“Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause".
- President Abraham Lincoln
Greetings,
This month's issue is dedicated to the appreciation and celebration of Veterans and Military Families. This annual proclamation marks the beginning of a month-long celebration
of the Military Family in which the Department of Defense and the
nation will honor the commitment and sacrifices made by the families of
the nation's service members.
Click here for a list of events for the Week of Valor
Thank you for reading,
Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods
- Walk Out of Darkness
- A Voice for Our Children 2.0
- KentuckianaWorks Internship Academy Graduation
- Data Summit Review
- Suicide Special Broadcast
Out of the Darkness Community Walk - 11.7.15
Every fall, family members, friends, and colleagues walk 3–5 miles together in hundreds of communities across the nation to prevent suicide, raise awareness, and end the stigma that surrounds depression and other mental disorders.
With each stride, walkers save lives, honor loved ones lost to suicide and raise funds to support American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's vital mission. YOUR TURN is Saturday November 7 @ Waterfront Park. Register Here. Walk begins at 10am.
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A Voice for Our Children 2.0
This parent advocacy group will give parents the chance to express concerns, pose questions and gain information from JCPS representatives. Also, meals will be provided for children 18 and under.
The meetings are every second Thursday 5:30-7:30 at California, Newburg, and Parkland Community Centers respectively. Click here for more information.
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Kentuckiana Youth Career Center
On October 15, the initial cohort of the KYCC Internship Academy graduated. The KYCC Internship Academy is a 12 week process, including 2 weeks of professional development and 6 weeks of paid experience. The focus of the youth involved in the program was on development in financial literacy, entrepreneurial skills and preparation to post-secondary education/training among other areas. We were fortunate enough to have an intern from the cohort, and are looking forward to future interns.
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Suicide Special Broadcast
On October 24, reporter Dawne Gee of Wave 3 aired a special broadcast to spread awareness about this troublesome topic in our community. The special features Anthony Smith, Director of the Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, and Stephen Ulrich (left) Chair of the Kentucky Suicide Prevention Group. To see the broadcast, click here.
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Data Summit 2015
On October 9 over 60 community partners gathered at Metro United Way to discuss various ways to measure the success of the One Love Louisville Community Plan. As a result of this summit, a data plan is due to be released during the first quarter of 2016. This summit marks a pivotal moment where various silos were broken down in order to better serve our community as a whole by discussing ways to effectively collect data. Click here and here, to see clips of the Data Summit.
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1 Love Louisville Updates
Community Plan Updates
The One Love Louisville Community Plan was released in January
2015. The 13 goals and 42 initiatives are owned and lead by various community
representatives, community organizations, agencies, governmental departments
and houses of faith.
Data Plan: A data planning gathering was held on October 9, 2015, 2pm-5pm for the purpose of identifying data collection processes and sources. For more information on our current data planning activities see Data Summit 2015 above.
Goal Report Outs: One Love Louisville goals
1-4 were last reported out on October 16, 2015 and goals 10-12 were last reported on September 18, 2015. Initiative leads provided current progress, actions and next
steps. For more information on these report outs, contact, here.
For more detailed
updates, please join us at this month's Implementation Team Meeting on Friday, November 13, 2015 @ Kentucky Youth Career Center 9 - 10: 30 a.m. as we review goals 5-9.
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MBKLou
Updates
Office for Safe and
Healthy Neighborhoods and Mayor Greg Fischer released their One Love Louisville
My Brother’s Keeper Plan (MBKLou) to the White House, MBK Alliance and
community on July 20, 2015 – a plan to help young people, specifically young
men and boys of color, stay on track.
Mayor Fischer and the Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods hosted an MBK Roundtable discussion on September 16th. This discussion was aimed at learning the insights of young men and women of color after learning about Louisville's progress on the six MBK milestones. This important conversation was facilitated by the Department of Education. Read more.
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