Me Your Papers” law. He was also founding member of the NC DREAM Team, which protected undocumented community members from deportation in North Carolina. Justin earned his BA from Knox College. Please RSVP here. There will be Q&A at the end. Please send any questions beforehand to Raima Roy ([email protected]), and we will also allow for follow-up questions at the end of the webinar. If you missed our previous Webinar on Junkipedia Disinformation Tool & Updated Census Bureau Communication Plan please check out the recording here. Hope you can join us! |
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| Register today Wednesday, July 29 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET / 1:00 – 2:30 PM CT/ 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT Join Youthprise, Minnesota, and Every Hour Counts for Our Thoughts, Our Words, Our Work, an online conversation with young thought leaders and activists in Minnesota’s fight for racial equity on Wednesday, July 29. About this Event: Our nation is facing two major turning points, the COVID-19 pandemic and our fight for meaningful change in racial inequities and injustice. How are youth leading during this time? Join us for a forum on what Minnesota’s fight for racial equity looks like and how youth are leading. Youthprise’s Neese Parker, Youth Engagement Manager, and Shiranthi Goonathilaka, Board Member, Youthprise, will moderate a rousing panel discussion of young activists and thought leaders making a difference in Minnesota and pushing for change in new and meaningful ways. The Conversation will include: – Inspiring spoken word performance Panel focused on: – Movement building and Black liberation organizing – School resource officer reform – Amplifying the actions being called for to end racial injustice and inequality – Highlighting opportunities for supporting youth leadership – National updates and next steps Donations received online will support the panelists’ work in Minnesota and can be made at https://youthprise.org/donate/. This event is brought to you by Youthprise, an organization working to increase equity with and for Minnesota’s Indigenous, Low-Income, and Racially Diverse Youth, and Every Hour Counts, a national coalition working to expand learning opportunities so every young person can thrive. Register today |
| Every Hour Counts is a coalition of citywide organizations that increases access to quality learning opportunities, particularly for underserved students. The organization is a leading voice promoting expanded-learning systems, which provide learning and enrichment through after-school, summer, and other initiatives. Expanded-learning systems help students be more connected to school, build self-confidence, and connect with caring adults, so every student can thrive. |
CLIMATE CHANGE EMERGENCYCLASS SERIES: SAT. 8/1 AND 8/15 10:00AM – 11:30AM **ZOOM LIVE CLASSES – Complimentary- Reserve your ticket here.
** Plan to attend both classes to get the most out of the presentations.
CLASS 1: Sat. 8/1: Introduction to Climate Change: The Problems and the Solutions. Jim Blackburn will present an overview of the problem of climate change that will be the KEY issue facing the world in the 21st Century. Blackburn will summarize the changes in our Texas and global climate that have been forecast, and he will present a range of solutions that will redefine our current economic, agricultural and industrial models.
Presenter: Jim Blackburn is a Professor in the Practice in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rice University, co-director of Rice University’s Severe Storm (SSPEED) Center and a Faculty Scholar at Rice’s Baker Institute where he is leading a project to development of a United States standard for storing carbon in the soil of prairies and grasslands. He is both an environmental lawyer and planner and has written two books about the Texas coast with the most recent – A Texan Plan for the Texas Coast –released in October 2017 by Texas A&M Press. Jim was selected a Rice University Alumni Laureate in 2018.
CLASS 2: Sat. 8/15: Plants and Food in a Changing Climate. This second part of the series focuses on the looming threats to the food supply and reasonable avenues for changing the trajectory explained in Class 1. Reforestation has high potential not only because forests sequester carbon in many ways, but also because they use water to cool the planet and produce more plants. Various efforts to diversify, improve, and localize our food supply are surveyed together with opportunities to support them.
Presenter: Bob Randall, PhD. Dr. Randall is a food systems anthropologist and permaculture designer with a five-decade involvement in food systems both as a researcher, educator, and activist. He helped found and direct Urban Harvest for 14 years and is a board officer of both OHBA-Organic Educators and the Permaculture Institute of North America. His best-selling 2019 book Year-Round Food Gardening for Houston and Southeast Texas explains how to adjust food plant lists and planting schedules to the ever-warming climate. Dr. Randall has been teaching about ways to reverse climate change since 1999
SUMMER LEARNING SERIES MENU
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SESSIONS FOR ADULTS/GUARDIANS/EDUCATORS (25+)
Surviving Quarantine with Your Partner for adults
Skill-building activities are utilized to teach the participant how to establish healthy boundaries and maintain mutually beneficial connections.
Protection Methods
Safer sex is better sex. Our expert sexual health educators are here to provide tips for protecting yourself from pregnancy and STIs.
Los Métodos Anticonceptivos para adultos (Español)
Esta presentación cubre los métodos de protección más utilizados y cómo funcionan para reducir el embarazo no deseado y las infecciones de transmisión sexual.
Sexually Transmitted Infections 201 for adults
The program helps us identify the most common STIs, including HIV. Review modes of transmission, symptoms, treatments and prevention..
Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual 201 para adultos (Español)
El programa nos ayuda a identificar las ITS más comunes, incluido el VIH. Revisar los modos de transmisión, síntomas, tratamientos y prevención.
Real Life. Real Talk para padres/cuidadores (Español)
Real Life. Real Talk.® (RLRT) está diseñado para fomentar un diálogo saludable sobre sexualidad y salud entre padres, adolescentes, familias y comunidades. Este programa aumenta la conciencia, cambia las actitudes, aumenta las conversaciones positivas y significativas de la comunidad y la familia, y fortalece el conocimiento
Cómo Hablar con su hijo sobre Sexualidad para padres/cuidadores (Español)
Esta presentación proporciona a los padres / cuidadores habilidades para comenzar discusiones familiares sobre la salud sexual y la pubertad. Los participantes aprenderán el tiempo recomendado para comenzar a hablar con sus hijos, así como las respuestas a las preguntas más frecuentes formuladas por los jóvenes sobre este tema.
How to Talk to Your Child About Sexuality for parents/caregivers
This presentation provides parents/caregivers with skills to begin family discussions about sexual health and puberty. Participants will learn the recommended time to start talking with their child as well as responses for the most commonly asked questions posed by youth on this topic.
Real Life. Real Talk for parents/caregivers
Real Life. Real Talk.® (RLRT) is designed to encourage a healthy dialogue about sexuality and health among parents, teens, families, and communities. This program heightens awareness, shifts attitudes, increases positive, meaningful community and family conversations, and strengthens knowledge.
Supporting Students & Answering Tough Questions for Teachers/Educators
Are you an educator? A counselor? A parent? A mentor? This week we’re thrilled to provide resources for parents and educators to help support students and answer tough questions.
SESSIONS FOR YOUNG ADULTS (18-25)
Courts Matter for young adults
Federal courts play a crucial role in deciding on basic legal protections and civil rights of our communities. Join us for a special discussion about where the U.S. Federal court system stands and how you can help protect our reproductive freedoms.
How to Use Your Voice & What You Can Do for young adults
Never be afraid to raise your voice for justice. Join us and learn how to advocate for reproductive freedom.
SESSIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH (14-18)
Healthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships for high school
What do healthy relationships look like and what are the red flags? What are the signs of an abusive relationship? Do you have to have sex to have a healthy relationship? We’re here to answer those questions and give you the tools to recognize healthy behaviors and relationships.
Sexually Transmitted Infections 101 for high school
Have you thought about how to protect yourself from sexually transmitted infections? Our sex ed experts are providing a medically-accurate, judgement-free session on the facts about STIs.
Protecting Myself- The Basics on Birth Control for high school
Have you sought enthusiastic consent from your partner? Have you talked about birth control & condoms? Our expert sexual health educators are available to answer all your birth control questions.
Stand up Gulf Coast: How to be an Ally for ages 14-18
The power is in YOU to make sure your peers and community are safe. Our expert sexual health educators are empowering teens to be allies where they work, live, and play.
Know Your Facts- Trivia for high school youth
Bring your favorite snack, play games, and test your knowledge of sexual health and other hot topics.
SESSION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH (12-14)
My Future, My Way: Goal Setting for youth 12-14
What’s your future plan? Thinking about what you want in the future makes it easier to make smart decisions today. Teens identify their long-term goals and what impact pregnancy and STIs have on those goals.
Hello Nonprofit Partners,
Please share the following Microsoft and City of Houston opportunity with your sites, student body, and other community partners.
Participants between the ages of 18 – 26 with an interest in digital technology careers can join the Virtual Symposium on Digital Technology Careers on Monday, June 22nd and Tuesday, June 23rd. Each day will be filled with workshops focused on: online learning and virtual collaboration; Post-COVID career opportunities in digital technology; emerging technologies in industry and society; and pathways to industry and higher education.
The City of Houston is partnering with Houston Community College for the 2020 COVID-19 Community Health Education Fellowship (CHEF) program.
Participation in this program will provide young adults with the opportunity to explore public health education while learning about the work of community health workers and interacting with professionals of the field and leaders in the industry.
The Community Health Education Fellow (CHEF) will be responsible for conducting outreach, advocacy, counseling, and education to the 22 Super Neighborhoods and neighborhoods of Mayor’s Complete Communities Initiative. These communities have been greatly affected by COVID-19.
The certification program will begin on June 29th and end on July 17, 2020. The paid experience ends September 2020. This is a 10-week paid opportunity. The application will close on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. You must be between the ages of 18 to 24, not currently enrolled in post-secondary institution, or working in order to participate in this program.
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| HCDE CASE for Kids is researching a more comprehensive picture of how the Out-of-School Time (OST) community is being impacted by COVID-19. Information collected through this survey will be used to inform community decision-makers of the damage to the OST community and to record needed resources to support the re-opening and recovery of our field. Please help us achieve a full picture of what is happening in OST, complete the survey here. |
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This is a repost from the We Stories’ Blog!
We’re all adjusting to life being lived exclusively from our homes, and more times than not, that can have one grasping for something new to do. With help from the local library, we’ve got you covered! Hoopla and Libby/Overdrive have been lifesaver apps in the age of self-quarantining, and we want to share some of the gems we found while sifting through both platforms. Below you’ll find lists for the whole family, no matter their age!
In case you don’t have a library card yet, you can head here to register for one from the St. Louis County Library system, or visit your local library’s website to find out how you can get a card online. Happy Reading!
Picture Book Recs:
- Alma and How She Got Her Name
- Fry Bread
- Big Mooncake for Little Star (Also a video short on Hoopla!)
- Birdsong
- Someone New
- The Undefeated
- The Day You Begin
- Carmela Full of Wishes
- Sulwe
- Last Stop on Market Street
- King of Kindergarten
- Trombone Shorty
Young Adult Book Recs:
- Dragon Pearl
- Children of Virtue and Vengeance
- Sal & Gabi Break the Universe
- A Good Kind of Trouble
- Pet
- Look Both Ways
- Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Adult Book Recs:
- The Water Dancer
- Southern History Across the Poverty Line
- White Fragility
- The New Jim Crow
- They Were Her Property
- The Color of Law
- An Indigenous People’s History of the US
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Houston Coalition Against Hate
Houston Coalition Against Hate (HCAH) is a network of community-based
organizations, institutions and leaders in Houston that have come together to collectively address and prevent incidents of hate, bias, discrimination and violence against Houstonians on the basis of their religion, race/ethnicity, gender, gender identity/expression, disability, age, sexual orientation, and immigration status.
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB)
The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB), is a national and international collective of anti-racist, multicultural community organizers and educators dedicated to building an effective movement for social transformation.
Founded by Glenn E. Singleton in 1992, Pacific Educational Group is committed to achieving racial equity in the U.S. and beyond. We engage in sustained partnerships featuring training, coaching and consulting with organizations to transform beliefs, behaviors, and results so people of all races can achieve at their highest levels and live their most empowered and powerful lives.
Based in Fort Worth, Texas, the Multicultural Alliance® promotes inclusive communities, working toward the elimination of bias, bigotry, and oppression and encouraging understanding and equity through shared experiences and educational programming.
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- Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) – Census and Redistricting Webinar
- Every Hour Counts – Virtual Forum on Minnesota’s Fight for Racial Equity
- Urban Harvest – Climate Change Emergency Class Series
- PPGC: Summer Learning Series
- Microsoft and City of Houston Virtual Symposium on Digital Technology Care
- City of Houston – Community Health Education Fellowship Summer 2020
- Out-of-School Time COVID-19 Community Impact Survey
- Register for Weekly Out-of-School Time Summer Planning Calls
- We Stories: FREE ACCESS TO HIGH-IMPACT, DIVERSE BOOKS AND STORIES
- Resources to Build a Culture of Anti-Racism