April 13, 2023: Today we honored April as Child Abuse Prevention month, discussed upcoming events and opportunities, and celebrated many accomplishments.
Click here to access the slides from this month's meeting. See the summary below and required coalition member tasks follow. If you have any questions, please contact Stacie Kinlaw at skinlaw@rcpartnership4children.org or 910-738-6767
2023 COMMITMENTS TO ROAR
EVERY stakeholder is encouraged and invited to COMPLETE the 2023 Commitments Document. This will help the steering committee begin to identify how and when we can best coordinate our grassroots efforts to spread resilience education and awareness everywhere.
Mission: To educate, connect and empower the people of Robeson County by increasing awareness and understanding of Adverse Childhood and Community Experiences and teaching skills for building resilience.
Vision: That every person in Robeson County will have the tools they need to recognize, process and overcome their own adversities and that individual, familial and community resilience will thrive.
HEAR ME ROAR
We watched two videos to kick off Child Abuse Prevention Month.
NC Governor Roy Cooper Proclaims April 2023 Child Abuse Prevention Month
CELEBRATIONS!!!
- Still Collecting Membership Agreements; 2023 Commitment Forms are coming in as well. (LINKS will be at the bottom of this newsletter)
- Completed Collaborative Learning Institute with Regional Team
- Panel Presenter at 2023 PCANC Learning and Leadership Summit
- Healthy Start announced continued sustainability grant for student fellowship to offer Resilience education to parents involved in the program
- Suds of Love announced continued growth - 5th washer and dryer has been supplied to a school; 4 more have been requested; TRUCK is almost complete and a special ribbon cutting event will be announced soon
UPCOMING TRAININGS AND ACTIVITIES
- Continue to promote ROAR at outreach events; Arts on Elm is coming up on April 22
- Panel Presentation at Smart Start Conference
- PLEASE schedule a resilience related training for your church, school, business, organization, etc. by contacting Stacie Kinlaw
COMPLETE THIS SURVEY!!!
EVERY ROAR stakeholder is encouraged and invited to COMPLETE the 2023 Coalition Survey that has been recently released by the Healthy and Resilient Communities Initiative as a requirement for our recently awarded grant. DEADLINE: May 1, 2023
This survey will assess your perception as a member of the Coalition about the makeup and experience of participating in our local coalition and reveal the culture that exists within our coalition. SAMHSA (The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency) has outlined 6 main principles to strive towards when creating trauma-informed organizations. They are: Safety, Trustworthiness & Transparency, Peer Support, Collaboration & Mutuality, Empowerment & Choice, and Cultural, Historical & Gender Issues. This survey tool has been developed to measure these 6 main principles.
NOTE: Because the questions were borrowed from valid sources of measure, the language could not be changed despite some instances when a more locally accepted phrasing or word choice could make the questions more relatable and understood. Please just answer the questions based on your personal perception and based on your experience as a participant in ROAR.
PINWHEEL GARDEN PLANTING
ROAR Attendees help plant a Pinwheel Garden all around the Partnership in honor of April's Child Abuse Prevention Month
COMMUNITY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
UNCP College of Health Sciences Offers Test Prep
Changes to Medicaid
Stop the Pain Needs Recovery Ambassadors
NC Pre-K Accepting Applications for 2023-2024
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Eastpointe invites new members to their Community Collaborative; please contact Crystal Morrison cmorrison@eastpointe.net
Please submit community announcements to Stacie Kinlaw skinlaw@rcpartnership4children.org
If you have not submitted a Membership Agreement/Resolution of Support on behalf of your organization or yourself or BOTH, please consider doing so before April 30, 2023
NEXT MONTH'S MEETING IS THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2023 @10AM
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