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Welcome to SAY Connect!


SAY - Social Advocates for Youth - provides support, prevention and education to students and families throughout the school year in seven east suburban school districts in Cuyahoga County. In addition, the SAY Coalition provides leadership opportunities for youth as well as education for parents and professionals. During these uncertain times of COVID-19, we would like to continue to connect with our students and their families. In the upcoming weeks, we will provide a brief weekly newsletter focused on a specific topic each issue.

We hope you find these newsletters helpful and informative. You'll be hearing more from us next week!
We may not choose our circumstances but we do choose our attitude and our response.

Weekly Focus:
Social Justice


This week's SAY Connect is all about Social Justice issues.  What's going on and what you can do to make a difference in your community.  We've gathered resources for Teens and Parents on how to have tough conversations and take action.  

Plus, SAY has some exciting Virtual Summer Institute events coming up!  Check out the flier below for more details.
DoSomething.Org
A Youth-Led Movement for Good

DoSomething is the largest not-for-profit exclusively for young people and social change.

DoSomething’s millions of members represent every US area code and 131 countries.  Using their digital platform, DoSomething members join our volunteer, social change, and civic action campaigns to make a real-world impact on causes they care about.
 
For Parents:
How Teachers are Having Tough Conversations with Students on Race and Violence

 
‘Moments like now are why we teach’: Educators tackle tough conversations about race and violence — this time virtually

Educators across the U.S. already adapting to remote teaching due to the coronavirus pandemic now find themselves facing another challenge: supporting, educating, and engaging students during waves of protest and unrest. The outrage stemming from the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other recent police killings of black citizens has led to demonstrations, violent clashes with police, and curfews in numerous cities.

Navigating discussions about race relations, police brutality, and systemic racism can be challenging for teachers even during normal times. But grappling with these topics during a pandemic, when school communities can’t learn together in person, is even more difficult.


Read the rest here:  https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/5/31/21276371/educators-tackle-tough-conversations-about-race-and-violence-this-time-virtually
Upcoming SAY Events

SAY Virtual Summer Institute - Samosa Making with Cleveland Masala
June 24th at 4:00 pm

 
Join the  SAY Virtual Summer Institute in a cooking demonstration with Cleveland Masala. We will be making the Indian dish Samosas. Cleveland Masala will take us on a step-by step process. We will start from scratch and end with our own delicious, homemade samosas! We hope you will join us in the fun and learning something new!  The ingredients and a link to Zoom will be provided once you register.

To Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/109834120812

SAY Virtual Summer Institute - Laurel Green Kaiser
July 8th at 1:00pm

Join SAY and Laurel Greene Kaiser, LISW-S for an energizing and interactive online workshop for teens on building your own resilience.
Resilience is the foundation for personal success, it is what helps us navigate and bounce back from any challenge in our life, whether that challenge is big or small. This workshop will help you get to know yourself better and how your strengths can help you navigate any fear, stressor, difficulty, or set back.
This workshop will give you the opportunity to not only find out how resilient you are now, but ways you can increase your own resilience no matter where you're starting from. Come to just listen or share, Sharing will be optional.

To Register:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/109834736654

SAY Virtual Institute - Joshua Hill the Education and Outreach Specialist of CRCC
July 15 at 6:30pm

 
Join SAY and Joshua Hill for a discussion on Bystander Intervention where you will be able to understand how you can safely intervene in situations and conversations that are unsafe. Also included in this program we will be discussing racial profiling and what your role can be in your schools and communities to see the changes necessary for advancement as a society.

To Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/109835117794
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Resources
Agency Partner Contact Information
FrontLine Service Mobile Crisis hotline 216-623-6888
Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services 216-696-KIDS (5437)
Cleveland Rape Crisis Center 216-619-6192, 440-423-2020
Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center 216-391-HELP (4357)
SAY Director
Chris Ruma-Cullen
cullenc@bellefairejcb.org


Shaker Heights High School / Mayfield High School / SAY Coalition Coordinator
Nancy Schaumburg
schaumburgn@bellefairejcb.org


Orange High School
Jessica Vendetti
vendittij@bellefairejcb.org


Solon Middle School
Cindy Johnson
johnsoncy@bellefairejcb.org


Chagrin Falls High School
Tania Gordon
gordont@bellefairejcb.org


Beachwood Middle and High School
Marlon Walker
walkerm@bellefairejcb.org


Monticello Middle School
Shavaun Tucker
tuckers@bellefairejcb.org
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