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Don’t miss out on our chance to be heard and counted! NORC at the University of Chicago is conducting a survey sponsored by the California Department of Public Health and is seeking American Indian Alaska Native (AIAN) California residents 18 and up to participate. The purpose of this survey is to learn about Californians thoughts and feelings toward mental health and the services provided in California to better support people experiencing mental health challenges. The infor...mation will be used to improve services and policies throughout California. How do I participate? Sign-up to participate in the survey at CaliforniaMentalHealthSurvey.norc.org. Why participate? Your input matters! Your opinion about mental health and services available can shape policy and priorities to better support those experiencing mental health challenges. Those who complete the survey will also receive a gift card for their time. How long will it take? Completing the survey should take no more than 20 minutes. What about privacy? We do not collect personally identifying information in this survey. Your personally identifying information can never be shared with law enforcement or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The data we collect from you will be combined with data from other participants. Throughout the survey you can skip questions or stop at any time. . Email [email protected] if you have any questions.

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Please celebrate with us, the dedication of our newest art installation, the SCAIR Sacred Plant Paintings Distance Mural, created by SCAIR families enrolled in our Sacred Pipe Tobacco-Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Program, in partnership with ArtReach San Diego. The distance mural provided the opportunity for youth and their parents to paint one of four sacred plants: cedar, sweet grass, sage and tobacco. The painted pieces were then collected by SCAIR staff and assembled ...by the ArtReach team at the San Diego Unified Ballard Parent Center, Sa’mall ally Hapsh Conmunity Garden. During this pandemic, we have faced so many challenges the greatest being our inability to gather as a community. Thank you to ArtReach and Izzy for finding a way to bring our SCAIR families together again, in such a meaningful and empowering way. Congratulations to all the artists and families who participated and contributed your beautiful work. Thank you to San Diego Unified for allowing us to bring another arts project to the garden, and to the California Department of Education for funding our TUPE Program. And a big and heartfelt thank you to Kathy Willcuts, Cultural Educator, and Julie DePhilippis, Youth Coordinator, for your hard work with this project and for all that you do for Native youth and families in San Diego. SCAIR is very proud of you.

We are so grateful to ArtReach San Diego for another incredible arts project for our youth. Art is good medicine.

LAST CALL! THE CIMC COMPLETE COUNT TEAM URGES YOU TO COMPLETE THE #2020Census TODAY! The US Census Bureau has announced the final day to respond is tomorrow, ...October 15th. Remember, the Census has an enormous impact on funding for vital programs and services, including housing, schools, health care and employment/training in your community. If you haven’t completed the #Census2020 questionnaire, you can do so online (2020census.gov) through 2:59 am Pacific Time on Friday morning (11:59 pm in Hawaii), by phone (844-330-2020) by Thursday, or mail a paper response as long as it is postmarked by Thursday. In-person census takers will conclude their work on Thursday. #NativePeopleCount #NativePeopleCountCA #BeCounted #Census2020 #CACensus2020 #stillhere Full Census Bureau Statement: https://www.census.gov//2020-census-data-collection-ending See more

We made it to Friday. Seeing all the squares, together, today painted by youth and families from Southern California American Indian Resource Center, Inc. is wh...at keeps us going. Two of these, once blank canvasses, were mailed to San Francisco, painted from afar, and sent back here to us to San Diego. There are new ways to keep creating art together. We sealed them today so they can last and live and teach for a long time outside in the community garden located at the Ballard Parent Center in Old Town. They will be near our mural completed last year with these same incredible youth and community artists. Big thanks to Julie, Sacred Pipe Youth Coordinator (Tobacco-Use Prevention Education Program) for collecting all the painted squares. Install coming soon. Kumeyaay land . . . #distancemural #artreachsd #collaborativeinstallation #communityartproject #sacredplants #collaborativeart #plantpainting #distancelearning #artreachmuralprogram

Hi Friends: I'll be part of a panel along w/ fellow Native scholars & advocates hosted by the @sfindiancenter on "Historic Truths, Representation, & Its Consequ...ences" that will discuss the impact of monuments, lack of representation, and false narratives. Join us! Link in bio or at: https://tinyurl.com/SFICHistoricalTruths1 See more

Thank you for the opportunity for SCAIR staff to attend this gathering in Ventura this past weekend, to share about the needs of the community and the importance of completing the 2020 Census!

We are excited to be rolling out our project for Native students in high school who are interested in learning more about careers in healthcare. Please see the ...information below and spread the word! We understand that we are all zoomed out but we will be sending hands-on activity boxes to you in the mail as well as some other goodies. Let me know if you have any questions! [email protected] Direct link to sign up: https://forms.gle/ND4EEhmwYdtKnBEV6