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Sages and Seekers

Looking to listen into an amazing #podcast? Check out the Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age Podcast, episode “Real Life-Changing Magic: When Older Adults and Teens Actually, Like, Connect” featuring our founder Elly Katz. Listen to how Katz developed the Sages & Seekers program, the impact our programs has on older adults and young adult, and how you can tackle #ageism in your community. Sages & Seekers hopes to “bring together the life and energy of youth with the wisdom of our elders” via our programs.
Sounds interesting, and you’re looking to learn more after the podcast? Check out our website: https://sagesandseekers.org

Jubilee Consortium

“As with cultural heritage efforts anywhere, there remains much to be done: expanding awareness of the creation myths and stories of indigenous Pacific Islander worlds and what are considered significant feats, features, and beings within them; making known indigenous Islander place names; bringing to light nuances of hundreds or thousands of years of interaction between Islanders and their environments, as well as customary lifeways and the smaller and larger events within them; creating awareness of shared Island and Islander history and connections among regional deities, peoples, societies, and cultures that transcend local divisions or national boundaries; highlighting indigenous and colonial histories from the indigenous Islander perspectives; and showcasing Islanders as they moved through time and space in their homelands but also as they continued their journeys to areas within other parts of the U.S.” Essay 12: Pacific Islanders in the US and their Heritage: Making Visible the Visibly Absent by Kelly G. Marsh and Tiara R. Na’puti.
Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month ✨
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Fit for the Cause

Gerry Kimball represented Fit 4 The Cause at the Community Conscience Spring Luncheon. This luncheon provided the Non-Profit Organization tenants an opportunity to get the word out about services available at the facility. Fit 4 The Cause is forever grateful to Community Conscience, and to Robin Britt, for all your support throughout our 10 years of service. Gerry got to meet Kelly White from Villa Esperanza one of the organizations we serve at Agoura Fiitness.

Walk With Sally

Healthy friendships are critical to the overall development of children, particularly during times of trauma. Numerous psychological studies by Harvard University and the Department of Education, site that healthy friendships reduce stress and motivate us to take care of ourselves and fulfill the basic need of belonging.
Walk With Sally facilitates these critical belonging and bonding requirements for children, particularly during times of crisis. You can be a child’s respite from the storm of cancer. Contact us for more information and find out how you can be a critical part of a healthy child’s development: info@walkwithsally.org
 

Journey Out

Journey Out is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit leading the fight for the freedom and survival of all those whose lives have been destroyed by sex trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation.

Our mission is to help victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking leave a life of abuse and violence, overcome their fears, and empower them to reach their full potential and achieve their goals.

Fully committed to and believing in the incredible resilience of survivors and marginalized populations, we maintain a diverse staff, half of whom are survivors themselves. This creates a powerful model and bond between our staff and clients, who are able to walk and grow alongside someone who can relate to their lived experience on a deeper level.

Journey Out Programs and Services include:

  • law enforcement crisis response
  • providing emergency housing, food, and clothing
  • art therapy
  • clinical counseling
  • legal referrals
  • job training
  • Prostitution Diversion Program – court-approved diversion programming as an alternative to incarceration
  • domestic minor sex trafficking prevention programming
  • direct street outreach to those in the Life
  • community/agency education and training

Every person Journey Out has served is not only an individual success story, but also serves as a testament to the contribution we make to the fabric of our communities and the much-needed movement to end sexual exploitation.

Click here to learn more about other 2020 recipients.

Kids and Horses

Summer camp is always such a blast and it’s happening this year July 17th-21st. There are still a few camper spots open, and we’re still in need of volunteers and scholarship sponsors. See the link below to find out more information.

Friendship Foundation

The Raddest Scientists 💚🔬
“We started Rad Scientists to share our love of science with members of the community who might not otherwise have the opportunity to participate in hands on experiments. It is so fun and rewarding to see so many enthusiastic scientists each month!” – Gemma Burstein, Co-founder of Rad Scientists.
Rad Scientists will be with us all summer! We can’t wait to see you there. 🤩

Village for Vets

Councilwoman Traci Park awarded Village for Vets with a certificate of recognition for “Outstanding service and positively contributing to the great cultural melting pot of the city.”
“Being recognized by one of our community leaders for our hard work is such an honor and means so much to our hardworking team.” said Executive Program Director, Rebecca Ricci. “It is crucial for everyone in the community to come together to end Veteran homelessness. It truly takes a village.”
As a Councilwoman, Park is committed to being a voice for all CD11 residents at City Hall.  She has promised that her office will be responsive to everyone in the district. In her role on the Council, she knows it’s essential to think critically, ask hard questions, evaluate data, and do what is best for the community.

Access Books

For more information on Access Books and events in the Los Angeles area, visit: https://www.accessbooks.net And browse our video collection on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/accessbooks/videos

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