Honoring the Heartbeat Mental Health & Wellness PowWow
Honoring the Heartbeat is an event that focuses on the importance of mental health and wellness, culture as prevention, and reducing the stigma of asking for help.
Join Circles of Strength for a night of self-love activities! We will have an opportunity to talk about what self-love means to us, connect with each other and learn some ways to practice self-love using art, music and poetry. Participants will be able to take home their own self-love journals. Dinner will be provided.
What We’ll Do:
Guest Speaker:
Carol Wenzel
(Oneida Nation)
Activity:
We will be making homemade facial, foot and body scrubs
Meal
Lasagna
Ceasar Salad
Garlic Bread
Catered by Rosati’s Chicago Pizza
All Nations Men’s Drum Circle with Danny Preston.
Circles of Strength welcomes Rachel Fernandez of the Menominee Nation for a presentation about human trafficking and the role everyone can play in preventing and responding to human trafficking.
Namāēwkūkiw, Rachel Fernandez, is a mother, wife, grandmother, daughter, aunt, sister, and friend. She is founder and Executive Director of Maeqtekuahkihkiw Metaemohsak, Woodland Women. Governor Evers appointed her to the Wisconsin Women’s Council where she serves on the Executive Committee. She is the Data Sub-Committee Co-Chair of the Wisconsin MMIW Task Force. She is also of service to her tribe and is an elected official of the Menominee Tribal Legislature. Rachel is rooted in community and has been a lifelong advocate and activist fighting against gender-based violence and violence against Mother Earth.
Our GLIIHC staff and Board of Directors invite your family to join us for our annual Community Harvest Feast.
• Meal pick-up will be located in the 2nd floor Community Room
• Receive a harvest meal to-go including a main meal, traditional sides, pie, and apple cider.
• Traditional food bags for the first 75 families featuring: bison, cranberries, wild rice, maple syrup, and more.
• Indoor offerings at meal pick-up include walk-through resource tables, smudging from the culture department, health screenings
• No RSVP required
Teen Prevention Council will lead efforts towards prevention education and impact projects directed at providing support and addressing barriers found within their peer group and community.
Location: 2nd floor Ignace Youth Center
For more information or to register a native youth with YEP services contact:
Ashley Reiter
Youth Violence Prevention Advocate
414-306-3746
areiter@gliihc.net
Amaya Varela
Youth Empowerment Program Coordinator,
Public Allies WI Fellow
414-502-9002
avarela@gliihc.net
Join Katinee Shawanokasic-Chavez for an introduction to the Menominee language. These classes will be held in the 2nd floor Community Room.
This open art studio will be a space for adults to reflect, learn, and connect through expressive art activities and traditional crafts in an encouraging, supportive, and therapeutic group setting. Participants can choose from the activity provided or bring their own projects to work on each week.
GLIIHC_Healing Arts Studio_ANWC
• Dinner (3-6:30pm)
• Cookie Decoration
• Crafts
• Books
• Pictures w/Santa
• Winter apparel
• Open to Native children 18 & under
• Families must complete toy application prior to event date to be eligible to receive gifts
• Applications are available in the All Nations Wellness Center on the 2nd floor. Ask for Ashley or Amaya.
• Must provide verification of tribal affiliation: (tribal ID, enrollment letter, decendancy paper)
• Must provide proof of children living in household: (Immunization records, W2 records, school records, birth certificate, social security card, insurance card, medical record/bill)
• Applications available starting October 23! Applications received after December 15th cannot be guaranteed fulfillment of child’s wish list.
• All gifts will be picked up on the 2nd floor of the clinic. Parent/guardian picking up must bring a photo ID matching the application.
