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Content focuses on the subjects for which AAWGT has sponsored educational sessions to better inform our members and the community at large.
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Craving a Solution to Hunger; The Path to Food SecurityJune 12, 2019, Education Meeting Presenters' Powerpoint Slides in PDF: Karen Bassarab, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Christine Melendez Ashley, Bread for the World Anne Heiser Buzzelli, AA County Dept. of Health and Jodi Risse, Anne Arundel County Public Schools Michael Wierzbicki, North County High School ===================== Other Resource Materials: Ending US Hunger and Poverty by Focusing on Communities Where It's Most Likely Hungry Kids In Anne Arundel County Racial Equity Within Child Nutrition Programs Recommendations to Promote Racial Equity Within SNAP Recommendations to Promote Racial Equity Within WIC Salvation Army Opens First-Ever Supermarket Aging
Economic Insecurity in Maryland & Anne Arundel County: Wider Opportunity for Women's Elder Economic Security Index - PowerPoint presentation by Jo Reed and local Elder Index data Children & FamiliesBrené Brown video on Empathy v. Sympathy Early Childhood Resources in Anne Arundel County Joan Gillece's PowerPoint Presentation on Trauma Informed Care - and website resources - (Education Session on Derailing the Impact of Early Childhood Trauma, February 15, 2017) Domestic Violence List of Hyperlinks to Comprehensive Domestic Violence Programs Giving Circles Around the CountryAAWGT is a proud member of the Catalist: Women Accelerating the Power of Collective Giving
Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers' (ABAG's) List of Region's Giving Circles Giving Circles: Background InformationGiving Circle Information Center: national statistics, trends: givingforum.org National estimate of giving circles' reach: The Impact of Giving Together, May 2009 (Eikenberry and Bearman) Booklet on Giving Circle Founders: Founders Stories Giving Circles [pdf] Handbook for Giving Circles: Handbook for Giving Circles [pdf] Grief and Bereavement
Anne Arundel County Chapter/ Parents of the USA
Bereavement and Support Services in the Area (Rev. 6/18 pdf) Evermore: Child & Parent Grief Support Directories Hospice of the Chesapeake: Chesapeake Life Center Health CareThe Weakening Link Between Marriage and Childbirth: Does It Matter? PowerPoint presentation by Katy Suellentrop, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, September 12, 2013 [pdf] AA County Dept. of Health: www.aahealth.org Recent rankings on health indicators in Anne Arundel County from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2011 Report Card on Anne Arundel County Community Health Indicators [pdf] Consumer Health Site (in English and Spanish): medlineplus.gov Information on Children's Health: kidshealth.org Information on Women's Health: womenshealth.gov | Unsung and Unserved: The Double-Edged Sword Facing Today’s Women VeteransFebruary 13, 2019, Education MeetingPresentation handouts: Anne Arundel County Statistics on VeteransBaltimore Sun Article: Women Veterans Do Not Recognize Themselves as Veterans Challenges and Barriers for Military and Veteran Women Domestic Abuse Now a Crime Inconvenience of Being a Woman Veteran Pew Survey of Women Veterans, December 2011 Rethink Veterans - Who is the Woman Veteran Who is a Woman Veteran Women Veterans Strategic Plan and Timeline by Women Veterans Task Force Homelessness and Affordable HousingHomeless data profiles by state are available here. More than 1.5 million children across the U.S. (1 out of every 50) experience homelessness at least once a year and, in Maryland, 1 out of 28 children do not know where they will get their next meal. Human TraffickingHuman Trafficking Bibliography Immigration
Immigration Resource List - June 2018 - Provided by Maria M. Casasco, Officer, Immigrant & Multicultural Affairs (MCA), Office of Anne Arundel County Executive Steve R. Schuh
Migration Policy Institute Report: Immigrants in the United States: How Well Are They Integrating into Society? by Tomas R. Jimenez, May 2011
Migration Policy Institute: Website for MPI's E Pluribus Unum Prizes for Integration Poverty/Economic InsecurityPoverty Amidst Plenty VI: On The Road to Progress for All produced by the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County and the Anne Arundel County Partnership for Children, Youth and Families. Sixth Edition, 2018 - NEWMay, 2018 PPT update on Community Plan from The Partnership for Children Youth and Families [pdf] - presented by Pamela Brown and Lauren Maddox at AAWGT grants voting meeting on 5/19/18 BenefitsCheckup.org - online tool to help family, friends or neighbors learn about all the public benefits for which they may be eligible Anne Arundel County Data and Poverty Snapshot 2014 and US Poverty Income Thresholds by Family Size 2013, handouts from Marci Kennai, Director, Anne Arundel County Department of Social Services New Data from Maryland (2010) by Lester M. Salamon and Stephanie Lessans Geller is available at the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies website: ccss.jhu.edu. The Guide for Funding Basic Human Needs in a Challenging Economy produced in 2009 by the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers.Racial Inequity - NEW Local Events - February/March 2019: London Town: Winter Lecture Series: African American Experience - Saturdays in February at 10 am Northern Arundel Cultural Preservation Society Events - February 3 and February 9 Bannecker-Douglass Museum - February 9 and 11 William Paca House, African American Life in Colonial Annapolis - March 28, 10 am Recommended Reading:
Recommended Viewing: Racial Justice Listserv for upcoming events and workshops in the pursuit of racial justice in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, PA, NC, SC and VA) - send a subscription request to Lynda Davis by email to lyndadvis@aol.com |