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IMPACT for YOUTH, Monterey, CA: Keep the Conversation Going

IMPACT Presents Free Community Forum

In Partnership with Carmel and Pacific Grove Unified School Districts

 

Just When Our Teenagers
Need Us the Most

Keep the Conversation Going

·        Are we talking with our teens, and are they listening?

·        Gain tools and techniques to solve problems.

·        How to move beyond the one-line responses: “fine, okay, bored”.

·        Explosive anger – learn what to do about it.

 

       Kate Balderas-Miller, Consultant ~ Teen Issues, Conflict Resolution

Parents & Teens Welcome

   Wednesday, October 29^th  

7:00-8:30pm   

Carmel High School Library

For information call:

IMPACT

646-6590 ext 307

 

Kate Miller-Balderas holds a B.A. in Counseling, and an A.A. in Child Development. Kate has over fifteen years of experience working with teenagers and their families, both in school settings and in her private practice.

Kate is currently working on a three-book project that supports communication between teens and their parents, based on unconditional love, discovering your child's passions, and embracing uniqueness.

Partners in Prevention

Janet Myer, Director
Lori Aiello, Program Director
IMPACT for Youth
646-6590 ext.307
402-2628
"Prevention is lots of people doing something all the time - a sustainable effort."

You are Invited to an Important Benefit Film Premier: Monterey, Carmel, Salinas area

How does one live with a secret, a secret that is shaming to your core sense of self, your sexuality? Boyhood Shadows, perhaps for the first time, will begin to let us unburden our hearts regarding this all too common phenomenon of sexual violence. All proceeds will go the Monterey County Rape Crisis Center Child Abuse Prevention Progam, a terribly important program. Do come and please contribute.

Sexual violence is a grim fact of life and I believe it is our duty as community members, to become aware of this powerful kind of violence so we may some day get beyond it. We in the Monterey County area have been blessed to have a rape crisis center that has thrived for more than 20 years, all of them under the excellent guidance of Executive Director, Clare Mounteer. If you have every worked in volunteer work, especially work as sensitive as as sexual violence, prevention and care, you know that good groups with steady leadership can be hard to find. My hat is off and my heart often touched with Clare and her team at www.mtry.rapecrisis.org

MCRCC has once again partnered with outstanding film makers, MacAVA, who made their earlier public service announcements regarding sexual violence. I will say no more and hope to see you at the OPENING SEPTEMBER 22 AT THE Steinbeck Forum of the Monterey Conference Center

Join us!

For a printable .pdf of your own benefit premiere invitation click here: Download premiere_invitation.pdf

And visit the film's website here:Boyhood Shadows.

 

Monterey County CAPC Awards

Over 300 community leaders in Child Abuse Prevention attended the annual CAPC Awards Breakfast on April 17th. 

The breakfast honored those organizations and individuals that have gone above and beyond to create a safe and caring community for children.

FROM ALL OF US, THANK YOU, CAPC!

Unity Church of Monterey Bay: Pledging Acts of Kindness Every Day

Members of Unity of Monterey Bay pledge to do at least one deliberate act of kindness every day during Dare to Care Week.

City of Monterey and Starbucks Partners in Urban Forestry: Join Us April 20th

The City of Monterey and Starbucks celebrate Earth Day and Dare to Care by joining together in an urban forestry project in New Monterey.

Come and join us - 9:00 a.m at McClellan and Lighthouse Friday, April 20th. 

Lunch is included!

Monterey Bay Area Steps It Up and Dares to Care about the Environment AND World Peace: Earth Day 2007!

This year Dare to Care Day has become Dare to Care Week and happens to occur along with Earth Day this year.

Earth Day began in 1970 through the vision and hard work of John and Anna McConnell. Earth Day was intended to be two things: a day to understand more about the environment and our relationship AND a day to promote peace and cooperation.

Many groups and activities are planned, perhaps more than ever before!

The SEA OTTER CLASSIC is celebrating its 17th year of promoting sustainability: http://www.seaotterclassic.com/index.cfm/media_kit_path_to_sustainability.htm

Here are some fun and important Monterey Area Events you may want to join in from the Step It Up '07! site:

Monterey, CA

Ecopioneer at Sea Otter Classic

0 miles away

Monterey , CA

Monterey Steps It Up!

0 miles away

Carmel Valley, CA

Cachagua Rules

9 miles away

Pacific Grove, CA

Monterey Beach Cleanup

18 miles away

SALINAS, CA

HOW DOES GLOBAL WARMING AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY?

26 miles away

Monterey, CA

"Car Free Day"

53 miles away

Los Gatos, CA

Los Gatos Town Plaza Park

61 miles away

Santa Cruz, CA

Race Against Global Warming Kickoff

61 miles away

Santa Cruz, CA

Step It Up- National Global Warming Awareness Day

62 miles away

Santa Cruz, CA

Step It Up Santa Cruz!

70 miles away

San Jose, CA

Harker - National Day of Climate Action

74 miles away

Palo Alto, CA

Step It Up Silicon Valley - A Climate Action Festival

74 miles away

Click here to go back to the national map and see all the Actions across the country.

Step It Up 07! is the inspiration of Bill McKibben, author and educator and his students at Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT, a college sister to MIIS here in Monterey, CA. McKibben's newest book and one of his original inspired books that woke many of us up to environmental issues are:

You may also want to visit the official Earth Day web site: http://www.earthsite.org/

We invite you to join us all in making the world a better place by DARING TO CARE!

Caring by Creating Art

Here is an example from an earlier Dare to Care event.

Students are creating a mural. Making ART can be an act of caring!

How can you make art that helps us all care more? Art that makes beauty and teaches us all.

Maybe you want to make art as YOUR way to care!

Welcome to Dare to Care Week for the Monterey Bay area

Welcome to the first posting for our new blog, helping to celebrate Dare to Care Week April 15-22, 2007 for the Monterey Bay area!

Our picture here is of students planting seedlings at Chartwell School. Wonder what grows there now? Do you care? How about sending us a new photo?

Dare to Care Day was begun several years ago by the Community of Caring, a program begun to help teens and youth and to honor council woman Ruth Vreeland of Monterey, CA.

This year we are going to celebrate how much we care for our beautiful home and each other all together, for one week.

You are invited to post a comment here on this blog (you will first have to register for free when you want to make a comment below any posting or you can email you pledge before the event and your story after the event to: sammon@ci.monterey.ca.us

Need some ideas for participating in

Dare to Care Week? How about.... 

• Storytelling…share stories on acts of caring/acts of kindness – create a “storybook” to be shared with others (and send copies to Community of Caring to post on website!)

• Schools work with a business or community group for a collaborative project

• Students create bookmarks reflecting caring actions to share with public libraries, senior centers, books stores

• Hand out “I Dared to Care cards” for positive actions – redeemable for a goodie like a hug or a cookie or a walk on the beach

• Write a letter and send it to a soldier in Iraq,

• “ Pay it Forward” pass one good deed to another to pass to another…etc...

• Have a “pennies” drive with proceeds going to fund a needed project.

• Send a flyer home to families with ideas for Dare to Care Day.

• Make a Dare to Care Day or Week for a buddy at school – matching older & younger students for a class activity.

• Count the caring actions you or your colleagues do everyday but never stop to notice!

• Have students weed a flower bed during lunch, recess or P.E

• Write notes of appreciation to other staff members.

Can we top 3,000 participants in 2007?

Join us! Have fun caring with us all, together.