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NEWSLETTER ISSUE #67 | Rural Opportunity Institute
Monthly Update |
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Staff Wellness Pilot Program Impact Report
| From December 2022 to February 2023, ROI’s Small Bets Lab and Wilson County Department of Social Services (WCDSS) collaborated on a staff wellness pilot program. During the program, child support service staff used innovative technology, meditation, breathing and other stress-reducing activities to promote healing and wellbeing. The program resulted in positive results for many of the staff members, with 71% seeing increased positive feelings over the six-week program. Learn about the program in the impact report below, or watch our testimonial video to hear from our participants.
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New Profit Features ROI in Forbes Article - “Conversations Across Generations” | Forbes’ Conversations Across Generations series aims to create connections between leaders of different age groups, racial identities, and life experiences to build empathy across different perspectives. Read the article below to see what ROI Co-founder Seth Saeugling and Shawn Dove of New Profit were able to learn from one another.
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 | Paid Research Study Opportunity The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and the UAMS College of Pharmacy are looking for participants for a paid research opportunity to gather input about an online COVID-19 vaccine counseling training module for community pharmacists. See the full details and application requirements at the link below. | | Learn more |  | Become a SEL4US Member SEL4US is an organization committed to promoting social-emotional learning in schools and communities across the United States. When you join SEL4US’s free membership program, you can help support their mission and be in-the-know about upcoming events, volunteer opportunities and SEL news happening near you. | | Sign Up Here |
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 | Sexual Assault Awareness Training Events Sexual assault, human trafficking, and exploitation are difficult topics that require immediate action to keep victims safe and eradicate these crimes. This month and throughout 2023, there are many in-state and out-of-state trainings on these topics to increase awareness and prevention of sexual assault. Browse these training sessions to learn how you can help be part of the change.
| | Learn More |  | NCDHH’s Summer Internship Application The NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is accepting applications for a ten-week summer Historically Black College/University and Minority Serving Institutions Internship Program. This program is in coordination with the Division of Public Health, and encourages college students to seek careers in public health and government. Fifty internships are available and can be viewed at the link below. | | Learn more |
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Build Resilience at Your Organization |
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ROI’s Breathing Cards | Breathing can be a simple, fast way to calm down during a stressful situation. ROI’s Breathing Cards offer guided breathing exercises to help build resilience against stress, trauma, and difficult situations. They are small enough to fit in your pocket, so you’ll always have a helpful resource nearby. Learn how you can incorporate Breathing Cards in your organization, school, or personal life.
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How Technology Can Help Equalize Opportunities | The age of information has created gaps in society, most noticeably in the disparities between communities with easy access to technology and those with less access. ROI recognizes that at its core, this problem is deeply systemic and can only be fully resolved through institutional restructuring. One small solution may be to use transformative technologies as tools to replace punitive solutions with restorative ones.
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ROI supports people's healing process by educating, reshaping systemic practices, and fostering deep-rooted connections. We know people are not to blame for the trauma and stress that impacts them. Resilience is an inner strength in all humans, regardless of background, and we as people are wired for connection and healing. We strive to end generational cycles of trauma and poverty by preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress for the community in rural Eastern North Carolina. Often, social innovation processes leave out rural communities of color. We believe in and know the deep assets that exist in rural communities like ours, and seek to smash together disparate worlds to change the narrative commonly held about rural communities. |
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