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Monthly Care Group: A Space for LA's Homeless Sector Frontline Workers
Join our virtual monthly sessions designed specifically for workers in LA's homeless response sector presented in partnership with LAHSA.
Why Join?
Community Connection: Share experiences with peers who understand your daily challenges
Practical Support: Learn tools and techniques you can use immediately in your work
Healing Justice Approach: Build practices that support both personal and systemic change
Flexible Format: Join virtual monthly sessions that fit your schedule
Register
Open to all workers in LA's homeless response sector but space is limited. Virtual sessions are held monthly.
Facilitated by Alli Simon
Alli is the Senior Lead for Wellbeing and Healing Justice, where she leads healing justice and community care workshops for SJPLA and our partnering organizations. Alli’s work addresses the mental, physical, and emotional toll of caretaking work, especially for BIPOC workers, to combat burnout and attrition. By providing healing practices and tools, SJPLA helps support employees and renew their ability to care for their clients, deeply investing in the health and wellbeing of the homeless response workforce, especially amid a global pandemic.
In addition to her work with SJPLA, Alli serves as the Executive Director of Black Being, a non-profit well-being studio in Inglewood, CA. She is also a certified yoga and meditation teacher and a community organizer. Alli's journey into meditation began as a way to heal from personal loss and systemic trauma, which evolved into a mission to share these practices with others. She is devoted to increasing access to self-care practices, particularly for historically marginalized communities and social service providers, believing that tools like meditation, yoga, and community care can foster a more compassionate, resilient, and heart-centered world.
Wellbeing Series: The SMUSH is Real: How to Thrive Despite the Tension with Sydney Reece
Join us for a supportive conversation addressing the challenges you encounter in your work.
Story of Us LA 2025
Join us for Story of Us LA, where seven leaders will share their powerful stories of transforming Los Angeles through systems change. Through intimate storytelling and meaningful connection, you'll discover how these changemakers are tackling challenges from health equity to youth justice, and find your own role in building a more just and liberated Los Angeles.
Community Care and the Workplace Summer 2025
SJPLA’s Community Care and the Workplace is a free five-week course for folks who work in the homeless response sector. We’ll discuss ways disconnection, burnout, and grief shows up in our work.
Monthly Care Group: A Space for LA's Homeless Sector Frontline Workers
Join our virtual monthly sessions designed specifically for workers in LA's homeless response sector presented in partnership with LAHSA.
Why Join?
Community Connection: Share experiences with peers who understand your daily challenges
Practical Support: Learn tools and techniques you can use immediately in your work
Healing Justice Approach: Build practices that support both personal and systemic change
Flexible Format: Join virtual monthly sessions that fit your schedule
Register
Open to all workers in LA's homeless response sector but space is limited. Virtual sessions are held monthly.
Facilitated by Alli Simon
Alli is the Senior Lead for Wellbeing and Healing Justice, where she leads healing justice and community care workshops for SJPLA and our partnering organizations. Alli’s work addresses the mental, physical, and emotional toll of caretaking work, especially for BIPOC workers, to combat burnout and attrition. By providing healing practices and tools, SJPLA helps support employees and renew their ability to care for their clients, deeply investing in the health and wellbeing of the homeless response workforce, especially amid a global pandemic.
In addition to her work with SJPLA, Alli serves as the Executive Director of Black Being, a non-profit well-being studio in Inglewood, CA. She is also a certified yoga and meditation teacher and a community organizer. Alli's journey into meditation began as a way to heal from personal loss and systemic trauma, which evolved into a mission to share these practices with others. She is devoted to increasing access to self-care practices, particularly for historically marginalized communities and social service providers, believing that tools like meditation, yoga, and community care can foster a more compassionate, resilient, and heart-centered world.
Wellbeing Series: Healing Trauma with Yogic Principles with Tejal Patel
Join Tejal for an introduction of Secondary Trauma & Race and Ethnic-Based Stress and Trauma, and the utilization of yoga and meditation for healing and harm-reduction.
Monthly Care Group: A Space for LA's Homeless Sector Frontline Workers
Join our virtual monthly sessions designed specifically for workers in LA's homeless response sector presented in partnership with LAHSA.
Why Join?
Community Connection: Share experiences with peers who understand your daily challenges
Practical Support: Learn tools and techniques you can use immediately in your work
Healing Justice Approach: Build practices that support both personal and systemic change
Flexible Format: Join virtual monthly sessions that fit your schedule
Register
Open to all workers in LA's homeless response sector but space is limited. Virtual sessions are held monthly.
Facilitated by Alli Simon
Alli is the Senior Lead for Wellbeing and Healing Justice, where she leads healing justice and community care workshops for SJPLA and our partnering organizations. Alli’s work addresses the mental, physical, and emotional toll of caretaking work, especially for BIPOC workers, to combat burnout and attrition. By providing healing practices and tools, SJPLA helps support employees and renew their ability to care for their clients, deeply investing in the health and wellbeing of the homeless response workforce, especially amid a global pandemic.
In addition to her work with SJPLA, Alli serves as the Executive Director of Black Being, a non-profit well-being studio in Inglewood, CA. She is also a certified yoga and meditation teacher and a community organizer. Alli's journey into meditation began as a way to heal from personal loss and systemic trauma, which evolved into a mission to share these practices with others. She is devoted to increasing access to self-care practices, particularly for historically marginalized communities and social service providers, believing that tools like meditation, yoga, and community care can foster a more compassionate, resilient, and heart-centered world.
Community Care and the Workplace Fall 2025
SJPLA’s Community Care and the Workplace is a free five-week course for folks who work in the homeless response sector. We’ll discuss ways disconnection, burnout, and grief shows up in our work.
Wellbeing Series: Recharge & Restore:Wellness Practices for Frontline Resilience
This 50-minute wellness workshop is designed to give back to those who offer so much of themselves.
Community Care and the Workplace Spring 2025
SJPLA’s Community Care and the Workplace is a free five-week course for folks who work in the homeless response sector. We’ll discuss ways disconnection, burnout, and grief shows up in our work.
Monthly Care Group: A Space for LA's Homeless Sector Frontline Workers
Join our virtual monthly sessions designed specifically for workers in LA's homeless response sector presented in partnership with LAHSA.
Why Join?
Community Connection: Share experiences with peers who understand your daily challenges
Practical Support: Learn tools and techniques you can use immediately in your work
Healing Justice Approach: Build practices that support both personal and systemic change
Flexible Format: Join virtual monthly sessions that fit your schedule
Register
Open to all workers in LA's homeless response sector but space is limited. Virtual sessions are held monthly.
Facilitated by Alli Simon
Alli is the Senior Lead for Wellbeing and Healing Justice, where she leads healing justice and community care workshops for SJPLA and our partnering organizations. Alli’s work addresses the mental, physical, and emotional toll of caretaking work, especially for BIPOC workers, to combat burnout and attrition. By providing healing practices and tools, SJPLA helps support employees and renew their ability to care for their clients, deeply investing in the health and wellbeing of the homeless response workforce, especially amid a global pandemic.
In addition to her work with SJPLA, Alli serves as the Executive Director of Black Being, a non-profit well-being studio in Inglewood, CA. She is also a certified yoga and meditation teacher and a community organizer. Alli's journey into meditation began as a way to heal from personal loss and systemic trauma, which evolved into a mission to share these practices with others. She is devoted to increasing access to self-care practices, particularly for historically marginalized communities and social service providers, believing that tools like meditation, yoga, and community care can foster a more compassionate, resilient, and heart-centered world.
Wellbeing Series: A Way of Being and a Path Toward Peace with Ian Davis
Join mindfulness teacher and creative strategist Ian Davis for a transformative session on cultivating inner peace through Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, where you'll learn practical tools to embrace presence, audit your surroundings, and take mindful action in your daily life.
Monthly Care Group: A Space for LA's Homeless Sector Frontline Workers
Join our virtual monthly sessions designed specifically for workers in LA's homeless response sector presented in partnership with LAHSA.
Why Join?
Community Connection: Share experiences with peers who understand your daily challenges
Practical Support: Learn tools and techniques you can use immediately in your work
Healing Justice Approach: Build practices that support both personal and systemic change
Flexible Format: Join virtual monthly sessions that fit your schedule
Register
Open to all workers in LA's homeless response sector but space is limited. Virtual sessions are held monthly.
Facilitated by Alli Simon
Alli is the Senior Lead for Wellbeing and Healing Justice, where she leads healing justice and community care workshops for SJPLA and our partnering organizations. Alli’s work addresses the mental, physical, and emotional toll of caretaking work, especially for BIPOC workers, to combat burnout and attrition. By providing healing practices and tools, SJPLA helps support employees and renew their ability to care for their clients, deeply investing in the health and wellbeing of the homeless response workforce, especially amid a global pandemic.
In addition to her work with SJPLA, Alli serves as the Executive Director of Black Being, a non-profit well-being studio in Inglewood, CA. She is also a certified yoga and meditation teacher and a community organizer. Alli's journey into meditation began as a way to heal from personal loss and systemic trauma, which evolved into a mission to share these practices with others. She is devoted to increasing access to self-care practices, particularly for historically marginalized communities and social service providers, believing that tools like meditation, yoga, and community care can foster a more compassionate, resilient, and heart-centered world.
Special Wellbeing Series: Community Care through Community Grief with Nicole Taylor
In this session, we’ll create the space for a pause. We’ll explore the places where grief and hope are side by side. You’ll be invited to take time to be with your current experience, explore layers of support—internal, friends/family, and community, and learn a few practices for continued resourcing.
Special Wellbeing Series: We’re Still Here with Susan X Jane
Join us for a guided session on staying grounded during times of collective crisis. We'll explore practices for maintaining hope and connection while honoring our need for rest. Drawing on lessons learned from past movements, we'll discuss strategies for sustainable activism and finding light in dark times.
Wellbeing Series: Reflect and Restore-Practices to Cultivate Self and Community Care with Jonelle Lewis
Pause and renew in compassionate community as we close out the year. Join us for a gentle session of reflection and restoration, offering accessible practices to nurture yourself amidst the vital work of caring for our communities.
Wellbeing Series: Living and Leading From the Heart with Ruby Sheng Nichols
Learn an active meditation method with tangible steps to guide you out of mental anxiety and ground into the wisdom of your heart and body.
Wellbeing Series: Therapeutic Chanting for Sleep with Melissa Shah
Attendees will be guided through three mantras or chants that encourage their ability to let go and improve sleep.
Liberatory Workplaces
For team leads to Executive Directors - anyone who wants to build a nurturing, agile, and thriving workplace for their teams.
Participants will focus on ways to build organizational and institutional structures that create liberatory workplaces.
Liberatory workplaces are intentionally anti-racist and foster team genius and wellbeing.
Facilitated by Christine Margiotta
5x1.5 hour sessions
$395
Wellbeing Series: Healing Pathways and Spiritual Care for Frontline Workers & Their Supporters
Explore transformative practices for frontline workers through this workshop on self and communal care, burnout prevention, and the integration of spiritual care into activism.
Community Care and the Workplace Fall 2024
SJPLA’s Community Care and the Workplace is a free five-week course for folks who work in the homeless response sector. We’ll discuss ways disconnection, burnout, and grief shows up in our work.
Wellbeing Series: Ancestral Healing Movement Meditation with Alexis Saenz
Explore personal and ancestral healing through movement in our upcoming workshop, utilizing insights from epigenetics to release old energies and embrace resilience.
Wellbeing Series: Love Letters to my Childhood Self - Reading Octavia E. Butler and Writing Yourself In
Join Dr. Ayana Jamieson for a session exploring self-creation through the inspiring works of Octavia E. Butler.
Liberatory Leadership
For aspiring leaders looking to break the traditional mold and forge their path as an authentic, equitable leader.
Participants will explore their personal genius, find supportive community, shake off traditional leadership norms, and skill up to lead in an anti-racist, liberatory way.
Facilitated by Kelli Poole
4x1.5 hour sessions
$295
Wellbeing Series: Honoring Grief with Sofia Rose Smith
In this one hour practice session, we will take some time to breathe, journal and share about how grief and loss show up for us in our work, in our bodies, and in our lives.
Fast Pitch Workshops
For staff in leadership, development, advocacy, communications and organizing who are working at organizations striving to transform systems, and create communities of care and belonging.
Harness the art of compelling storytelling, grounded in racial and social justice values. Learn how to distill the breadth and complexity of your nonprofit’s work into a pithy 3-minute pitch.
Upcoming Course Begins November 27th
Facilitated by Frank Romero-Crockett and Sharon Stratton
2 sessions
$295
Systems Change Fellowship Informational Session
Join this information session to learn more about the Systems Change Fellowship and the application process.
Fast Pitch 2024
Join us for an afternoon of connection at Fast Pitch 2024! Witness the nonprofit leaders of the Systems Change Fellowship as they share their visions for a better community. Fast Pitch is your gateway to the heart of LA's systems change initiatives.
Community Care and the Workplace Summer 2024
SJPLA’s Community Care and the Workplace is a free five-week course for folks who work in the homeless response sector. We’ll discuss ways disconnection, burnout, and grief shows up in our work.
Wellbeing Series: Mindfulness with Mel Mah
We'll explore what it means to be mindful and how this wide-ranging topic can enhance every aspect of our lives. This session will consist of gentle breath work, meditation, journaling, and intentional discussion.
Wellbeing Series: Unlikely Yoga - Big Movement in Small Spaces with Jessica Rihal
This is going to be a practice that can be done seated and standing from any location where space is a limitation and a yoga mat/floor space may not be accessible. This practice will be suitable for all levels.
Racial Equity in Homelessness Fellowship Information Meeting
Learn more about the Racial Equity in Homelessness Fellowship from Racial Equity in Homelessness Program Manager Frank Romero-Crockett.
Ask questions about eligibility requirements and how the program and application process work.
Wellbeing Series: Honoring Yourself While Helping Others with Angel Towler
Participants will explore the often overlooked mental, physical, and emotional toll of the valuable work they do, with a focus on the unique challenges faced by BIPOC workers.
Community Care and the Workplace Spring 2024
SJPLA’s Community Care and the Workplace is a free five-week course for folks who work in the homeless response sector. We’ll discuss ways disconnection, burnout, and grief shows up in our work.
Fast Pitch Workshops
For staff in leadership, development, advocacy, communications and organizing who are working at organizations striving to transform systems, and create communities of care and belonging.
Harness the art of compelling storytelling, grounded in racial and social justice values. Learn how to distill the breadth and complexity of your nonprofit’s work into a pithy 3-minute pitch.
Upcoming Course Begins November 27th
Facilitated by Frank Romero-Crockett and Sharon Stratton
2 sessions
$295
Wellbeing Series: Energy Healing and Herbs for Self-Regulation with Andrea Penagos
Delve into profound energy healing secrets with Andrea Penagos, L.Ac., and explore the transformative world of herbal wisdom. Equip yourself with practices and insights to navigate daily stress, whether at work or at play.
Wellbeing Series: Finding Your Ease in the Struggle
Explore breath work, nutrition, sleep, and exercise.
Liberatory Leadership
For aspiring leaders looking to break the traditional mold and forge their path as an authentic, equitable leader.
Participants will explore their personal genius, find supportive community, shake off traditional leadership norms, and skill up to lead in an anti-racist, liberatory way.
Facilitated by Kelli Poole
4x1.5 hour sessions
$295