A Fundraiser for Find Your Voice! River Bridge Regional Center APRIL 2021 S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T Rape Culture and Sexual Assault - A 1 2 Speak Up 3 Survivor's Voice for for our Children Empowering Change @ 6:00pm @ 12:00pm 4 5 Learn 6 7 8 Yoga: Finding 9 10 American Owning Your Story Your Voice Sign Language @ 6:00pm Within @ 5:30pm @ 5:30pm "Different Heros, 11 12 Shake It Off! 13 Flash Mob 14 Intermediate 15 16 Different Dreams" 17 Cheer Team Film Presentation ¡Quitárselo de Jazz Dance Ballet @ 5:30pm encima! and Q&A with @ 5:30pm @ 12:00pm Joyce Bulifant @ 5:30pm @ 6:00pm Helping Others Find Plant the Seeds of Uncovering the 23 24 18 Their Voice Through 19 Your Life Vision 20 Secret to Writing21 22 Story Sharing and and Watch it and the True Power Creative Writing Their Responses Bloom of Words @ 6:00pm @ 5:30pm @ 5:30pm @ 6:00pm Spring Rape Culture and Everyday 25 26 Mat Pilates 27 Watercolor Paintin2g 8 29 Sexual Assault - A 30 Makeup Survivor's Voice for @ 5:30pm Primavera @ 5:30pm Pintura de acuarela Empowering Change @ 5:30pm @ 6:00pm Date/Time Workshop/Description Leader Materials Rape Culture and Sexual Assault - A Survivor's Voice for Empowering Leader: Paige Quist An open mind and to be Thursday Change - Ages Middle School, Teen, Adult, Senior Paige Quist is 18 and a freshman at the University of Oregon, in able to listen and ask Participants will experience an informative presentation about rape the Clark Honors College, majoring in psychology. Paige's hope questions. April 1st culture and sexual assault. The goal of this session is to bring is to become a therapist who specializes in mental health (of all awareness and information to try and put an end to the prevalent ranges) and sex (specifically sexual trauma and gender studies). & rape culture in our society, while also focusing on the importance of She has a passion for helping others for she does not want coming forward. Topics covered will include statistics, defining and anyone to struggle as she has. Paige also wants to help others Friday clarifying terms within sexual assault, sex offenses, criminal get the resources they may need. Paige's additional passions to penalties, sex offender registration, and the concept of coming engage with the community include: photography, activism, April 30th forward. Triggering topics, as my her personal experiences will be art, and writing. "I believe the world needs to change, and to do discussed in some detail. Young children may have a hard time that we must communicate and inform ourselves on 6:00-8:00pm comprehending what is being discussed and some participants may undiscussed topics." be upset by the topics. Everyone is encouraged to join as it is important that this information is heard. Saturday Speak Up For Our Children Let us give our voices to the children that were served by child advocacy organizations, River Bridge Regional Center, CASA of the 9th, and Department of Human Services in 2020. Over 300 Jane and John April 3rd Doe's will be acknowledged during our pinwheels for prevention planting ceremony. We'll also have speeches from Blythe Chapman, Executive Director for River Bridge Regional Center, Paige Quist, an 12:00-2:00pm activist for sexual assault awareness, and other community leaders. This special ceremony will be held at Veterans Memorial, on the Courthouse lawn, downtown Glenwood Springs on April 3rd from 12-2pm. Due to COVID, masks mandates and social gathering rules may be enforced. The ceremony will also be broadcasted live on our Facebook page. Thank you to our Presenting Platinum Sponsors! Date/Time Workshop/Description Leader Materials Tuesday American Sign Language (ASL) - All ages Leader: Kyle Larson Participants will learn the basics of ASL including, conversations, Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Kyle began signing in 2008 by taking An open mind, April 6th Q&A, social interactions, and getting/receiving help or emergency ASL classes at the University at Buffalo. After volunteering at St. willingness to learn, situations. Learn hello, my name is, what’s up, how are you, do you Mary’s School for the Deaf, he obtained an internship working with your EYES and HANDS! 5:30-7:00pm need help/directions? Can you help me? Important locations around elementary children and was hired full time in the Residential Maybe "study" the town and outdoor travel within the Roaring Fork Valley and some Department and as a Teacher’s Assistant and coach. Kyle received alphabet and numbers Mountain slang! his Masters at Gallaudet University in Interpretation/Translation before the workshop. where he focused on interpreting for Deaf Athletes. He assisted https://youtu.be/tkMg8g with the foundation of the first All Deaf Men’s Rugby Club in the 8vVUo United States. He found his way to The Aspen Camp for the Deaf working as the staff interpreter and most recently working with a student enrolled in the Roaring Fork School District. Owning Our Story; Writing a Brave New Ending - Teens, Adults, Leader: Ashley Mauldin, MA, LPC Wednesday Seniors Ashley Mauldin is a Daring Way™ Certified Paper, pen/pencil, a In this interactive workshop Ashley will be guiding you through the Facilitator who is passionate about sharing the comfortable space, and an April 7th Rising Strong™ process. Rising Strong™ helps to shift us from a work of Dr. Brené Brown with the world. She is open mind. character in our story to the author of our story. As Brené says committed to creating an authentic, connected 6:00-7:30pm “When we deny our story it defines us. When we own our story we and conscious world and helping people to live can write a brave new ending.” Sign up today to discover your brave into the fullest expressions of themselves. Learn new ending. Ages 16+ more about the trainings provided by Daring Women at http://www.daringwomenllc.com/ Friday Yoga: Finding Your Voice Within - Teens, Adults, Seniors Leader: Twyla Gingrich Mindfulness, Interoception, and Awareness have all been shown to Twyla Gingrich, owner of Samya Yoga Healing, uses her experience Wear comfortable April 9th help build neuroplasticity, widen the window of emotional as a mental health and substance abuse therapist and her training clothes, yoga mat and tolerance, and help to move past traumatic events through the as a yoga teacher to teach inward-focused tools and practices for any yoga props are 5:30-7:00pm body. In this workshop, you will learn about how to use gentle body healing and self-transformation. She believes that ‘we already have helpful, journal and pen movement, breathing, and mindful awareness to tap into the what we need to heal within,’ which is a more empowering view of to take notes. healing power that’s within all of us. Connect to your inner wisdom mental health. Yoga has been a path of healing for Twyla and she to speak your truth! enjoys sharing this more holistic way to manage mood and heal from trauma. This class is presented by Samya Yoga Healing. To learn more about Samya Yoga Healing at www.samyayogahealing.com Thank you to our Gold Sponsors! Date/Time Workshop/Description Leader Materials Monday Cheerleading - Open to All Ages Leader: Fort Lewis College Cheerleaders: Belle, Alyssa, and Comfortable clothes to The Fort Lewis College Cheerleaders will demonstrate some cheers Laurel move around in. If you April 12th they perform at basketball and football games, as well as some Belle, 19, started cheering fall of 2019. In high school, she played have poms, you can use dances. Participants will learn these cheers and dances and have soccer and competed on the climbing team. Joining cheer was a them too! the opportunity to ask questions. good way to get back into dance and meet new people when she 5:30-7:00pm went to college. Alyssa says "cheer has always been something that seemed like home. It is the one place I can let loose and have fun with the amazing friends I made." Laurel says "cheer has been my safe space since I began cheering in 6th grade. This sport gave me a voice when I felt like I didn’t have one and a family when I felt alone. Through cheer, I’ve been able to grow into myself and I wish to share this experience with others." Shake It Off! - Teens, Adults, Seniors Leader: Alissa Rae Hill & Claudia Pawl Journal, pillow and a Tuesday This virtual dance class incorporates movement, journaling, and Alissa Rae Hill, of alissarae.com, has been teaching and exploring movement for pillowcase mindfulness. This class is designed to shake off the day (and the last over 20 years. Pilates, Somatics, Dance, Swimming, Franklin Method. She loves April 13th imagery and science, nature and art, and incorporates this into class. Alissa *Diario, almohada y una year) and uses physical movement to find calm inside oneself. believes mental health goes right along with physical conditioning. Dancers will find new and healthy ways to deal with everyday Claudia Pawl has been dancing and performing since the age of 3 in Ballet, funda 5:30-7:00pm situations and learn skills that help support mental health, stress, Folklorico and Mexican Regional dance. She teaches Salsa, Bachata, Merengue emotions, self-trust, and confidence. This class is bi-lingual and will and other dances through her dance company Mezcla Socials Dance founded in be presented in both English and Spanish. Everyone is welcome. 2015.