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Events
Racial Equity in Homelessness Fellowship Application Informational Session
Join this information session to learn more about the Racial Equity in Homelessness Fellowship and the application process.
Wellbeing Series: Tap in with dr. shena young
dr shena young will lead us in a workshop exploring practical tools for nourishing our nervous systems
Fall Series: Healing Justice for Ourselves, our Communities, and our Workspaces
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SVPLA’s Healing Justice for Ourselves, our Communities, and our Workspaces is a free five-week course for folks who work in the homeless response sector. Through guided discussion, practices, guest speakers, participants will learn more about the healing justice framework created by Cara Page and the Kindred Healing Justice Collective.
We rarely address the mental, physical, and emotional toll of this work, felt most acutely by BIPOC workers, leading to burnout and attrition. Providing healing practices and tools to care for this workforce helps retain expert employees and renew their ability to care for their clients.
Learning Overview
We will identify unique ways to collectively invite wellbeing and healing practices in ourselves, our structures, and our movements.
Week 1: What is healing justice
Week 2: Compassion fatigue and burnout
Week 3: Workplace wellbeing
Week 4: Grounding and mindfulness at work
Week 5: Reflection + action
How it works
The course takes place over five hour-long sessions and will enroll 15-20 people per course.
Homeless response workers can fill out the form below to apply and will be enrolled on a first-come, first-serve basis for applicants who fit the criteria.
Homeless response worker in Los Angeles
Can commit to attending all five sessions (via zoom)
October 18, 1-2pm
October 25, 1-2pm
November 1, 1-2pm
November 8, 1-2pm
November 15, 1-2pm
Supporting Frontline Workers RFP Information Session
The Supporting Frontline Workers Fund will distribute up to $1M in one-time funds for immediate financial support allowing organizations to provide $500 to $1,500 to employees who provided daily, direct, in-person services to people experiencing homelessness throughout the pandemic.
Qualifying organizations interested in applying can attend this information session to learn more and ask questions.
We will have another information session on October 19.
Qualifying organizations:
501c3 organizations or fiscally sponsored organizations who:
Have employees who provided daily, direct, and in-person services to people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g. outreach workers, interim housing staff, Project Roomkey staff) between March 2020 - March 2021;
AND
Have physical sites located in Service Planning Areas 2 (San Fernando Valley), 4 (Metro LA), 5 (West LA), 6 (South LA), or 8 (South Bay/Harbor) – view map;
AND
Are actively engaged in the exploration of pay equity and providing a living wage for their frontline workers, e.g. salary and wage analysis, setting a minimum living wage, worker survey, or convening discussions on the leadership level. We understand not all organizations will have the same capacity to engage in such activities. Organizations will have an opportunity in the application to describe the activities you have engaged in to address pay equity and a living wage.
