Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County

Join us, Monday, February 15th for a, Community Conversations on Race discussion on the generational gap in our local Latinx community. With Jazmín Gudiño, Osvaldo Jimenez, Sylvia Lemus and Donna Zapata. Moderated by Jenny Chamberlain! 5:30-6:30PM on Facebook Live.

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Now, more than ever, you deserve to keep your money, especially during tax season. Earn It! Keep It! Save It! provides free, quality tax return preparation to low-to-moderate income individuals, families, and seniors. To qualify for FREE tax help, and receive the maximum refund you deserve, your household income must be less than $66,000. Being a U.S. citizen is NOT a requirement. Visit www.unitedwaywinecountry.org for more information. Or call to make an appointment today:... Sonoma County: Dial 2-1-1 or 800-325-9604 Mendocino County: Dial 707-467-3236 Lake County: 707-467-3236 Humboldt County: Dial 2-1-1 or 707-441-1001 Del Norte County: Dial 707-464-3069 EXT. 208 See more

Team Tuesday: Introducing, Lilia Meza, Family Advocate! We have been fortunate to have Lilia as part of our CAP family for over 7 years now. As Family Advocate, she is in charge of making toys, organizing material and giving instructions to families in the AVANCE early education program. You may recognize Lilia from many of the fabulous videos she has created for a virtual learning program over the last year. Her creativity and passion has allowed her program to thrive and he...r students and families to continue to learn. We asked Lilia what she loves about the work she does and she said, I love what I do, for me this is not a job it’s a beautiful hobby. It is very satisfying to see the change that AVANCE brings to the families and to get to be a part of those achievements. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all you do for the community and agency. We are all so lucky to have you See more

Thank you Community Rebuilds for your generous support of our Sloan House and Harold’s Home, women and children’s shelters. We are very grateful for you

Education and information are key on the journey to being antiracist. Please share your favorite books on this subject below The good news is that racist and antiracist are not fixed identities. We can be a racist one minute and an antiracist the next. What we say about race, what we do about race, in each moment, determines what -- not who -- we are. Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist

Team Tuesday- We would like to give a big shout out to Monica Macias, Disaster Relief Case Manager! Monica has been an important part of the CAP team for over a year now and we are so fortunate to have her. She loves working with the community and helping people get through the disasters that our county has faced over the last three years. For Monica the best part of her job is when she, "Sees the look in their eyes or their happy voice when I tell them they were approved. Af...ter I see or hear this I know my mission with this client has been accomplished." In her free time, Monica loves to spend time with her family, listen to music, and sing and dance. She comes from a large family with 64 Grandchildren on her Dad's side and 32 Grandchildren on her Mom's! Thank you, Monica for all that you do for CAP and for our community. We are all grateful for the work that you do!

TONIGHT! 5:30PM on Facebook Live

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.-Alice Walker Have a beautiful day, Sonoma County!

Did you know that last year, 63,508 Head Start parents received job training? Did you also know that Head Start parents have steeper increases in their educational attainment by the time their children are six years old? Head Start lifts families up, and the long term-impact is clear: Head Start's multi-generational and whole-family approach works. #headstartawarenessmonth

Important information from Council Member, Chris Rogers about the upcoming red flag warnings this weekend-

We would like to give a huge shout out to Giana and Serena, two Salesforce employees and friends, who gathered together other friends and employees to donate gift cards for 2020 Fire Survivors. What an incredible surprise, to get to meet these lovely ladies and thank them in person on behalf of the whole agency! It is because of generous people like you that we are able to do continue to help our community

MONDAY! Join us for a special, "Community Conversation on Race" for a discussion with four incredible women from the American Asian Pacific Islander Community. We will talk Assimilation, Internalized Oppression, Model Minority, Covid-19 and growing up Asian in the U.S. Event will stream live from our Facebook Page from 5:30-6:30PM. With Khou Yang-Vigil (Sonoma State University), Jerry Thao (Santa Rosa Junior College), Elizabeth Escalante (President of the Wine Country Young Democrats) and Moderated by Haejin Han (CAP Board Member).

We at CAP Sonoma would like to thank our ROC (Rebuilding Our Community) team for all of the incredible work they do during the toughest of times. Thank you to the Center for Disaster Philanthropy for awarding us a California wildfires recovery grant that allows this dedicated team to continue their impactful work.