Reminder: April 2nd Power Breakfast - Chicago Heal
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APRIL VIRTUAL POWER BREAKFAST
CHICAGO HEAL
Saturday, April 2, 2022
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Stepping into the gap of insufficient avenues of support for our community's trauma, three individuals have joined together to co-host an hour-long talk radio show that supports and promotes mental health healing from past and ongoing trauma from violence, for families and for the community. COAL is honored to host the Honorable La Shawn K. Ford, State Representative - 8th District, Ms. Meleika Gardner, Founder of Evanston Live TV and Mr. Revin Fellows, Community Activist, for a conversation on the ways in which CHICAGO HEAL is helping to heal a community's trauma.
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Breakfast Logistics:
Topic: CHICAGO HEAL, Healing a Community's Trauma
Time: 9:00am - join / Informal Meet & Greet, 9:30am - Program
Meeting ID: 879 1268 1212 Passcode: 893244
One tap mobile: +13126266799,,87912681212#,,,,*893244# US (Chicago)
RSVP by replying to this notice at publicpolicy@coalchicago.com
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It Shouldn't Hurt To Be A Child
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness and inspire collective action, so that our country’s children can lead their best lives. No one, least of all a child, should have to suffer any kind of abuse. Unfortunately, there are 4.4 million referrals of child abuse in a given year. More shockingly, these reports involved 7.9 million children. Understanding child abuse and neglect is the first step to ending the pain of these millions of kids suffering in our country. Child abuse, or child maltreatment, can be divided into three main categories: sexual, physical, and psychological.
What is Sexual abuse?
Sexual abuse involves pressuring or forcing a child to engage in sexual acts. It includes behaviors such as fondling, penetration, and exposing a child to other sexual activities.
What is Physical abuse?
Physical abuse is intentionally using physical force against a child, such as beating, kicking, hitting, stabbing, choking, burning, or punching, that can result in physical injury.
What is Psychological abuse?
Psychological abuse, also known as emotional abuse, refers to behaviors that harm a child’s self-worth or emotional well-being. This can include name calling, shaming, rejection, withholding love, and threatening.
Child abuse is not only surprisingly common, but also deadly. Five children die a day from child abuse. That’s 150 children who die every month, and over 1,800 who die every year.
By spreading awareness about this issue, you can prevent child abuse.
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NEXT UP
April 9th - Jonathan T. Swain
April 23rd or 30th - Voter Registration/Engagement Community Meeting
May 10th - COAL Job Fair
June Power Breakfast - Judicial Candidates Meet & Greet (in planning)
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About COAL
COAL is an umbrella organization founded by 13 of Chicago's historic African American mens clubs. COAL's overarching mission is to identify, examine, illuminate and find resolution to issues impacting the greater community. We strive to use our collective experience, expertise and resources to improve the quality of opportunity, quality of preparedness and the quality of outcomes (expressed as 'quality of life') for our Community.
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Founding Member Organizations
100 Black Men Of Chicago ■ Chicago Assembly ■ Chicago Connection ■ Druids Club ■ Frogs Club ■ Lunch Bunch ■ New Committee ■ Original 40 Club Of Chicago ■ Rat Pack ■ Royal Coterie Of Snakes ■ Saints ■ Sigma Pi Phi Beta-Boule ■ UIC Male Forum (now Chicago Good Health Group)
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What We Believe
The Coalition of African American Leaders believes that it is important to examine the critical issues confronting the African American community where injustice, inequality and the absence of access and opportunity continue to prevail, thereby negatively impacting us as a people. COAL is an assemblage that advocates and organizes for appropriate and responsible public policy change, system behavior change and equality of opportunity. We aim to achieve for all of our people the fullness of the life experience without any form of racism or exclusion as a deterrent. We believe we must prepare ourselves for the opportunity of this full participation, thereby achieving the necessary education and training to participate.
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Contact: Clarence Wood, Chairman 312.404.8269 - Craig K. Wimberly, President 773.350.9315
Email: publicpolicy@coalchicago.com
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