| | | | ISPN Official Business The next ISPN General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 from 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM. Register here. Want to plan ahead for the year? All the meetings for 2021 are listed. Just click the drop-down button to register. Interested in getting more involved in ISPN? Consider becoming a member of our network. In addition to attending the monthly meetings, members work on focused, collaborative initiatives with other community partners in committees. Contact ISPN Program Manager, Rita Chang (info@ispnstl.org), for more information about membership. Read more about the committees here. Committee leads are listed below. - Conference Committee: Rita Chang (info@ispnstl.org)
- Immigrant Family Emergency Response Fund: Rita Chang (info@ispnstl.org)
- Fundraising Committee: Emily Stuart (emily@gatewaypets.org)
- Language Access Committee: Kate Koch (katek7@gmail.com)
- Membership Committee: Sidee Conteh (sconteh@slcommunityofstl.org)
- Communications Committee: Eliza Prager (elizapragerot@gmail.com)
- Vaccine Committee: Meredith Rataj (mrataj@ccstl.org)
- Service Providers Committee: Marissa Cohen (mcohen@ehoc-stl.org)
The ISPN & Wash U COVID-19 Impacts Project is seeking survey participants! We need your help in spreading the word! The ISPN & Washington University in St. Louis are teaming up on a project to understand and design collaborative initiatives regarding the impact of COVID-19 on immigrants and immigrant service providers in the St. Louis Region. There are two surveys: one geared toward service providers and the other for immigrant community members. The immigrant community member survey is available online in English, Spanish, Nepali, Arabic, & Mandarin. The survey is also available over the phone in additional languages at 314-935-3557. For more information on the project and to take the surveys online, visit our website. Our outreach toolkit is available here. Do you have an announcement for the Weekly Round-Up? Email us at info@ispnstl.org. We accept events, resources, job postings, agency updates, and opportunities for engagement. Submissions for the Weekly Round-Up are due at 12:00 PM on Thursdays for release on Friday. Job postings will run for three consecutive weeks and be removed unless specifically noted. All submissions are subject to review. If you are receiving this email, you are currently subscribed to receive email communications from the ISPN. Click here if you would like to change your subscription preferences. Know someone who would like to receive our emails? Send them this link. | | | | News NEW! Vaccinations are now offered at UMSL! The county health department will offer the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at the Millennium Student Center (17 Arnold B. Grobman Drive). Walk-ins are welcome, but residents can also schedule appointments at stlcorona.com. Sent by Rita Chang, IFCLA, ISPN Program Manager Brown Sisters Foundation is pleased to announce that they have opened their annual grant cycle. They are currently accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) through Friday, July 9, 2021 at 5:00 PM. Brown Sisters are seeking to fund St. Louis-based Catholic or Christian organizations/ministries that place an emphasis on youth (though not exclusively). They typically fund organizations with operating budgets under $2 million. Project requests should seek to increase the organization’s ability to accomplish its work, deepen its impact, expand its capacity, become more sustainable or resilient, launch new initiatives/programs, innovate, or provide leverage in some other way. All proposals should include a matching/challenge component. The average grant size is $20,000 - $50,000. Click here to fill out a very brief eligibility survey. Organizations that are eligible for funding will be provided with a link to the Letter of Inquiry (LOI) form. Please send completed LOIs to info@brownsisters.org. Organizations whose LOIs demonstrate the strongest fit will be invited to submit a full application. All organizations are strongly encouraged to visit their website to learn more about grant process, funding priorities, investments, and past grantees. Sent by Meredith Rataj, St. Francis Community Services, ISPN COVID-19 Vaccine Committee Chair Through a partnership with PrepareSTL and the COVID-19 Regional Response Team (RRT), volunteer medical providers from BJC HealthCare and SSM Health are offering community-based vaccine education! Presentations will center the physical and material well-being of African Americans and Communities of Color, healing from trauma, and informed choice regarding COVID-19 vaccinations. Speakers will not encourage individuals to take the vaccine, but rather provide people-centered, factual information. If you would like to request a presentation from the speakers bureau, sign up here! View the flyer here. Sent by Poli Rijos, Alive & Well Communities The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has launched the Missouri Vaccine Navigator in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese and Russian. All individuals over the age of 12 are now eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Missouri, regardless of their citizenship. (Pfizer is the only vaccine authorized for those ages 12-17). Those with online accessibility issues are encouraged to call the COVID-19 hotline at 877-435-8411 for registration assistance. The State claims that language access and other services are available to callers. Sent by Rita Chang, IFCLA, ISPN Program Manager The Gateway Region YMCA offers free, virtual reading tutoring to youth in 1st - 12th grades who are behind in reading. This tutoring takes place once a week through Zoom and is free regardless of Y membership. Register here. Interested in volunteering to be a reading tutor? Sign up here. Please email Michelle Peeler with any questions. Sent by Michelle Peeler, Gateway Region YMCA | | | | Upcoming Events NEW! June 19 (11:00 AM - 6 PM) The International Institute of Saint Louis will be launching their summer-long Festival of Nations and celebrating World Refugee Day. To register for World Refugee Day click here. Sent by Blake Hamilton, International Institute June 19 (10:00 AM - 6:00 PM) First Annual Juneteenth Celebration and Resource Fair in Old North St. Louis, hosted by The Community Wellness Project. This event is designed to make sure that local organizations are capable of placing community resources within the arm’s reach of those who need it most, and shedding light on the overlooked history of Juneteenth. In the past, Juneteenth has been an overlooked opportunity to nurture and unify our communities, and has the potential to be one of the largest celebrations to take place in St. Louis communities to come. If your organization is interested in being a vendor at this event, sign up here. For more information, view the attached flyer. Register here. Sent by Julie Fox, IHELP, ISPN Chair NEW! June 21 - 26 Vaccine Event. The City of Saint Louis Department of Health will be providing a COVID-19 vaccine clinic. Click here to find out more information. Sent by Rita Chang, IFCLA, ISPN Program Manager June 21-25 - Voices With Impact 2021 An online festival for films and ideas around underrepresented topics related to mental health! Voices With Impact is a year-long project that celebrates mental health stories told by filmmakers with unique perspectives and lived experience. Filmmakers across the world submit proposals to tell stories about underrepresented narratives related to mental health, and our distinguished jury members select the strongest ideas from the group. Ultimately, ten teams are awarded $5,000 each to support the creation of their short films. Registration is OPEN and FREE to the public. RSVP now! Sent by Poli Rijos, Alive & Well Communities June 24 - Pfizer Vaccine Event (2nd dose) at the International Institute, in partnership with Affinia, St. Louis City, & ISPN. Second doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be administered. Walk-ins are welcome and appointments can be made for those 12 years old or older. They will need a birth certificate or some form of ID to verify age and identity and a parent/guardian to be present to sign for consent during the vaccination. The clinic will be held in the International Institute gym with parking available on the back lot. Individuals are encouraged to show up no more than 15 minutes prior to their appointment. Appointments can be made by calling (314) 773-9090 Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM or 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM or online here. Interested in volunteering? Email Valerie Lamping at lampingv@iistl.org Sent by Rosie Lang, International Institute June 26 Vaccine Event (11:00 AM - 3:00 PM) in North City, co-hosted by Affinia Healthcare, the YMCA, Senator Steve Roberts & Dr. Melissa Nash. Appointment is required and this is offered to ages 12 and up. Call (573) 751-4415 or complete this survey to register here. View the flyer for more information. Sent by Rita Chang, IFCLA, ISPN Program Manager | | | | Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities NEW! The Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being is seeking volunteer support with virtual convenings and their Welcome Desk. For more information visit here. Sent by Rita Chang, IFCLA, ISPN Program Manager NEW! The City of St. Louis is hiring for multiple positions. Click here for more information on available jobs. Sent by Sal Valadez, LiUNA The Center for Human Rights, Gender and Migration at Washington University's Institute for Public Health is hiring a part-time project coordinator! This is a staff position with benefits - apply by June 18th at jobs.wustl.edu and search job code 52097. Questions? Email centerforhumanrights@wustl.edu. Sent by Julia Uyttewaal, Institute for Public Health, Washington University The St. Louis Regional Suicide Prevention Coalition is seeking to expand its membership to address equity in suicide prevention efforts across the metropolitan area. The Coalition is focused on building a suicide safer community for everyone, and if you are interested in joining a dedicated group of community stakeholders to move this work forward, please contact Ryan Lindsay at rlindsay@wustl.edu and visit their website. Sent by Poli Rijos, Alive & Well Communities The English Tutoring Project (ETP) is seeking an Executive Director. The ETP was founded in 1998 by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Region X, St. Louis, Grounded in Catholic tradition and social teachings, the ETP provides onsite assistance to children from refugee and immigrant families to acquire English Language skills in an environment where all children experience respect for themselves and their cultures. Interested applicants should send their resumes to Barb Teng at btengphd@gmail.com. Sent by Julie Fox, IHELP, ISPN Chair IHELP is looking for a summer intern to assist the program in various areas, including teaching English one on one, assessing students life-skills & doing general check-ins, recruit new volunteers. Sent by Julie Fox, IHELP, ISPN Chair IHELP is hiring an AmeriCorp Marketing & Communications VISTA. Sent by Julie Fox, IHELP, ISPN Chair | | | | | | | | Immigrant Service Providers Network (ISPN)
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