Due to COVID-19, all meetings will be held via ZOOM until further notice.

MBCC meetings are held every 3rd Monday of each month  from 1:45-3:45pm unless otherwise noted. Due to security concerns we will not be posting the meeting links. Please contact Wa’Lynn Klein at mbcoalition@wfcn.org for the link and password if you’d like to attend. Thank you in advance for your time! 

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Hope Centered and Trauma Informed
Learn how you can build hope for yourself and others!

DATE: May 25, 2021
TIME: 12:00PM—4:00PM
LOCATION: Virtual Event

Hope is real, hope is measurable, and hope is malleable. Youth who demonstrate higher hope:

• Do better in school
• Report less substance use
• Experience less anxiety and depression

Learn how motivation and pathways are keys to achieving goals and experiencing a better life.
Featuring: Dr. Chan Hellman
Chan Hellman, Ph.D., is a professor, quantitative psychologist, and the Director of The Hope Research Center at the University of Oklahoma. He has studied hope and resilience for more than 15 years.

Continuing Education Units and Clock Hours are available (pending approval). For questions, please contact AGeleyns@co.whatcom.wa.us

Due to COVID-19 all meetings will be held via ZOOM until further notice.

The Whatcom Prevention Coalition (WPC) meets the first Thursday of each month from 3-5pm unless otherwise noted. Due to security concerns we will not be posting the meeting links. Please contact Lisa Moulds at Lisamoulds@wfcn.org for the link and password if you’d like to attend. Thank you in advance for your time!

Whatcom Prevention Coalition Meeting
June 3, 2021
3-4:30pm via Zoom

Agenda 

Welcome, Land Acknowledgement

Introductions & Check-In

Topic

Updates & Announcements

Closing PSA  Thank you!                           

Whatcom Prevention Coalition Mission: To build safe and healthy communities by providing leadership, promoting prevention, and building partnerships that mobilize youth, families, and neighborhoods to reduce substance abuse and other harmful behaviors among youth and the broader community. 

WPC Equity Statement:  To help build and support a connected and beloved community, the Whatcom Prevention Coalition recognizes the destructive effects of racism and historical trauma on our youth, families and community.  We recognize cultural bias and privilege and focus on racism because it is the wedge that supports all isms. The WPC will build on hope to challenge racism.

Due to COVID-19 all meetings will be held via ZOOM until further notice.
* This meeting will be recorded.

The Columbia Valley Community Connections Group meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month from 2:00-3:30pm unless otherwise noted. Due to security concerns we will not be posting the meeting links. Please contact Wa’Lynn Klein at mbcoalition@wfcn.org for the link and password if you’d like to attend. Thank you in advance for your time!

Any announcements may be sent to Jessica Bee before or after the meeting. We also encourage you to type your announcement details into the chat box and use this space to share any links and files.

Our agenda will include:

Speaker: TBD
Welcome Introductions & Connecting
Purpose and Growing a Resilient Community
Informal Connections, Creative Collaboration & Networking Time

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New to Zoom?
Here is are a few tutorial videos: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206618765-Zoom-Video-Tutorials
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A welcoming place where we can gather and connect to build a strong community.

Our shared commitment is to support communication and local leadership. We work together to turn vision into reality, provide solutions to challenges, promote imaginative and inclusive activities and create a more engaged, resilient community for all.

Warmly,

 Jessica Bee
EWRRC Coordinator – Opportunity Council

Kristi Slette
Executive Director – Whatcom Family & Community Network

Mary Sewright
Superintendent – Mount Baker School District

Aly Robinson
Community Health Specialist – Whatcom County Health Department

Carl McDaniel
Community Member Of Columbia Valley

Wa’Lynn Klein
Mt. Baker Community Coalition Coordinator
Whatcom Family & Community Network

Future Scheduled Meeting Dates

July 14^th
2:00-3:30pm

August 11^th
2:00-3:30pm

September 8^th
2:00-3:30pm

Due to COVID-19, all meetings will be held via ZOOM until further notice.

MBCC meetings are held every 3rd Monday of each month  from 1:45-3:45pm unless otherwise noted. Due to security concerns we will not be posting the meeting links. Please contact Wa’Lynn Klein at mbcoalition@wfcn.org for the link and password if you’d like to attend. Thank you in advance for your time!