East Bay Agency for Children

Wishing you and your family a happy healthy new year!

Grief can interfere with a person’s ability to function in life. Seek help to overcome grief when you: Have trouble carrying out your normal routines Feel depressed or deeply sad Blame yourself or feel guilty... Feel like you’ve lost your sense of purpose http://ow.ly/Ry8z50CXcok See more

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Wishing you peace and joy this holiday season.

It isn't what you say , but how you say it for kids as well as adults. Shifting the emphasis from blame to curiosity helps kids see solutions.

Thanks to Toys for Tots, and other donors for helping provide toys for nearly 300 EBAC client families. It is so important that children and families have a supportive community.

This is an amazing story of transformation grief and recovery. http://ow.ly/XIR050CgXcy

Join us for the Speaking Grief documentary and panel discussion November 17th.

Election stress got you down? Here is some advice that might help. https://www.npr.org//election-stress-getting-to-you-4-ways

Need a reason to vote? Check out this video EBAC afterschool instructor made with friends and family sharing their motivation to vote. You might be surprised by what you hear.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbqixoJiKCg See more

Make your voice heard. Vote today!

EBAC was thrilled to have some of our youth clients participate in this amazing opportunity.

White solidarity and white social capital has become a motive to comply with microaggressions and racism. It's a kind of inclusion that you get if you stay quiet. Check out what happened when Paul Scanlon interrupted a racist joke, and why. https://www.facebook.com/PaulScanlonUK/videos/2462367867387455

Did your family receive P-EBT this summer? Complete this survey and you will be entered into a raffle to win a $50 Visa gift card. http://ow.ly/6PBI50C5qeC... P-EBT is a food benefit card that was given to school-age children this spring/summer while schools were closed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In order to learn about the impact P-EBT had on families and the challenges they experienced, the California Association of Food Banks, the Congressional Hunger Center, and the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is conducting this study.

Celebrating Halloween? Check out these CDC guidelines to safely celebrate with the kiddos! https://www.cdc.gov//2019/daily-life-coping/holidays.html

https://ideas.ted.com/what-leads-a-person-to-white-suprema/

Great tips to calm the kiddos down. Checkout Rockitmama.com for more tips for parents.

How teachers are building resilience during SIP Our monthly meetings make me feel and know that I’m not alone in all of this. Each session I leave with new ideas to focus on caring for myself, my family and my students, too. I feel inspired and motivated to continue on when honestly, sometimes I don’t know if it’s worth it to me, especially now. https://www.kqed.org//how-teachers-are-leaning-on-each-oth

Here are a bunch of fun games to play with kids. The Alphabet Game First, someone decides on a theme, such as food. Then, members of the group take turns reciting foods in alphabetical orderavocado, bologna, chocolate, etc.... https://www.brighthorizons.com//games-for-kids-old-school-