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April 16, 2020

SFIC COVID-19 Response
 Online Briefing for Faith Leaders

 Behavioral, Mental & Spiritual Health Impact/
Response Relief Programs  Recording Link 
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Earlier today, the San Francisco Interfaith Council   (SFIC), in collaboration with the SF Departments of Public Health (DPH) and Emergency Management's (DEM) Community Branch,   hosted the second in a weekly series of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) response briefings for faith leaders. Today's briefing featured Homeless Children's Network (HCN) Executive Director Dr. April Y. Silas and HCN Mental Health Program Director Dr. Hazel Benigno, Psy.D. , who addressed the COVID-19 behavioral, mental and spiritual impact upon our City as well as response relief programs being offered.

The briefing may be viewed in its entirety by clicking the link below:



Also participating were Zoom Briefing Moderator/SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas, SFIC Board Chair Kaushik Roy, Rev. Tova Green of the San Francisco Zen Center and Dr. Ellen Hammerle, Ph.D. Vice President of Client Services for Catholic Charities. Special appreciation is extended to DEM technology team, comprised of Community Branch Coordinator John McKnight and Engagement Leads Darren Low and Russell Allen.

For additional resources, please visit:
24/7 SF Crisis Line: 415-970-4000 (adults) or 415-970-3800 (kids)


 

24/7 Warm-Line: 855-845-7415

Website: https://www.mentalhealthsf.org/peer-run-warmline/


 

La Casa de Las Madres  24/7 support line:

877-503-1850 (adults), 877-923-0700 (teens), or 415-200-3575 (text line)

 

SF DPH's Trauma-Informed Systems Team's Mindful Moments

Recordings on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjDk6xhFVk17b-3XQ_zfrCA

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/656899875?pwd=bTFOaVQyQ0M1WVVVQlZkUHhQQk93dz09
TraumaTransformed.org

Resource page: https://traumatransformed.org/healing-mass-trauma/


Shine app

COVID-19 toolkit & forums: https://www.virusanxiety.com/

 

Colorlines Article on Self-Love in the Time of Coronavirus: https://www.colorlines.com/articles/self-love-time-coronavirus


 


Main HCN website:https://www.hcnkids.org

HCN general email: [email protected]

Please join us next Thursday, April 23, 2020, at 8:30 am,  for the next in the SFIC's series of online briefings for faith leaders,  which will address the COVID-19 impact on aging adults and people with disabilities. Featured guests will be California Department of Aging Director Kim McCoy Wade and San Francisco Department of Disabilities and Aging Services Director Shireen McSpadden. 
 
(Zoom link to be provided in the program announcement)


San Francisco COVID-19 Data Tracker

Data as of April 15, 2020



Additional Information and Case Charts at:



Latest Coronavirus Facts  Here




What SF Communities of Faith
Are Doing and Saying About the Coronavirus
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We invite you to review these best practices with care and, as appropriate, use them as examples to share with your faithful.


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As these links live on the SFIC website, we encourage you to continue forwarding any and all like communications you post on your respective websites and social media platforms to:

SFIC Program/Administrative Associate
Cynthia Zamboukos

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