WOMEN TRANSFORMING SONOMA COUNTY THROUGH COLLECTIVE PHILANTHROPY | JANUARY 2023 | ISSUE 64 |
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Liaison: Jewish Community Free Clinic
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An Update from the Jewish Community Free Clinic
The JCFC has now signed a contract with OCHIN to implement EPIC Electronic Health Records. Our "Go Live" date will be in December of this year. We are currently putting together a volunteer team and paid staff under the direction of Dr. Deborah A. Roberts and determining the most efficient process for implementation to get the job done successfully for our healthcare center. The time has come to cast away paper records and join our sister healthcare centers in switching over to EPIC. Having EPIC will allow us to better serve our clients through the Care Everywhere portal, which makes it possible to access client information when the client first arrives to be seen. Client information will then be available to the next provider when the patient is referred elsewhere within the EPIC system, closing the referral loop and guaranteeing improved continuity of care. Thanks to the generosity of Impact 100 Redwood Circle, the Hellman Foundation, and the federal government through an appropriation from Congress passed in late December 2022, the JCFC has all the necessary resources to launch its EHR implementation plan.
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Liaison: The LIME Foundation
A Success Story
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Our 2021 Impact Grantee Helps Grad Find Career Goal
Jocelin Ortiz was in her first semester at Santa Rosa Junior College, trying to decide on a major, when her mom noticed a Facebook ad for The LIME Foundation’s NextGen Trades Academy.
“I couldn’t decide what I wanted to study, and my mom said, ‘Maybe this will help you figure it out,’” Ortiz, 19, recalled.
Ortiz enrolled in the NextGen Trades Academy in March 2022. In nightly and weekend sessions held over Zoom that month, she heard presentations by professionals from various trades and completed a 10-hour OSHA training for the construction industry. After a presentation by a local architect, Ortiz decided she wanted to study civil engineering.
“I’d never heard of civil engineering before,” she said. “Growing up, the only professions I knew of were lawyers, doctors, nurses and dentists.” From the architect’s description of the work that civil engineers do, Ortiz realized it would be a good fit for her. She’d previously drawn blueprints in a high school class and liked the idea of collaborating with architects, carpenters, HVAC experts, geologists, plumbers, and other building professionals.
Ortiz graduated from the NextGen Trades Academy last summer, among their 47 graduates in 2022. Now in her second year at the JC, she’s studying calculus, physics, and political science with plans to transfer to a state college to major in civil engineering. A first-generation American, Ortiz hopes to be the first in her family to graduate from college.
LIME Foundation founder Letitia Hanke arranged for Ortiz to attend a local chapter meeting of the American Council of Engineering Companies where Ortiz spoke about her experience in the NextGen Trades Academy and met with potential mentors and employers.
She credits the Trades Academy not only with helping her hone in on a professional goal but exposing her to topics she knew nothing about, including real estate, personal finance, and stress management. In fact, she benefitted so much from the Trades Academy that she’s already encouraging her younger sister, a Montgomery High School sophomore, and her brother, a Brook Hill Elementary School fifth grader, to follow her lead.
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Liaison Event: Spotlight Zoom from 2022 Community Grant Winners
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Wondering what the 2022 Community Grantees are up to? Please join in on the upcoming Spotlight Zoom sessions. The 2022 Community Grantees will each present a short information session on their agency and how the CG have been implemented to help them achieve their mission. Members will have an opportunity to ask questions after the presentation.
Look for eBlasts to join these Zoom sessions from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. on...
February 7
Corazón Healdsburg, Food For Thought and Secure Family Collaborative
February 21
Santa Rosa Symphony, 6th Street Playhouse and Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation
March 14
Elsie Allen HS Foundation, Circuit Riders and Sonoma Family Meal
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LIAISON: An Invitation to IMPACT 100 Redwood Circle Members
Simply Strings Concert
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Simply Strings (one of our Community Grant Awardees) is presenting a concert in conjunction with the Santa Rosa Youth Symphony. The students are grades 1 – 6 and make a huge commitment to be part of this exceptional program - two hours of practice each day, 5 days per week. These students have seen an improvement in their grades, confidence as well as their life skills.
Please try and attend to support them and enjoy the music at this free concert.
Thursday, February 16th at the Green Music Center at 11:15 a.m..
This concert is open only to Impact 100 Redwood Circle Members and their guests. Please email me to reserve your spot by February 9th. The concert should be about an hour in length.
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Education: Ijeoma Olu at Green Music Center
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We Continue to Bust Our Bias
Consider attending #1 NY Times bestseller Ijeoma Oluo's introduction of her newest book Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America at the Neves and Barton Social Justice Lecture Series held annually at Sonoma State University. She authored So You Want to Talk About Race, and is featured in The Guardian, The NY Times, and The Washington Post. She was named to the 2021 TIME 100 Next list, and twice named to the Root 100.
Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m., Green Music Center, SSU
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ED TALK: Amie Carter, SCOE, Superintendent of Schools
A Vision for Sonoma County Schools
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Please join us for our next ED TALK on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. with Dr. Amie Carter, the new Superintendent of Sonoma County Office of Education. Educating our youth has become a daunting task as more and more pressures are put on students, parents and teachers.
Dr. Carter will describe how her new role gives her the chance to advocate for the needs of 65,000 public school students of Sonoma County. Hear more about the education gap our children suffer and what that really means for us as a community.
Amie has been working in education for the last twenty years in northern California, most recently as Assistant Superintendent of Marin County Office of Education and brings a wealth of information to this job. This promises to be a lively discussion. Please join us.
Click here to read a bio of Amie Carter.
Watch your email for a link to register.
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Welcome New Member!
Noel Glab
New Member Orientation - February 1st
Join the New Member Orientation on February 1st at 5:30 p.m. This will be a Zoom meeting hosted by Charlene Staples. This is a great way to connect, get to know people, and learn more about our organization. Contact Charlene if you have any questions: [email protected].
Cocktails and Conversation - March 2nd
Here’s the opportunity to introduce a prospective member to Impact 100 Redwood Circle. Join us March 2nd from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at the home of one of our members, so your guest can learn more about the organization. Attendance is limited to 20, so plan ahead so when reservations are opened in early February, you’ll be first on the list.
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Events: Save The Date
Annual Membership Meeting of 2023
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Save the Date!
The first membership meeting of 2023 has been scheduled, so be on the lookout for your “eBlast" invitation the first week of February. In the meantime, please mark your calendars:
- 2023 Annual Membership Meeting
- Thursday, February 16, 2023
- 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
- Zoom
- Agenda to follow
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Member Invitation: A Raisin In The Sun
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6th Street Theater, one of our 2022 Community Grant award recipients, has invited our members to attend a theater production. We have a block of 34 tickets that are on hold for Impact 100 Redwood Circle members to attend the matinee performance of A Raisin in the Sun on Sunday, March 19th. Tickets are being offered to us at the group rate of $38.15. They are on hold until the end of January. The Liaison Committee has arranged with the theater to hold a reception for our members and a discussion with the actors after the show.
If you have never been to 6th Street Theater, this is a wonderful chance to get to know one of our premiere local theaters. If you are a long time theater goer, this classic drama is a “not to be missed” performance.
If you would like to attend, please do NOT call the box office. Rather, email the theater PR specialist, Shekeyna Black who is in charge of all ticketing for this performance. Her email is [email protected]. Tell her how many tickets you would like and she will arrange them for you.
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Giving Circle Affiliate: Philanos
Philanos Educational Opportunities
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Upcoming Educational Opportunities
Available to all Impact 100 Redwood Circle Members
Comms Club Affinity Group. Thursday, January 26 at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT. Topics will include effective usage of LinkedIn, social media metrics and member engagement through digital communications. Any member of a Philanos affiliate interested in learning more and sharing communications efforts for their circle is welcome. Register here.
Tech Talk Affinity Group. February 9 at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT. This new Affinity Group for 2023 will provide an opportunity to discuss topics such as defining project goals, making software decisions, implementing the project, setting realistic expectations. Non-techies are welcome. Register here.
February Educational Webinar. Tuesday, February 14 via ZOOM. 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT. “Soliciting and Responding to Nonprofit Partner Feedback” featuring Patricia Massey Hoke, Executive Director, Women’s Impact Fund (Charlotte, NC) and Linda Simmons, Co-Chair Grants Leadership Team, Women’s Giving Alliance of Northeast Florida (Jacksonville, FL). The Women’s Impact Fund annually funds grants in five focus areas: Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Health, and Human Services. The Women’s Giving Alliance invests in the lives of women and girls in Northeast Florida. Registration closes February 12. Register here.
The above three sessions are available to you as a member of Impact 100 Redwood Circle, a Philanos Affiliate. Your email needs to be in the Philanos database to register for the above sessions. If you are not able to register for an event or login to the Affiliate Portal, your email is likely missing from the database. Email Mindi Lewis and ask her to add your name and email address. This will also add you to the list for future Philanos event notifications and newsletters.
Follow Philanos on social media using the links on the Philanos home page. You will be able to connect and view the impact of Philanos, Philanos Affiliates and the strategic growth of women's giving circles.
Connect, Learn and Share!
Ann Marie McGee
Member, Impact 100 Redwood Circle
Philanos Board Member
Co-Chair Communications Committee
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