Service Learning at the Boys and Girls Club

College of Professional Studies

This presentation includes the learning experiences and exploration during this service learning opportunity at the Boys and Girls Club. I also connect the theoretical constructs that I learn in Child Development classes and the practical experience that I have gained during this service learning opportunity.

Service Learning at Yurok Tribe Head Start

College of Professional Studies

This presentation emphasizes the importance of incorporating Yurok language and culture in early childhood development. I also include the learning experiences and exploration during this service learning opportunity at the Yurok Tribe Head Start program. I also connect the theoretical constructs that I learn in Child Development classes and the practical experience that I have gained during this service learning opportunity.

Service Learning in Preschool Programs

College of Professional Studies

As a part of a service learning class, we spent 30 hours in two preschool programs. Each one of us had the service learning goals (knowledge, skills, and values). In this poster, we present the lessons learned and challenges that we faced in the field.

Service Learning in the Community through Y.E.S. House Programs

College of Professional Studies

As a part of a service learning class, we spent 30 hours in the community through the Y.E.S. House programs. Each one of us had our service learning goals in terms of knowledge, skills, and values. Y.E.S. House places its volunteers in the community. In this poster, we present the lessons learned and challenges faced in the service learning.

Service Learning in the Community through Y.E.S. House Programs

College of Professional Studies

As a part of a service learning class, we spent 30 hours in the community through the Y.E.S. House programs. Both of us had our service learning goals in terms of knowledge, skills, and values. Y.E.S. House places its volunteers in the community. In this poster, we present the lessons learned and challenges faced in the service learning.

Shifting the Paradigm from Weight to Health

Aubrey Lyn Flores, School of Applied Health Undergraduate Student

College of Professional Studies

Current guidelines recommend that “overweight” and “obese” individuals lose weight through engaging in lifestyle modification involving diet, exercise, and other behavior change. This approach reliably induces weight cycling and weight stigma. Individuals deemed as obese are blamed for their weight, with common perceptions that weight stigmatization is justifiable and may motivate individuals to adopt healthier behaviors. Contrary to that belief, many individuals are unable to maintain weight loss long-term and do not achieve improved morbidity and mortality rates. The Health at Every Size (HAES) program encourages body acceptance, supports intuitive eating, and supports active embodiment.

Showcasely: An Art Showcase

College of Professional Studies

Showcasely is an art show that promotes inclusivity, self-expression and struggling artists. I wanted to have an art show with these key points because they play a crucial role in my life, our community, and in art work. Inclusivity was a key part of Showcasely because we wanted people of all backgrounds and experiences to be apart of our role. Art is a demonstration of self expression. I wanted to promote the reality of struggling artist because there are many misconceptions of their lifestyle.

Small Town, Big Hearts: Peer Counseling in Rural Mendocino

College of Professional Studies

This Peer Counseling program was dedicated to creating a healthy community culture through mentoring younger students, youth advocacy, and peer education. Peer mentors received training in topics including communication, conflict resolution, cultural humility, and self esteem building. Throughout the program peer mentors met several times a month for seminars to process their experiences and receive additional training. Peer counselors also created presentations for middle school classrooms, volunteered at Healthy Start Family Resource Center events and were called upon by the wider community for participating in youth advocacy radio, drug free community focus groups, and more.

Somos Semillas-Ethnic Studies as Liberatory Joy in Rural California

Marisol O. Ruiz, Education Faculty

College of Professional Studies

This is a Collective Auto-Ethnographic Participatory Action Research that uses critical race-gendered epistemologies (Bernal Delgado, 2002, pp.109-110) as a theoretical framework to understand our Ethnic Studies work in schools. Teaching Ethnic Studies is a creation process where we are not only denouncing injustice, we are creating our own sovereign spaces of knowledge production through Courageous Cuentos and healing individually and collectively. Findings show that we experienced transformation as we co-create, define, collectively heal, and document what it means to be LatinE/ ChicanX social justice educator in rural Northern California through Courageous Cuentos.

Sorrel Leaf Healing Center Mental Health 101 Training and Coping Skills Toolbox

Ashly Kloiber, Social Work Graduate Student

College of Professional Studies

This project consisted of two deliverables. The first is a digital Canva presentation that will educate Sorrel Leaf Healing Center non-clinical staff on the basic neuroscience behind trauma and how trauma connects to behavior and diagnosis, in addition to addressing cultural considerations and incorporating mental health first aid concepts. The second deliverable is a toolbox that provides coping skills interventions for staff to use with residents that assist with co-regulation.