American Red Cross Southern California Region’s Post

Did you see it? 🤩 Thank you Look East for spending some time with us last week to help celebrate our 70th year and find out about our new branding and the special people involved in what we do. If you missed it you can watch the full feature on iPlayer👇 https://lnkd.in/efv6Td3C If you want to scroll forward we are at 4:59 minutes. #embracecharity #embracebedford #familieswithdisabilities #disabilityinclusion #disabilityawareness

Exactly. People need to stop using their time or their college degrees to try working for someone who will fire them at any moment. People need to start their own businesses and stop settling. #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs

Now that it is Springtime there are many activities going on around the area. Here are a few ideas! 🌷 #activitesinstlouis #activitiesinstcharles #themcgrathteam #stlrealestate #coldwellbankerrealtygundaker #stlrealtors #mcgrathteamrealtors #stcharlesrealestate #stcharlesrealtors

It's about Rotary training tonight. I appreciate the planning and work put into a webinar I "attended." Are you in Rotary or another service club? What would you like to know about what your members are interested in? #Rotary #serviceaboveself #communityservice #RI

Veteran Housing Corp says that IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF A PERMANENT AND LASTING SOLUTION TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND HOMELESSNESS, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM! THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS BROKEN AND NOT WORKING FOR AMERICAN TAXPAYERS Veteran Housing Corp would ask every TAXPAYER to demand and get answers from their elected and appointed government officials the below questions as they relate to any affordable, workforce, or supportive housing project in your community! 1. How much local, state, and federal funding, tax credits, or other government benefits or incentives did the project receive? 2. What is the affordability period for each project? Is the affordability period permanent and in perpetuity? 3. What guarantees exist have your local, state, and federal government officials obtained in writing that rents will not go up or that tenants will not be displaced or evicted after the "affordability period expires? Every local, state, and federal housing authority and affordable or workforce housing stakeholder should adopt the State of Vermont's "permanent affordability" policy as a model for all future government funded or subsidized housing projects or developments, no exceptions! https://lnkd.in/eFEUC8c8 Additionally, local, state and federal housing agencies should look to the Helsinki, FINLAND MODEL of ending homelessness by providing affordable housing for all 'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness https://lnkd.in/er9HZSQU Even the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development AGREES THAT adopting FINLAND'S MODEL OF ERADICATING HOMELESSNESS may be of great value to resolving the affordable housing and homelessness crises in America https://lnkd.in/gkSZWYRU

We appreciate the shout out, Latarsha B.! And we are so happy to support and celebrate this very American holiday; at the same time recognizing that our democracy is still very much a work in progress. But, if we use the past to learn and self-reflect in the present, we can be better human beings in the present and future. #Juneteenth Princeton Hydro

Are you from this planet? If so, regardless of where you are in the world, it is likely that there is a Lions Club in or near your community. Don't know what is a Lions Club is? Check this out! https://weserve.org Scroll down for more info after clicking on the link!

If you know me, you already know my take on this. There are no such things as safe or unsafe 'places' - only safe or unsafe 'people'. Yet another unfortunate example below. Just last year I did two separate 3-hour professional in-service seminars for #churches, #privateschools and #nonprofits on both sides of the DFW area addressing numerous physical, data and reputational concerns for the same at the leadership level. But I also offer the same at the employee/staff and even volunteer level. Even the current #onlinecourse #onlinetraining I offer for "internal/in-house employees" addresses many of the main concerns. But technology can only address so much, especially where 'prevention' (vs. reaction) can be applied prior to such incidents. For any #insurancebroker or #insurancecompany interested in helping clients address the same, let's also talk. I know someone who can help, online and in-person. #defensebydesign

Today, we are analyzing a spoken word piece titled “Lost Voices” at CCDOC. Written and performed by Darius Simpson and Scout Bostley, this powerful spoken word piece explores the intersection of race, gender, social justice, and the politics of speaking and advocating for others. Check out a video of their performance here: https://lnkd.in/gGgrp6XR #spokenword #slampoetry #prose #performance #writing#poetryslam #intersectionality #writer #motivational #emotional #writingcommunity #socialjustice #writer #prose #discussion #readingbetweenthelines #nonprofit #volunteering #advocacy #community #justice #criminaljusticereform #incarceration

Preparing for The 36th Annual Peak Challenge - Sponsor a team or sponsor a child; or both. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/Wk0050S7QV2 #peakchallenge #elevatesuccess #hikeformentalhealth #griffithcenters #hopeandhealingstartshere