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Updated History of the CCE 2022

Happy New Year! Check out our updated post on the history of the CCE.

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Looking at Workplaces Through the Lens of DEI

“It's huge, we are all operating within an oppressive system…all systems thrive from extractive colonialism…the only way I really believe is to be navigating this system and dismantling it as we see the issues.” Throughout the pandemic, Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County (CAP) has host

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Why Participating in the Redistricting Process is so Important

During its long-running tradition of monthly Facebook Live events, Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County (CAP) hosted a Community Conversation to discuss how citizens can get involved in the redistricting process and why it’s so important

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A Discussion on Latinx Representation in Film

Recently, an informational seminar was held to discuss film consumption through an anti-racist lens. It was facilitated by Malinalli Lopez, a filmmaker, writer, and professor at Sonoma State. This conversation was open to the community.

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“How a YouTube Playlist Can Help You Better Understand the COVID-19 Vaccine”

On the CCE YouTube page, there are a slew of videos directed towards English and Spanish speakers who want to learn more about the COVID-19 vaccines. Each YouTube video is fairly short, anywhere between 3 to 5 minutes each. The videos feature Dr. Enrique Gonzalez-Mendez, M.D.

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Building Trust in the Latinx Community About the Vaccine

The conversation leaned very heavily into systemic racism and how it erodes trust built up by our public healthcare system.

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Welcome, Haley & Maddy!

VISTA’s Madelynn Cox and Haley Katz have committed to a year of AmeriCorps VISTA service with the CCE, the City of Santa Rosa, and other community partners.

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Spotlight: Dr. Elisa Velasquez Case Study

Elisa Velásquez-Andrade, Ph.D. professor and the Department Chair for Psychology talked about what service-learning means to her.

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Science 220 Helping the Community Get Vaccinated through Service-Learning

“Each project required lots of creativity and flexibility; each changed from the time the Petaluma Health Center and I carved the projects together, to when they were launched.

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Congrats to Community Diary Project/Sonoma Responds

Congratulations to the Sonoma County Library in winning the California Library Association’s Best In Show award in 2021! This recognition of their Sonoma Responds project is well-deserved.