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SUMMARY:Social Justice Education: Criminal Justice and the LGBTQ+ Community
DESCRIPTION:You may have heard that COVID-19 is ravaging jails\, prisons\, and detention centers across the U.S. But did you know that LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be incarcerated than our non-LGBTQ+ counterparts? Did you know that LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be serving life sentences and are more likely to be held in solitary confinement than others? If you’ve ever wanted to learn about America’s criminal justice system and how it uniquely impacts the LGBTQ+ community\, join Family Equality for this interactive session offered in partnership with Beyond These Walls and Our Family Coalition. Our three organizations are pleased to offer this unique opportunity for LGBTQ+ families to learn more about our community members living behind bars. You’ll also learn how to take action today to provide immediate relief to prisoners impacted by COVID-19.\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT. \n\nBeyond These Walls provides direct support\, education\, and advocacy for and with LGBTQ+ prisoners in the Pacific NW (and trans prisoners everywhere). They are currently running an active COVID-19 Crisis Line for incarcerated people and their families\, in addition to overseeing several prisoner leadership programs behind bars.\n\nOur Family Coalition advances equity for lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, transgender\, and queer (LGBTQ) families with children through support\, education\, and advocacy. They offer workshops\, support groups\, outings\, seasonal celebrations\, meet-ups\, classes\, play dates and referrals for LGBTQ families in San Francisco and the East Bay\, and will be providing many of those regular programs online for the duration of the current pandemic.
URL:https://familyequality.org/event/social-justice-education-criminal-justice-and-the-lgbtq-community/
CATEGORIES:Parents,Prospective Parents,Teens and Young Adults,The Neighborhood
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SUMMARY:WORLD PREMIERE: 10 Minute Heart-Brain Connection Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday for a much-needed 10 minute break to your week—or tune in later to watch anytime you’re in need of some brain and body refreshment!\n\nOur heart is more than just an organ\, it’s an expansive energy center. There are more nerve connections between the heart and the brain than any other system in the body – in fact\, 90% of these connecting fibers ascend from the heart up to the brain. These neural pathways are constantly sending signals that interact with the brain’s higher cognitive and emotional centers\, and it has been scientifically proven that practicing positive emotions both increases intuition and promotes creativity.\n\nThis bite-sized workshop will start with a brief lesson about the heart-brain connection and end with an uplifting\, heart centered meditation to evoke full body balance.  Leave feeling refreshed and radiant! \n\nAbout Amanda Leaveck\nAmanda Leaveck specializes in helping high achievers slow down\, find balance\, and flow through life with more ease. Through a neuroscience-based curriculum\, yoga\, meditation\, and honoring the earth’s cycles and seasons\, her clients learn tangible skills to help them live more delicious lives.  In addition to attaining a B.S. in Neuroscience at the University of Saint Thomas\, she graduated from the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration in 2017\, where she focused on the integral relationship between connective tissue and the nervous system.  Through coaching\, yoga\, meditation\, online courses\, and her virtual learning platform\, Science & Magic\, Amanda offers services that connect us all more deeply to our brilliant human bodies. You can follow Amanda and her virtual learning platform here: @scienceandmagicofficial.
URL:https://familyequality.org/event/world-premiere-10-minute-heart-brain-connection-meditation/
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SUMMARY:Story Hour: Ourshelves Edition!
DESCRIPTION:Looking for something fun for the whole family while you’re cooped up at home social distancing? Family Equality and OurShelves Diverse Kids Books\, a queer-owned diverse kids’ book box service and advocacy effort\, are joining forces to create a fun\, educational Story Hour that kids and parents of all ages will enjoy! \nTune in LIVE here at the time of the event or over on Facebook for an hour of stories and solidarity with Natalie Meisner\, author of My Mommy\, My Mama\, My Brother\, and Me\, and Kyle Lukoff\, the Stonewall-award winning author of books like When Aidan Became A Brother\, the Max and Friends series\, Explosion at the Poem Factory\, and more. \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL6jZB7iPx0 \nNatalie Meisner is a widely produced author of stage plays and an award-winning multi-genre author.  Her play BOOM BABY (about the lives of workers in the oil patch) won both the Canadian National Playwriting Award and the Alberta Playwriting Award.  Double Pregnant: Two Lesbians Make a Family topped nonfiction lists and was a finalist in the Atlantic Book Awards.  SPEED DATING FOR SPERM DONORS (Playwright’s Canada Press) was a hit at Lunchbox and Neptune Theatres. Her children’s book My Mommy\, My Mama\, My Brother & Me is available from Nimbus Publishing.  BADDY ONE SHOE is her first book of poems and her ode to the renegades of the past and present who fight the powers that be with laughter. Meisner is a wife and mom to two great boys and a Professor in the Department of English at Mount Royal University where she works in the areas of creative writing\, drama\, and gender/ sexuality studies. She has recently (this week!) been named Poet Laureate of Calgary\, AB.     www.nataliemeisner.com \nKyle Lukoff is the Stonewall-award winning author of books like “When Aidan Became A Brother\,” the “Max and Friends” series\, “Explosion at the Poem Factory\,” and more. While becoming a writer he worked as a bookseller for ten years\, and then nine more years as a school librarian. He lives in New York City\, and hopes you’re having a nice day. People can contact Kyle through the website\, kylelukoff.com or on Twitter (@Shekels_Library).\n 
URL:https://familyequality.org/event/story-hour-ourshelves-edition/
CATEGORIES:The Neighborhood,Whole Family,Younger Kids
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SUMMARY:PREMIERE Kid Skills: Baking for Beginners
DESCRIPTION:Baking is more than just combining a few ingredients together…there’s a whole science behind it! Check back here in the days ahead to close out the week with a family baking session—or save this class for the weekend (because some Saturdays call for cookies for breakfast!)—with Andrea DiMedio. Grab an apron and let’s go! \n \n  \nFor this workshop you’ll need: \n\nAll purpose flour\nBaking soda\nSalt\nButter\, softened\nGranulated sugar\nBrown sugar\nVanilla extract\nEggs (2)\nSemi-sweet chocolate chips
URL:https://familyequality.org/event/kid-skills-baking-for-beginners/
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SUMMARY:Dad Date Night: #CoupleHacks
DESCRIPTION:Connect with other gay\, bi and trans dads from across the nation at our second Gay Dad Virtual Hangout\, co-hosted with Gays with Kids. \nPlus\, some of our favorite influencers and social friends will share tips to help dads find time to reconnect with each other\, and we’ll also look forward to sharing your own ideas and experiences. Our first tip – attend this dad date night! \nConfirmed influencers / social friends include: \n* Burton Buffaloe & Dustin Smith\, @bbbuffaloe & @dustin_patrick_smith\n* Erik & Adam McEwen\, @mchusbands\n* Clayton Shelvin & \, @real_dads_of_neworleans\n* Antwon & Nate Chavis\, @achavis56 & @n8chavis \nMore dads to be announced shortly… \nTO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT\, CLICK HERE. 
URL:https://familyequality.org/event/couplehacks-gay-dads-meetup/
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