Events for September 29, 2024 - September 29, 2024

Early learning leaders foster a culture of trust and collaboration through regular check-ins to learn how teachers and children are doing. Join this webinar to review the National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning’s 5Rs for Early Learning Leaders. Discuss key practices for embedding reflective dialogue into the workday. Discover strategies for using child outcomes data during planned discussion times to reflect on child progress in ways that help staff plan for equitable learning opportunities. Explore how reflective dialogue can have a powerful impact on program quality and child and family outcomes that are fair and inclusive of all.

To achieve a racially just food system, we must shift power to the communities and people who have been marginalized, exploited, and excluded from the current system. But what does shifting power mean, and what does it look like in practice? This interactive training session will offer strategies, tools, and approaches for shifting power in your thinking, organizational culture, and the day-in, day-out efforts of community food systems work. No matter your role, everyone eats, and everyone can contribute to shifting power in the food system. Come discover and share your place in the work of shifting power to cultivate a racially just food system.

Child nutrition programs exercise collective purchasing power on a massive scale. Pre-pandemic, the National School Lunch Program alone invested $14.2 billion annually to serve 29.6 million lunches every school day. K-12 school meals, early care and education (ECE) nutrition, after-school snacks, and summer meals are an opportunity for every community to express their values through purchasing priorities and to shift power in the food system as a whole. On this panel, hear from food systems experts and organizers about their insights and experiences in how farm to cafeteria connections can shift power in communities.

Farm to school can be an effective strategy for shifting power and advancing racial equity in the food system when communities come together to implement practices that affirm cultural and community values, and center the voices and desires of people who have been marginalized, exploited and excluded from the current system. On this panel, hear from experienced farm to school and farm to ECE practitioners about how food and food education initiatives are building power in their communities.

Register Here Film Screening & Discussion: Food Crossing Lines Advocacy, community organizing, and stakeholder collaboration are key to making equitable food systems a reality. The farm stand at Little Ones Learning Center in Clayton County, Georgia – where the child well-being index among the lowest of the metro Atlanta counties – is a prime example. In this mini-documentary screening, learn how the Little Lions Farm Stand, housed at Little Ones Learning Center and supported by the Hands, Heart, and Soul Project, overcame legal and regulatory obstacles to make sustainable and organic produce – grown onsite at the community garden and sourced from local farms – accessible to their community. After viewing the documentary, key stakeholders from the Little Lions Farm Stand will share their perspectives and answer questions. This is a great opportunity to learn how local organizing and a commitment to change can shift power and cultivate justice, one community food project at a time.

Depression is common among pregnant women and new mothers and can affect the health of mother and child. This webinar will discuss the importance of identifying women who may benefit from mental health supports and services. It will also provide concrete recommendations on strategies for conducting depression screening and responding to positive screens.

In the United States, one in four adults has a disability and the pandemic has disproportionately impacted this community and made it more difficult to access care. Some people with disabilities were more likely to become infected with or have a severe illness from COVID-19 due to underlying medical conditions or living situations. The pandemic also affected their psychological and financial health, with people with disabilities experiencing higher rates of unemployment than the general population. While individuals with disabilities were often given higher priority status for receiving the vaccine, many of the COVID-19 vaccine websites violated disability rights, hindering access. This webinar will explore these challenges and showcase strategies to address the diverse needs of people living with disabilities and work toward health equity

An overview of self-love, including the science of self love and how it affects relationships.  Plus, tools to help you practice and implement self-love in your daily life.