Mental Health. D.C. UPO Mental Health Equity Forum. January 13, 2022

 

You are cordially invited to UPO's MENTAL HEALTH EQUITY FORUM 5:30 PM | Thursday, January 13, 2022     UPO is committed to improving the lives of the District’s residents. One way is to bring together thought leaders to address major concerns.     Among the most important is inequity in Mental Health, a problem that has grown during the pandemic. Addressing this crisis is vital to achieving UPO's vision: A city of thriving communities and self-sufficient residents.   REGISTER NOW     Register now to hear our distinguished panel of leaders for their online discussion:    MODERATOR   MARY ROARY, PhD Director of the Office of Behavioral Health Equity U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)   Dr. Roary is a public health epidemiologist who focuses on infectious and chronic diseases. She is also an Adjunct Professor at The Catholic University of America. Dr. Roary has worked across government, academia, and private industry. Her ultimate goal is to become an influential champion of eliminating health disparities by identifying and implementing data-driven best practices that promote health equity and wellness.     PANELISTS   BARBARA J. BAZRON, PHD Director DC Dept. of Behavioral Health   Dr. Bazron manages DC’s recovery-oriented, integrated behavioral health system. Throughout her career, she has used her expertise in strategic planning and organizational development to build systems of care that promote the integration of mental health and addiction services, foster equity with physical health care, and address disparities in health care. She is an early innovator and a published author on cultural competency in behavioral health.      HOWARD STEVENSON, PHD Professor of Africana Studies University of Pennsylvania   Dr. Stevenson is the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Professor of Africana Studies, in the Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He is Executive Director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative, designed to promote racial literacy in education, health, and community institutions. His research focuses on helping children and adults assert themselves during face-to-face microaggressions.    LISA CACARI STONE, PHD Associate Professor of Health and Social Policy University of New Mexico   In addition to teaching at the University of New Mexico, Dr. Cacari Stone is senior research fellow with the university’s Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health Policy. She is trusted for her work in moving knowledge about health equity into action in governments, community-based organizations, coalitions, and foundations. Her studies have focused on the role of health and social policies in moderating U.S. health equity.   Please RSVP by Monday, JANUARY 10, 2022   RSVP NOW       ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Opportunity is Knocking. January 2022

 

12 Week Program Modules/Doris Ward Workforce Development and Employment Training Program. January 2022

 

National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.

San Francisco Chapter

TAX I.D. 20-1573025

415 665-2524 www.ncbwsf.org

210 Post Street, Suite 714

San Francisco California 94108

 

12 Week Program Modules/Doris Ward Workforce Development and Employment Training Program

 

Week One                               Orientation/Self-Assessment Survey (Jackie Wright)

Week Two                              Introduction to Customer Service  (Jackie Wright)

Week Three                            Dressing for Success From the Inside Out (Kelly Armstrong)

Week Four                              Interpersonal Skills ( Lisa Bishop)

Week Five                              Mastering Emotional Intelligence (Lisa Bishop)

Week Six                                Communicating Effectively (Lisa Bishop)

Week Seven                            Financial Literacy (Karen Johnson)

Week Eight                             Leadership/Self Starting Skills (Madelyn Mackie)

Week Nine                              Resume Writing/Customer Service Module Recap (Karen Johnson)

Week Ten                               Partner Job Shadow/Intro to On- the-Job Training  (Jackie Wright)

Week Eleven                          Business Ethics (Lisa Bishop)

Week Twelve                          Graduation Ceremony

Overview of Doris Ward Workforce Development Employment & Training Program

EMPLOYMENT/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT–The Doris Ward Workforce Development Employment &  Training Program began in San Francisco in 2011 and has added a parenting and civic engagement component to the job readiness curriculum. The program, which has served over 270 in San Francisco (with a 60% employment rate), engages unemployed/underemployed women and provides a hour stipend for program participation. Created by former chapter member and chairperson of the NCBWSF Golden Girls ‘Bridging the Generations’ Hats and Gloves Tea, Jackie Wright, the program received NCBW’s National Economic Development Program of the Year Award in its first year. The Doris Ward Workforce Development Employment &  Training Program (The Program) objectives are to see (1) Black female trainees obtain workforce skills by enrolling in hospitality/restaurant industry skills trainings (2) At least 70-80% complete vocational training (completion of 12+ instruction hours per trainee); (3) At least 70% obtain employment by completing their job shadowing training for up to a 90-day period (4) 70% will ultimately be placed in unsubsidized employment.

*Although SF visitor spending is expected to net a 42% decrease from 2019 to 2021 due to COVID-19 [SF Travel], SF’s Black women have an opportunity to obtain individual skills during the City’s imminent rebuilding.

NCBWSF Program participants will: (1) Obtain skills relevant to one of the City’s most primary industries, tourism (through its connection to the food/hospitality industries); (2) Improve the City’s overall economic condition; and (3) Work towards individual self-sufficiency.

The program speaks directly to NCBWSF’s mission where gender equity and sociopolitical advancement drives meaningful change to benefit women of color. For more than 40 years nationally, NCBW Inc. has provided the foundation for leadership in the service of Black Women.  For nearly 20 years locally, NCBWSF has supported Black women through programs that elevate their quality of life, drive solutions to their issues of concern, and that build their own personal and professional development, all leading to overall empowerment. Meeting each of these core values, The Doris Ward Workforce Development/Job Training Program is an exemplary model for driving equitable pathways to good paying jobs and to addressing challenges to diversity and inclusion in the lives of San Francisco’s Black women.

Our Black History. Vaccinations. Read. Stop the Conspiracy and Misinformation on Vaccinations. January 2022

 It comes down to a matter of capitalism\profit vs the good of the community and society.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccine 

'.....since 1706, when preacher Cotton Mather learned it from Onesimus, a man he held as a slave, who – like many of his peers – had been inoculated in Africa before they were kidnapped.^[46] This practice was widely criticized at first.^[47] However, a limited trial showed six deaths occurred out of 244 who were variolated (2.5%), while 844 out of 5980 died of natural disease (14%), and the process was widely adopted throughout the colonies.'

 

RE-EDUCATION for the benefit of the communities and society?

What of those accused of corruption at at national level globally?

Are they prosecuted?

Jail time in their nation of origin?

Flight to foreign nation for avoid court trail?

The Briefing

By Martin Peers

Supported by Standard Chartered

January 3, 2022

Finally! It shouldn’t be a surprise that a jury found Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty this afternoon on four charges of fraud and conspiracy. It was obviously hard for jurors to look past evidence that, for example, Holmes had doctored paperwork by adding the logos of pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer to suggest they were believers in Theranos’ technology. Holmes now faces as long as 20 years in prison.

There’s a case to be made that Holmes shouldn’t go to prison, though. After all, what would it achieve? Her career as an entrepreneur is over. After a conviction on charges of defrauding investors, it’s hard to imagine anyone would back her in another venture. The U.S. imprisons people at a far higher rate than any other country—and of course it is disproportionately people of color who are the victims, not white people like Holmes. Even so, we routinely accept prison as a penalty without thinking through the logic of whether it makes sense.

And it has to be said that there is a degree of unfairness in how Holmes has been treated. Is she the only entrepreneur who has pushed past the line of hype and exaggeration into outright falsehoods? Surely not. Holmes became a business icon, in the media as much as among some investors, because she was a young female founder—occupying a role usually played by men. That set her up for a harder fall, but it doesn’t justify a prison sentence.

In fact, it’s hard not to think of Anthony Levandowski, whose own conviction and prison sentence on trade secrets theft was wiped clean by a Trump pardon last year. The logic then, according to his supporters, was that his technical brilliance could benefit society more with him out of prison than inside of one. That was a dubious argument, for sure. And it’s a reminder of how arbitrary are our notions of crime and punishment.