Attitudinal Healing Connection

Join us for Art YOU Ready, our holiday season live online event. We will gather to celebrate community resiliency through art, healing and preparedness. Saturday, December 12th, 5pm-6pm PST. Register today https://bit.ly/3lATv5y

We're streaming live until 6pm. Join us by clicking here: https://paybee.io/vevent.html

Join us this Saturday for an encore presentation of Art YOU Ready, our dynamic online fundraiser. AHC staff and allies will be LIVE in the chat, giving us a chance to connect with you this holiday season. This is a great opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes look at our Art Kit distribution program, and to support the work of AHC. We look forward to seeing you! Saturday, December 19th 5pm-6pm (livestream opens at 4:45pm) Click here to register: https://bit.ly/3h2jAJ8

AHC is streaming live! Right Now! Click to join: https://bit.ly/3gLf4P1

https://www.gofundme.com/f/kokomon

AHC has partnered with FLAX art & design to supply children, youth and families with premium art supplies through the "Art YOU Ready?" campaign. FLAX is a family owned business and has been at the center of the Bay Area arts community since 1938. AHC is preparing to distribute 3,000 Art Kits to Alameda County children and families. Our focus is on empowering the communities most in need, in our immediate area; strengthening and inspiring our neighborhoods to be prepared and c...reative. * * Youth Spotlight ** Darrion Blackmon (pictured below) came to AHC though our Earn2Learn Program. He is now working at FLAX Art & Design, located in downtown Oakland. Through Earn2Learn, Darrion has a permanent job in a creative environment that allows growth and encourages leadership. Each year, Earn2Learn provides Oakland youth with job opportunities in their own community; fulfilling an urgent need during this time. AHC partners with business owners, both large and small, building relationships with entrepreneurs at all levels. When you donate to AHC, you are supporting programs like Earn2Learn which give work opportunities to young people in under-served communities. Support: https://bit.ly/35CzvIV

For over 30 years, AHC has worked towards building healthier communities through our educational programs, workshops, art exhibitions, racial healing and mindful drumming circles. Our life-changing work is not possible without your support. Join our virtual, holiday fundraiser Art YOU Ready, online this Saturday, December 12th from 5pm-6pm PST. Click here to register: https://bit.ly/3oKWgSU

Join our team, and make a difference in the lives of young people. Apply online: https://www.indeed.com//intervention-tutor-51606cbf0f06e664

Our emergency response to 2020 is Art YOU Ready, a creative campaign connecting art-making with emergency preparedness. We asked Oaklanders, Are YOU ready for a disaster? and, not surprisingly, most reply with Not really! Because individual and collective wellness is our mission, we created Art YOU Ready as a potent and timely project to artistically engage thousands of households in the neighborhoods we serve to build their emergency readiness awareness and skills.... Join the livestream event this Saturday, December 12th from 5pm-6p PST to hear more from the community, and get an overview of AHC art activities including bookmaking, mask making and more! Click here to register: https://bit.ly/3lZTya7

The COVID-19 pandemic, racial justice-related unrest, and present climate crises highlight our togetherness and community in the face of uncertainty. Fires and hurricanes thrive in greater intensity and number every year. Marginalized communities respond to unchecked police power and brutality. The pandemic poses threats to everyone we know and love. The moment calls, now more than ever, for investment in community, in the shared mental and spiritual condition. Our children ...will change the world, and we know that art empowers them to grow. AHC helps children and families prepare for the future through art. Through the Art YOU Ready? campaign, we aim to distribute 3,000 Art Kits to Alameda County children and families to direct them to crucial emergency resources and to create self-awareness and community engagement through art. We hope to embolden the communities first affected by present crises. Art skills empower child development and community engagement. At AHC, we have served Bay Area families by empowering artistic expression since 1989. With this new campaign, we aim to address this pivotal moment by empowering students to express themselves through artistic response. When you give today, your gift puts quality art materials in a child’s hands alongside disaster readiness information; keeping families creative and safe! AHC recognizes the opportunity to invest in children and their families through the Art YOU Ready? campaign. Your support enables distribution of Art Kits that artfully prepare students for emergency. Click here to support families in need: https://bit.ly/3nQckCZ

"Call all young West Oakland artists! Do your own creative project that engages neighbors to dream up an equitable Grand Avenue of the future with @Black Film Guild, @OakDOT and @West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project! $1000 project funds/ scholarships available for each youth." Apply today! bit.ly/beheardgrandave... About the Grand Ave Mobility Plan: bit.ly/oaklandgrandave https://www.facebook.com/SPARCcommunity/posts/3975688305777854

We're Hiring! AHC is looking for tutors to help change the lives of Oakland youth! College students are encourage to apply. Spread the word! Apply online: https://www.indeed.com//intervention-tutor-5b42e3df8be1a2f0

JOB ALERT: Intervention Tutor Position Summary: The intervention tutor will manage a small cohort of students to do work individually or in small groups. Some sessions may be done in a virtual setting depending on the student's needs or access to technology. ... Apply on Localwise: https://bit.ly/30aJJ1c

WE'RE MOVING! "Since Love Is Eternal, Change Need Not Be Viewed As Fearful" The 11th principal of Attitudinal Healing reminds us to keep calm during times of change. AHC is moving to a new location, and facing new challenges. This is a unique time; between the Covid-19 pandemic and increased operational costs we have been forced to think creatively about our future. ... Our new space is significantly smaller and the transition has been especially labor intensive. While situated in this new location, we will begin looking for a permanent home in West Oakland. We appreciate the continued support of our work during this time of transition. Donate: https://bit.ly/3hTAo3Y

In this simple tutorial Ms. Melinda teaches you how to make a city collage out of construction paper. This is a simple tutorial anyone can do at home! AHC is an arts education nonprofit located in Oakland, California. Our mission is to empower individuals to be self-aware and inspired through art, creativity and education, making positive choices to break the cycle of violence for themselves and their communities. We build healthy communities by breaking the cycle of violence.

ArtEsteem Exhibition 2016. #ThrowbackThursday

One of our students, Andrew Vega, was featured in this amazing interview with Bioneers !!! "At AHC we learn a lot about different types of people, including indigenous people such as the Ohlone here in the Bay....we learned about social workers and political activists, things to get me and the other kids thinking about how we can impact not only West Oakland, but also the world in general." Read the full interview highlighting AHC and City Slicker Farms by clicking the link below.

Another busy day at AHC! We're assembling Art Kits for Oakland students. Despite everything going on, we're keeping youth engaged & inspired. Thanks to everyone who makes our work possible!

Hey Family! Remember when we all used to be able to see each other in person?! Here's a throwback to our ArtEsteem Exhibition in 2018. #throwbackthursday

In front of one of our first murals, 2012. #flasbackfriday

2020 has been a challenging time, but with the help of our community we can thrive! Our Fund A Need program allows our friends and allies to support our organization in the most direct way possible. Ways you can help: PPE Supplies for Staff and Community Safety is always our top priority for our employees, volunteers and allies. PPE supplies have created an additional, ongoing expense for AHC. Your donation will help offset the cost for face masks, liquid soap, hand sanitizer..., paper towels, disinfecting wipes, latex gloves and thermometers. Click here to help fund PPE Supplies: https://bit.ly/2E3WmTs New Camera and Microphone Bundle The amount of video work we produce has dramatically increased, as we continue to provide distance learning solutions to schools, students and families. To elevate our production quality and workflow we need to upgrade our equipment (our current in-house camera is over 7 years old!). Your support will provide us with a new mirrorless camera, 15-45mm lens, a Rode VideoMic Microphone, and a 32GB memory card. Click here to help fund Camera Bundle: https://bit.ly/2CtOlqD #ArtEsteem #Oakland