by Pat Cinquini | Aug 22, 2022 | 2024, Community Education
More than two years since the pandemic began, students are again heading back to the classroom, and we all want to breathe a sigh of relief that things are back to normal. But today’s “normal” isn’t the same as it was pre-COVID. Increasing...
by Pat Cinquini | Jul 15, 2022 | 2024, Community Education
Help is only 3 numbers away. As of Saturday, July 16, the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline will go into effect, routing calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800-273-8255.) Trained counselors will take anonymous calls and texts to the hotline 24/7....
by Pat Cinquini | Jul 12, 2022 | Community Education
With modern technology that brings us news instantly, we are constantly being hit with a tsunami of trauma and violence. Mass shootings, terrorism, natural disasters, and global warming seem to lurk everywhere. Though we aren’t experiencing the actual event, merely...
by Pat Cinquini | Jun 15, 2022 | 2024, Community Education
Colorful parades, joyous picnics, and inspiring festivals are becoming entrenched in June around the world to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month. The tradition began as a commemoration of when members of the queer community, in 1969, fought back against the violence of...
by Pat Cinquini | Mar 14, 2022 | Community Education
Since 1987, Women’s History Month has been celebrated in March to recognize the contribution of women in history, culture, and society. Ironically, this year’s theme is “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” Right now, no women are making...
by Pat Cinquini | Mar 14, 2022 | Community Education
Chicago’s own Jane Adams who won the Nobel Prize in 1931, Dorothy Height won the Congressional Gold Medal, Wendy Sherman was awarded the National Security Medal…all social workers of whom we are proud. But we are equally proud of Shelter’s social workers,...
