The American Psychiatric Association Foundation invites applications for its Awards for Advancing Minority Mental Health.

Through the program, grants of $5,000, a plaque, and recognition in APA/APAF publications and websites will be awarded to mental health and wellness organizations in support of programs that raise awareness of mental illness in underserved minority communities, the need for early recognition, the availability of treatment and how to access it, and the cultural barriers to treatment; increase access to quality mental health services for underserved minority communities; and improve the quality of care for underserved minority populations, particularly those in the public health system or with severe mental illness.

To be eligible, programs and organizations must have been in operation for at least two years.

For compete program guidelines and application instructions, see the American Psychiatric Association Foundation.

Deadline: January 29, 2024

The Bob Barker Foundation was established in 2009 to develop and support programs that help incarcerated individuals successfully reenter society and stay out for life.

The foundation invites applications from organizations working to reduce recidivism using evidence-based or best practices methods. Organizations must work with a minimum of 100 incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals annually. The foundation generally offers grants of up to $25,000.

Letters of inquiry are accepted on a rolling basis, and upon review, selected applicants are invited to submit a full grant application.

To be eligible, applicants must be tax-exempt as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or be a governmental, educational, or research institution with tax-exempt status.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Bob Barker Foundation website.

Deadline: January 9, 2025 Rolling (Letters of Inquiry)

The American College Health Foundation aims to serve as the principal leadership organization for advancing the health of college students and campus communities through advocacy, education, and research.

The foundation invites applications for the College Well-Being Award Funding Opportunity, through which the foundation will award up to two $3,500 grants to one or more institutions of higher education to create or improve underlying campus infrastructure (e.g., networks, resources, tools, structures, coalition-building) in a manner that raises the well-being of students as seen in creative programming and outcomes research initiatives.

This award is intended to stimulate creative, new approaches to well-being focused programming with evaluation driven measurable outcomes.

Only campus health professionals who are individual members of the American College Health Association or employed at an ACHA member institution are eligible to apply.

For complete program guidelines, application instructions, and information about previous prize recipients, see the American College Health Foundation website.

Deadline: February 1, 2024

Schedule:

The routine schedule will be Friday evenings (4:30 pm – 9:00 pm) and Saturday mornings (8:00 am – 2:00 pm) year-round, and includes Sunday afternoons during the school year (1:30 pm – 7:00 pm) per year. There is typically one additional event each month for which the timing varies. Additionally, in September the position goes from 15 – 20 hours/week to 30 hours/week based on availability to account for the Jewish High Holidays. A confirmed schedule of events for the entire year is available upon hire.

Responsibilities include:

• Unlocking the building and setting up prayer books and other items to hand out for services, Torah school, and events.
• Service and event set up including setting out multiple folding tables and chairs, setting out food, and coordinating with caterers or food deliveries.
• Light to moderate janitorial duties to ensure the building is well-stocked and clean on a weekly basis.
• Greeting congregants as needed, including handing out prayer books when the usual volunteer greeters are not present.
• Setting up and troubleshooting audio, video, and lighting issues during services.
• Setting up ritual objects when needed for services.
• Managing the sound system and streaming technology during services or events.
• Being a welcome presence during Torah school dropoff and pickup.

Full job description and application information.

Join us for Math is for Everyone! (Family Math Session 1).

Date and Times: Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 10:00 AM or 5:00 PM

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Our Community Engagement Graduate Degree prepares students in areas such as non-profit leadership, diversity and social change activism and organizing, service-learning, and civic engagement. The fellowship track to this graduate degree includes a rigorous curriculum that is aligned with a field placement with deeply committed community partners.

*Host Site opportunities are open to partner organizations located anywhere in the United States!

Interested in hosting a Community Engagement Graduate Fellow? All host site candidates (including those reapplying for a new fellow) must complete the 2024-2025/26 Host Site Application to be considered. Please also feel free to share this opportunity with your community partners!

If you would like to learn more about hosting a Community Engagement Graduate Fellow before applying, please contact our Community Engagement Program Director, Dr. Audrey Falk (falka@merrimack.edu).

**The priority deadline to apply as 2024 -2025/26 Host Site is March 8, 2024 (late applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, based on placement availability).

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Here are some resources and research I’ve found helpful on these topics related to full engagement and inclusive excellence impacts supported by community engagement.

Miller, D., Dolson, T., Gale, S., Howard, A. (2018). Supporting inclusive excellence through community-engaged scholarship and teaching (White paper). University of Richmond: Bonner Center for Civic Engagement.

Sturm, S., Eatman, T., Saltmarsh, J., & Bush, A. (2011). Full participation: Building the architecture for diversity and public engagement in higher education (White paper). Columbia University Law School: Center for Institutional and Social Change.

This policy brief addresses some of the important questions you and your colleagues are asking, and I’m sure others, will be interested in your findings.

Don’t miss this new article in the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning: “Civic Learning Through a Lens of Racial Equity.”

This event will take place on Thursday, January 25, 2024, 3:00-4:00 PM.

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The film captures six California residents from various communities and gives them the chance to share their stories while also challenging the audience to acknowledge assumptions about those living in poverty. Initially, Gray and Kornbluth were set to shoot a series of short videos for social media; that later snowballed into a short film due to the connections they were able to draw from each story. “And when we put them all together, collectively, you really see the interconnection of a whole bunch of issues from housing to immigration to access to benefits,” says Kornbluth.

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Position Summary:

The Finance Manager is responsible for overseeing day-to-day financial operations and ensuring the accuracy of financial records for Belmont Charter Network. Reporting to the Director of Finance, this position will play a key role in maintaining fiscal responsibility and supporting the financial health of the organization.

This is a 12 month position that is supervised by Director of Finance.

Salary range: $60,000-$73,000 a year

Learn more and apply here.

Position Summary: 

The Family Support Specialist is responsible for serving the entire school community while partnering with internal departments, community agencies and nonprofits to support students and families on tiers 2 and 3 in the Multi-Tiered System of Support model. Working closely with students, parents, and educators to address academic, personal/social, and career development goals and needs by designing and implementing the comprehensive family support model that focuses on the five school domains. Requires a strong knowledge of student mental health interventions and programming in addition to special education processes. This position demands a high level of performance, coordination, data collection and effective management to meet deadlines. Belmont Charter Network is a collaborative effort between the Prevention and Family Support Department and the Multi-Tiered System of Supports to create an environment promoting student achievement, active engagement, and equitable access to educational opportunities for all students.

This is an 11 month position that is supervised by the Director of Prevention and Family Support.

Salary range: $50,000-$55,000 a year

Learn more and apply here.

Date and Time: Friday, January 19, 2024, 12:00 PM

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The National Day of Racial Healing was launched in 2017 by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation as part of its Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) effort, a national and community-based process to plan for, and bring about, transformational and sustainable change. Held on the Tuesday following the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the annual observance is an opportunity to engage in collective action to create a more just and equitable world.

“The commitment to redress the historical and contemporary effects of racism is central to AAC&U’s mission of advancing the democratic purposes of higher education and integral to the aims of a contemporary liberal education,” said AAC&U President Lynn Pasquerella. “The National Day of Racial Healing is an opportunity for campuses and communities to come together and reflect on shared values, recognize our common humanity, and focus on healing the effects of racism.”

As part of the broader TRHT effort, AAC&U partners with higher education institutions to establish TRHT Campus Centers that focus on preparing the next generation of leaders to build more just and equitable communities by dismantling the false belief in a hierarchy of human value. To learn how TRHT Campus Centers will mark the National Day of Racial Healing, visit AAC&U’s NDORH webpage.

“Building and sustaining a positive narrative about race and difference at higher education institutions and within communities involves truth-telling, deep listening, and most importantly, a commitment to creating environments where healing and growth can occur,” said Tia McNair, AAC&U’s Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Student Success and Executive Director for the TRHT Campus Centers. “The National Day of Racial Healing acknowledges the harm and trauma caused by a false belief in a hierarchy of human value, while encouraging us to focus on a process of healing that will lead to transformation.”

All colleges and universities are encouraged to plan and promote activities appropriate to their unique institutional missions and contexts, such as:

• organizing racial healing activities in connection with already-scheduled Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day events;
• inviting and encouraging faculty members to connect course content to racial healing on January 16 or during that week;
• coordinating stand-alone or integrated events on campus that address racial healing;
• sharing stories, event details, photos, and videos via social media using the hashtag #HowWeHeal.

Resources for promoting the National Day of Racial Healing (NDORH), including action kits for students, educators, and others, are available online from the NDORH website.

These cost-free Institutes are designed to give faculty and staff the knowledge and tools to incorporate student-led social action campaigns into a current or new course (or co-curricular activity). Social action is a transformative experiential learning model where students in a college course launch their own campaign or join a community organization’s campaign. As you can see on our website, student campaigns seek to change a policy (i.e., a rule, law, regulation, norm, or practice of an institution) on campus or in the community. This spring semester, 14 social action courses will be taught across the nation in a variety of disciplines.

We just completed our Fall ’24 Institute with 42 faculty and staff from 33 campuses. Here is what Kujegi Camara from Fordham University said about the Fall Institute:

“I loved it. It was so powerful to be in this community and to get such great tips about how to do social action. We dived right in, which was really great and set the tone for the rest of the Institute. I loved Scott guiding us through the companion guide and sharing his experience with us and providing examples. It was also really great to be able to hear from fellow practitioners who have gone through this experience and are now teaching social action courses and also hearing from students who have gone through this experience.”

The host for the Spring ’24 Institute is Dr. Austin Harrison from Rhodes College. Food is covered during the Institute; applications are due on Friday, February 23. Click here to apply for the Spring ’24 Institute.

If you can’t make the Spring ’24 Institute, please consider applying to the two virtual Institutes (Summer and Winter), or the Fall ’24 Institute at the U. of Michigan, which is hosted by Professor Arun Agrawal with the Pathways Alliance at the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS).

Please share this opportunity with faculty and staff colleagues at your institution and beyond. If you have any questions, please contact Scott Myers-Lipton at smlipton@sjsu.edu.

Nomination Eligibility:

• Young women currently in 8th grade
• B average grades
• Planning to attend a public or charter high school in Philadelphia this Fall 2024.
• Motivated and prepared to invest in their own success with the support of program mentors

We hope to receive all nominations via virtual submission portal  or by completing a nomination form and emailing it to ans_wins@drexel.edu no later than Thursday, February 15, 2024:

• Nomination form for family and friends
• Nomination form for teachers and counselors

To learn more about the program visit our website. Please share this with your colleagues and if you have any questions, contact Dominique A. Thomas at dat55@drexel.edu.

Informational letter.

Date and Time: Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 12:30 – 1:30 PM via Zoom

Sponsored by Cabrini University’s Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging and the Barbara and John Jordan Center for Children of Trauma and Domestic Violence Education.

Any questions, please email jordancenter@cabrini.edu.

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Leveraging nearly two decades of experience researching and teaching about power and social change across the globe—including her Agitate, Innovate, Orchestrate framework—Battilana will show leaders and teams that the key to successfully implementing change is understanding how power works, then using one’s power effectively and responsibly.

This 90-minute live program will:

• Define what power is, where it comes from, and dispel harmful misconceptions about it
• Illuminate the three key sources of power available to each of us and how they can be used for social good
• Spotlight how to harness power for a positive impact on individuals, organizations, and society
• Explore strategies for implementing change, including through the “Agitate, Innovate, Orchestrate” framework

Date and Time: Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 2:00-3:30 PM

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AmeriCorps believes that embracing cultural expansiveness and engagement is not just a goal, but a fundamental need that drives our service mission. To further our commitment, we are excited to extend an invitation to the kickoff of our Cultural Learning Community courses, “Compassion Fatigue and the Road to Compassion Resilience,” hosted on Thursday, January 25, 2024, 2:00 PM. This course will provide an invaluable opportunity to deepen understanding, enhance skills, and gain a foundational understanding of compassion fatigue and how to build compassion resilience.

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