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Practical Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth in the Workplace
Next Monday is Juneteenth, a federally recognized holiday commemorating the emancipation of people who were enslaved in the United States. If you haven’t yet planned a way to celebrate, there’s still time!
The best Juneteenth celebration ideas for the office are activities that allow participants to learn about the history behind the holiday. For example, hosting a lunch-and-learn session, inviting a guest speaker, and watching documentaries are great ways to educate employees on the importance of Juneteenth. Planning special Juneteenth ideas at work shows employees that you care about the meaning behind the holiday. In addition, celebrating in the office is a great way to boost employee engagement while strengthening diversity and inclusion at your company.
In her article 15 Great Juneteenth Ideas for Work, Tasia Duske outlines practical ideas to help you plan and implement Juneteenth activities for a meaningful celebration. Some ideas to consider:
- Did you know” social media campaign
- Office art display
- Wall of quotes
- Black-owned business gift box
- Trivia game
- Donation drive
- Paid time off
- Lunch-and-learn
- Movie night
- Lunch outing
- Book club
- Guest speaker engagement
- Potluck barbeque
- Reflection circle
- Workplace décor
RCPA would love to hear from you! Let us know how your organization plans to celebrate Juneteenth and send us photos to share! You can send your items to Cindi Hobbes.
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Supporting Healthy Sexuality for People With IDD — Webinar on June 13
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
2:00 pm ET
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Often, providers and direct support professionals (DSPs) working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) aren’t sure how to support clients with their sexuality or feel uncomfortable addressing this topic. Individuals with IDD deserve to live healthy, full lives within their community of choice.
Join Relias to hear Nellie Galindo, MSW, MSPH, and Rémy Jodrey, MS, LCMHC, discuss ways for DSPs to comfortably support IDD individuals with their sexuality.
Learning Objectives
- What topics to consider when providing support for sexual health and identity?
- How to identify your own values around sexuality?
- How to best support individuals with IDD when issues of sexuality arise in their daily lives?
Can’t attend the live event? Register anyway, and you’ll receive a follow-up email with a link to the recording.
Behavioral Health in Ohio: Improving Data, Moving Toward Racial & Ethnic Equity — Webinar on June 21
Behavioral Health in Ohio: Improving Data, Moving Toward Racial & Ethnic Equity
June 21, 2023
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm MDT; 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
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This webinar, offered by The College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL), explores how data can be more effectively used to advance racial and ethnic equity in behavioral health care.
Since early 2022, a multi-organizational collaborative team with expertise in advocacy, policy, research, and organizational transformation has worked together to improve behavioral health for Ohio’s marginalized racial and ethnic populations. Their work products include a series of research reports analyzing the opportunities and recommendations for change. To date, the collaborative has produced two reports, the first presenting the big picture around racial and ethnic equity and behavioral health as an introduction to the topic; the second report focuses on the workforce, featuring a breakdown of the racial and ethnic composition of Ohio’s behavioral health providers and recommendations for improvement in data collection, policy, diversity in education, and more. Two final reports are in-process and will focus on treatment and funding.
Join us to learn how you might replicate this in your own communities, including rationale for use of data to advance racial and ethnic equity, how to create a team structure and work processes to gather and analyze data, and the ways in which the findings are already making an impact in Ohio.
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Celebrate Pride Month in PA
June 1 marks the beginning of LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, a time to recognize and celebrate LGBTQIA+ individuals in our communities. Pride month is celebrated in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. Initially, “Gay Pride Day” was celebrated on the last Sunday in June. In many cities across the nation, the celebration grew to a month-long series of events.
Today, celebrations include pride parades, picnics, parties, workshops, symposia, and concerts, and LGBTQ Pride Month events attract millions of participants around the world. Memorials are held during this month for those members of the community who have been lost to hate crimes or HIV/AIDS. The purpose of the commemorative month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally.
Find PRIDE events near you!
- Philadelphia
- Lehigh Valley
- Harrisburg
- Pittsburgh
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
- York
- Altoona
You can also search for your local town here.
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