| | | | ISPN Official Business The ISPN Language Access Committee is collecting information about Welcoming Week (Sept. 10-19) Activities. If your organization has any Welcoming Week activities that might serve as opportunities for City and County government stakeholders to connect with the immigrant community and learn more about what service providers offer, please contact the Language Access Committee or Kathryn Koch at kathryn.koch@slu.edu. Sent by Kathryn Koch, ISPN Language Access Committee Chair The next ISPN General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 28, 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)
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! The Marillac Mission Fund has opened its Fall Responsive and Capacity Building grant cycles for organizations in the St. Louis 16-county region. All applications are due August 1, 2021. For more information, click here. Sent by Michele Mosley, Marillac Mission Fund NEW! The SIUE WE CARE Clinic now offers free breast health services. This includes mammograms, diagnostic testing, transportation, and other support services. Call 618-482-6959 with any questions. For more information, view this flyer. Sent by Ibura DeHaan, Washington University NEW! 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. Please email Michelle Peeler (michelle.peeler@gwrymca.org) with any questions. Sent by Michelle Peeler, Gateway Region YMCA NEW! The Census Bureau is expecting to release more data about redistricting.The legacy format redistricting data is expected by August 16, and the redistricting data (PL-94-171 file) by September 30. Click here for more information on the data release timeline. Sent by Rita Chang, IFCLA, ISPN Program Manager St. Louis County is looking for immigrant and immigrant service provider perspectives on their equity plan. St. Louis County is holding a series of meetings (dates are attached) to develop an Equity Plan to include an immigrant Welcoming Plan. If you would like to present for 5 minutes about changes the County could make to become more equitable in these areas: healthcare, police/EMS, housing or education, email TheEquityPlan@stlouiscountymo.gov or Kathryn Koch, Language Access Committee Chair at kathryn.koch@slu.edu Sent by Kathryn Koch, ISPN Language Access Committee Chair Saint Louis County is co-hosting COVID-19 vaccine events with community partners. If your organization is interested in partnering with the Department of Public Health by hosting a vaccination event click here. Sent by Meredith Rataj, St. Francis Community Services, ISPN COVID-19 Vaccine Committee Chair In need of a few COVID-19 vaccines for community members? Contact Maria Perez, clinical pharmacist at Beverly Hills Pharmacy, to schedule a small on-site pop-up clinic for community members. The pharmacy has staff that speak Spanish, Farsi, French, and Tagalog. To set up an on-site clinic or for more information, contact her at maria@bh-pharmacy.com. Sent by Meredith Rataj, St. Francis Community Services, ISPN COVID-19 Vaccine Committee Chair 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 | | | | Upcoming Events July 9 (3 PM - 8 PM) Punch Love Boxing is hosting a family safety event on Martin Luther King & Hodiamont in the Wellston Loop. St. Louis' very own Kj Yungrage Jones will be present. There will be refreshments, healthy snacks, and give-a-ways. Sent by Poli Rijos, Alive & Well Communities NEW! July 11 (6 PM - 8 PM) Welcome Neighbor STL Free Family Night at The Magic House. This includes access to the entire children's museum. If you are interested in volunteering and/or attending sign up here. All attendees who are not vaccinated must wear a mask. Sent by Nicole Kreisel, Welcome Neighbor STL NEW! July 13 (12 PM - 1 PM) The Protecting Immigrant Families campaign is hosting a meeting on the new research reports from the Urban Institute on the significant hardships of low-income immigrants. Attendees will also have the opportunity to hear more from other speakers about the barriers faced by immigrants and their families, and what policy change would mean for the health and well being of communities across the country. Register at this link. Sent by Rita Chang, IFCLA, ISPN Program Manager NEW! July 16 (10:30 AM - 11: 30 AM) MCADSV is convening immigrant service providers. This meeting will bring attorneys, advocates, and immigrant service providers together to connect with one another, share resources, and discuss emerging trends. Topics in this meeting include issues related to language access, immigration relief, and outreach to immigrant and refugee communities. For any questions contact Nora Mosby at nmosby@mocadsv.org. Register here. Sent by Nora Mosby, MCADSV NEW! August 4 - 6 Saint Louis Racial Equity Virtual Summit. The Summit is designed to build on the success of the inaugural summit in 2019 when over 500 advocates for equity gathered together. This year the event will move to a virtual platform, allowing more people to participate in sessions while adhering to safe gathering policies. Learn more and register here. Sent by Rita Chang, IFCLA, ISPN Program Manager | | | | Jobs and Volunteer Opportunities NEW! Interfaith Partnership STL is hiring for the part-time role of Executive Administrator. The Executive Administrator will be working in close cooperation to coordinate, oversee, and implement all aspects of operations of Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis. The position will involve working an average of 20 hours per week. Interested? For more information, click here. Sent by Rita Chang, IFCLA, ISPN Program Manager NEW! FOCUS Impact Fellows is offering you the opportunity to enhance your leadership and technical skills. The program will be a hybrid, including both in-person meetings and site visits, as well as online meetings and components on the FOCUS virtual campus. View the flyer. For any questions contact: wallys@focus-stl.org. Learn more here. Sent by Poli Rijos, Alive & Well Communities NEW! The Gateway Region YMCA is seeking volunteers to be reading tutors. Tutoring takes place once a week through Zoom. Sign up here. Please email Michelle Peeler (michelle.peeler@gwrymca.org) with any questions. Sent by Michelle Peeler, Gateway Region YMCA LifeWise STL is hiring an Economic Wellness Administrative Assistant and a Financial Social Worker. Read more about these positions here. Sent by Natalie Gemberling Webb, LifeWise STL The Immigrant Home English Learning Program (IHELP) is looking for a fall intern to assist the program in various areas, including teaching English one on one, assessing students life-skills & doing general check-ins, and recruiting new volunteers. For more information on this position, contact Julie Fox director@ihelpstl.org. Sent by Julie Fox, IHELP, ISPN Chair 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 | | | | | | | | Immigrant Service Providers Network (ISPN)
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