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Find the answers to these and more questions in this week's Salem connection, https://lnkd.in/gaeNUbgF: • When the next Movie in the Park is? • Where you can dance to music from the 50s, 60s and 70s this weekend? • Where to hear a Lego Master? • Who braved the heat to help others last weekend? • How to keep your pet safe in the heat? • When IRONMAN 70.3 is happening? • Ideas the bodies of water and watering holes to keep cool this summer? • How to share your opinions on park projects funded by Safety and Livability Bonds? • What we’re doing to reduce community gun violence? • How to apply to participate in ¡Viva Salem!? • How to nominate a volunteer for a City Award? • How to take the Community Health Survey? • City job openings?

Walking through life with our armor on...all of us do from such an early age. Imagine society...our neighborhoods, schools, public spaces, libraries, gardens, creeks and roadways... All designed with the intention of make life more peaceful, vibrations of inspiration allowing us all to live a life without the armor...without the fear songs and the beating and clanking that comes along. Designing again for solutions and not solely for market competition? Imagine a World...where we design solutions as community coalitions...initiated and executed together...not asking for permission from the top down systems. Can we drop the rules of competition and start connecting our bridges together? I believe we can. In my second week of the Cabin co-hort, the mentors are inspiring and the fellow stewards also move with faith that we can. <3 Check out https://cabin.city To building new communities, one neighborhood at a time. <3

It’s stress awareness month and as part of that there are things we can all do to aid our own wellbeing. One of the 5 ways to wellbeing is to give. There’s lots of research about the positive effects of taking part in social and community life with some studies showing that people who help others are more likely to rate themselves as happy. Below is a great opportunity with a local charity close to my heart Motiv8 to do just that, whilst improving our community 😊I’m looking forward to taking part! So what ways do you give back? Is there anything you can do today to be kind and helpful to others, however big or small? #wellbeing #stressawarenessmonth

There are more than a few reasons why life here in Los Angeles is grand but one of them is the inspiration I get from the small but mighty non-profits that continue to make our city better. One is Public Matters, founded by Mike Blockstein and Reanne Estrada. If you want a break from the news cycle, have a look at this article titled "Conspiratorial Joy Lives Here."

Did you know that March in National MS Awareness Month?! I know we're near the end, but BIG THINGS are happening year-round! Can you list ONE THING you know about Multiple Sclerosis? 🤔 Join me in supporting the MS movement! There are countless ways to make a difference, from fundraising events to volunteering opportunities. Together, we can raise awareness and support those affected by multiple sclerosis. ➡️ Check out https://shorturl.at/jmHO5 to learn more and get involved! #WalkMS #AKsButterflies #KeepSmyelin #MSAwareness #SupportMSMovement #MSwarrior 🧠🧡🦋

Have a question about affordable housing and what Lakeshore Habitat and Jubilee are doing to address it? Have other affordable housing questions? Submit your questions and join us!

Is art an important element in democratic life? Studies show that public art has a host of benefits for communities. Its community-building powers can combat feelings of anxiety and social isolation. When locals participate in creating public art, these effects are amplified. Will you get involved in helping to decide what the next public art installation in St Neots might be?

Please take a moment to read this important Blog from the "New Hampshire Center For Justice & Equity" regarding our non-profit, mission, and everything in between! https://lnkd.in/egPSpezD

Veteran Housing Corp says that IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF A PERMANENT AND LASTING SOLUTION TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND HOMELESSNESS, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM! THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS BROKEN AND NOT WORKING FOR AMERICAN TAXPAYERS Veteran Housing Corp would ask every TAXPAYER to demand and get answers from their elected and appointed government officials the below questions as they relate to any affordable, workforce, or supportive housing project in your community! 1. How much local, state, and federal funding, tax credits, or other government benefits or incentives did the project receive? 2. What is the affordability period for each project? Is the affordability period permanent and in perpetuity? 3. What guarantees exist have your local, state, and federal government officials obtained in writing that rents will not go up or that tenants will not be displaced or evicted after the "affordability period expires? Every local, state, and federal housing authority and affordable or workforce housing stakeholder should adopt the State of Vermont's "permanent affordability" policy as a model for all future government funded or subsidized housing projects or developments, no exceptions! https://lnkd.in/eFEUC8c8 Additionally, local, state and federal housing agencies should look to the Helsinki, FINLAND MODEL of ending homelessness by providing affordable housing for all 'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness https://lnkd.in/er9HZSQU Even the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development AGREES THAT adopting FINLAND'S MODEL OF ERADICATING HOMELESSNESS may be of great value to resolving the affordable housing and homelessness crises in America https://lnkd.in/gkSZWYRU

As a lifelong learner, meeting and learning and laughing with colleagues is uplifting and rejuvenating. Take a minute to laugh with a colleague it makes the journey more meaningful. Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) #piqestrong #leadershipdevelopment #nonprofitleadership