September's Summit, Day of Caring, and Partnerships with W&M

We focus on opportunities to show up for trauma-responsive care

You, or a person seeking to have an influence in their community, can offer social-emotional support, literacy, and project-based learning to preschoolers and middle schoolers through the Opportunity Flourish AmeriCorps paid program.

AUG. 29 deadline to participate in an informational session about the two youth-serving programs

Are you in need of a team of W&M volunteers to complete a one-time project for your organization?

Service Saturdays seek to engage students (and staff) in community opportunities like yours!

SAT., SEPT. 14

SAT., OCT. 26

SAT., NOV. 16

Invite a new generation of workers to shadow you on your job! An exciting pilot program will encourage students to take part in what they're calling an Externship over the fall break to work alongside you for

1 - 2 days from

Oct. 11 - 12.

AUG. 30 deadline to submit your job opportunity. Review requirements & timeline now!

Foster teamwork, encourage feedback, and create opportunities for connection

CLICK the image to fast-track to Survey Monkey and register!

Join a gathering where people EAT and beam with pride over their culinary skills and their cultural dishes.

Your Racial-Trauma Committee will continue to host informal spaces for connection through their quarterly potlucks intended for discussions on racial justice in an intentional and emotionally secure space.

While filling their bellies, people are guided through conversations to share what's important to them about their racial identity. The conversations highlight how their relationships to their friends, coworkers and family are impacted by race and how to cope with hurtful microaggressions from our elected officials, administrators, and school boards when the daily grind of life is already exhausting us all.

Turn toward truth and email

Lynette Diaz at lynette.diaz@jamescitycountyva.gov and Prell Gross at prellgross.lpcva@gmail.com

for information on the next gathering.

You are not a machine.

You are a human being.

You Can Heal Intergenerational Trauma - Dr. Thelma Bryant

Think collectively. Speak Life. Show Up.

Our Resilience Rock Garden is losing its intention,

its power and its purpose in our community y'all!

USE THIS LINK TO PAINT & DONATE YOUR ROCK

USE THIS LINK TO VOLUNTEER ON SEPT. 20

Our goal is to collect 1,000 painted rocks before our Day of Caring event. We will use every single last rock in creating an intentional symbol of resilience that will permanently mark our garden as the premier location for feelings of

joy and abundance!