As Outreach Worker, JaNyiah is a bridge connecting communities throughout the Delaware County diaspora who’ve been victims of violent crimes resulting in trauma.
She was born and raised on the east end of Chester, PA and currently resides on the west side of the city. She’s a graduate from Muhlenberg College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Health and a minor in African Studies.
Being born and raised in Chester gives JaNyiah significant connections and deep ties with the community.
As she says, “No one understands Chester like a Chester resident. Who better to serve the community than those who are a part of it?”
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Please welcome Rebecca Tone as our Director of Development!
Rebecca is a community and social change leader with years of non-profit leadership experience. Rebecca is passionate about social justice and has worked at prominent organizations such as United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, the national office of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Family Service Foundation and Better Tomorrows to alleviate inequality.
Along with her work at Chester Community Coalition, Rebecca is also a consultant at MissionUp. Rebecca was the inaugural CEO of Better Tomorrows where she was responsible for providing the strategic leadership that launched this national non-profit organization for the largest affordable housing owner/developer in the country. She is active civically; her past and present community service includes Girls Inc of Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, YMCA of Burlington County Development Committee, YW3CA, Global Citizen, A.D.E.P.T Services and Compass Pro Bono.
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Besides being Mental Health Awareness Month, May was also Stop the Bleed month.
Several of the Chester Community Coalition staff completed a course learning three quick techniques on how to help save a life before someone bleeds out. The course was offered at no cost by Chester Crozer Medical Center and the instructor was Loreen Evans, MSN, RN, CEN. Ms. Evans not only shared the course information, but also checked the movements as each person practiced the three different bleeding control actions. These are: how to use one’s hands to apply pressure to a wound, how to pack a wound to control bleeding and how to correctly apply a tourniquet.
Ceez Newsome, Intervention Specialist and Sr. Marijane Hresko, Grant Manager, both participated and received Stop the Bleed kits for use in our violence prevention work.
Bleeding injuries can happen anywhere. It is the goal of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the ACS Committee on Trauma to raise awareness and teach people to learn the three quick actions to control serious bleeding. Participants received a certificate for successful completion of the course.
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Gun Violence Prevention Town Hall
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Recently, CCC was invited to join a panel organized by CeasefirePA, Rep. Jennifer O'Mara, and Sen. Tim Kearney to discuss gun violence prevention efforts in Delaware County and across PA. In a room filled to capacity of advocates for safer gun policies, panelists talked about their current efforts and goals for future progress in the fight against gun violence.
One clear takeaway was that there are commonsense, evidence-based solutions to our current gun violence epidemic. Another, that there are dedicated people on the ground putting in tremendous work in Delco and the state legislature to stem the violence. And a third, that the need and momentum for action to protect our communities is more heightened than it has been in the recent past due to the mass shootings that are becoming more frequent, and the reality that gun homicide is now the leading killer of children and youth in the US.
No greater evidence for this last exists than the federal legislation recently passed in DC after decades of obstruction. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act will help to protect people now and in the future from the that of gun violence and provides a great launching pad through funding for even more community-based efforts to end gun violence.
To view the Town Hall, click here.
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Your support allows us to offer participant families safe, door to door transportation (via Lyft), and supper, shared with counselors and volunteers. Donations pay for extra therapists’ time in the schools and in community organizations. Donations support community outreach.
Violence is contagious; trauma is its vector. Helping more people understand the effects of trauma – flashbacks, nightmares, trouble sleeping and concentrating, self-medication with drugs and alcohol – will reduce violence.
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For those who prefer to donate by check, please make check out to “Urban Affairs Coalition, Chester Community Coalition”, and mail to:
Urban Affairs Coalition
Attn. Dean Morris
Suite 700
1207 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19107
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