Events

NET CUA 1 Presents Parent Cafe: Taking Care of Yourself

flyerIf your kids are doing online learning, all of a sudden you’re not just their parent/caregiver – you’re also their teacher, their lunch server, their recess aid, and their friend, all rolled into one. It can be stressful to take on all these roles and try to keep a level head for your kids. This online workshop with Carmen Holland of NET Community Care CUA will be a safe space where parents, caregivers, and those who interact with youth can talk about the challenges and victories of raising a family, especially during this difficult time.

Raffles and prizes will be given out to lucky attendees! Please pre-register on Zoom to receive the link to join:

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Coping During Covid Part 2: Managing Stress and Grief

event flyerWe have lost so much throughout this pandemic: our daily routines, our connections to others – even our loved ones. Feeling stressed by Covid-19 is normal, but there are techniques you can use to respond to this stress in healthier ways. Led by Sharell Wilson of Fruits of the Family Table, this online workshop will help you work through your grief – whether it is large or small – and show you ways to be kinder to yourself during this difficult time.

This is a part 2 to our earlier workshop on Coping During Covid, but you do not need to have attended the first session to benefit from this one.

Door prizes will be awarded to lucky participants who attend this workshop!

You will receive the Zoom link for this workshop once you register to attend.

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Eating Healthy at Home

event flyerWhen your kitchen is also your office – when your whole life happens at home – it can be hard to resist that pantry full of snacks. If you’ve struggled to keep up a healthy diet during Covid, attend this workshop with nutrition educator Alex Evenson. We will talk about healthy snacking habits as well as how to plan meals and grocery store trips to maximize your health and safety. To top it off, Alex will give a cooking demonstration on how to make fresh produce last longer!

You will receive the Zoom link for this workshop once you register to attend.

About the Speaker

Alex Evenson, a nutrition educator, has taught nutrition and cooking to children, adults and seniors with Vetri Community Partnership, Health Promotion Council and Farm to Families for the past four years. She is passionate about home cooking and preventing food waste in the home. Alex holds a Masters in Culinary Arts & Science from Drexel University.

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HC Comics: Be the Superhero of Your Health Care, a 6-week online workshop series

superhero imageStory is at the heart of every medical experience – just think about when you’ve had to wear a cast or a Band-Aid and everyone you meet wants to know: “What happened?” Telling our health stories can be therapeutic, and telling them through comics can help others who are going through something similar connect to the emotions involved in our stories. In this 6-week workshop series, you will learn how to tell your own health story in the format of a short original comic.

This is a synchronous online workshop series, meeting every Tuesday from 3-4:30 p.m. via Zoom, starting August 18 and ending September 22. In this series, you will work towards creating a 5-page (minimum) personal health comic. You will receive a certificate at the end of this series if you attend at least 4 of the 6 sessions and complete your comic.

 

 

Series Objectives

This series is designed to:

  • Introduce you to comics and the field of graphic medicine
  • Introduce you to some classic graphic medicine books and web comics
  • Support you as you construct your own health comic
  • Demonstrate best practices for finding quality health information online

Series Outcomes

You will learn how to:

  • Tell a story using words and images by creating a 5-page (minimum) personal health comic
  • Read health comics and use them as a therapeutic technique for processing your experiences with health and illness
  • Find health information on a chosen topic from 3-5 reputable sources online

Workshop Schedule

  • 8/18: Comics 101: The Comic Format
  • 8/25: Telling Health Stories
  • 9/1: Researching Health Topics
  • 9/8: Storyboarding Your Comic
  • 9/15: Comic Writing 1: Narration, Speech Bubbles, & Drawing
  • 9/22: Comic Writing 2: Editing & Publication

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Fruits of the Family Table Presents: Coping During COVID

event flyerCOVID-19 and the national conversation around racial injustice has left many of us feeling stressed and at sea. Led by Sharell Wilson of Fruits of the Family Table, this online workshop will help you gain greater insight into how your mind and body respond to stress. Sharell will also introduce a variety of stress management techniques and will challenge you to respond to your stress in healthier ways.

You will receive the Zoom link for this workshop once you register to attend.

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Environmental Health Hazards

event flyerHow does the quality of air in your home affect your health? What toxins are you unknowingly taking in on a daily basis? At this online workshop presented by Russell Zerbo of the Clean Air Council, you’ll learn about health hazards that might exist in your environment and what you can do to manage them.

You will receive the Zoom link for this workshop once you register to attend.

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Read and Chat – March 10, 2020

Workshop flyerAre you interested in the intersection between health and social issues? Do you enjoy reading? Then join us for our weekly Read and Chat sessions every Tuesday in March! Each week, we will read a timely news article and talk about what it means to each of us. All are welcome!

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Read and Chat – March 3, 2020

Workshop flyerAre you interested in the intersection between health and social issues? Do you enjoy reading? Then join us for our weekly Read and Chat sessions every Tuesday in March! Each week, we will read a timely news article and talk about what it means to each of us. All are welcome!

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Apps in an Emergency

Workshop flyerJoin us to learn some basic first aid tips and tricks, and find out about an app that can help you in emergency situations. This workshop will be facilitated by Nurse Nora Kramer of Jefferson University. Please note that to participate in this workshop, you must have a smart phone.

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