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NEWSLETTER ISSUE #66 | Rural Opportunity Institute
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ROI Partners Shine at Teach For America’s One Day Breakfast | One of ROI"s former Resiliant Leaders Initiative (RLI) participants, Dr. Lauren Lampron, was recently featured as a keynote speaker at the Teach For America One Day Breakfast, which recognizes education leaders in eastern North Carolina. The current principal of Southwest Edgecombe High School, Lauren shared about the important work her school is doing to promote social emotional learning. We are grateful to see Dr. Lampron's work being shared with the world!
Another former RLI participant, HOPE Alternative Learning Program (HOPE ALP), was also featured at the event. The principal of HOPE ALP, Quarry Williams, showcased a recent HOPE project called PhotoVoice, which teaches students to build resilience and overcome trauma as they learn basic photography skills. Photos created by HOPE ALP students were displayed at the event, giving the community a chance to view their incredible, thought-provoking work. You can read through the results of this program in the impact report linked below and hear from the program's participants and leaders at the video to the right.
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 | Above: Artistic rendition of Courtney’s photo that was created for the conference |
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Courtney Richardson Presents at VIVE Conference | ROI’s Community Relationship Specialist, Courtney Richardson, recently presented at the VIVE Conference in Nashville, TN. This conference centers around innovation in healthcare IT and business transformation. Courtney spoke on a panel entitled Designing a More Equitable Future of Innovation to a room full of the top senior and executive leaders in the digital healthcare space. We congratulate Courtney and appreciate her representing ROI at this event! You can read an article about the panel below.
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ROI Featured in Communities Leading Change from the Walton Family Foundation | ROI was recently featured on the Walton Family Foundation website in an article that shares how our organization uses human-centered design to find innovative solutions to the challenges of rural eastern North Carolina. The Walton Family Foundation is a philanthropic organization that focuses on improving K-12 education and protecting key waterways in the southeastern US and the communities they support. Click below to read the article and learn about our human-centered design techniques.
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Vichi Jagannathan Featured in Stanford Social Innovation Review Article | ROI’s co-founder, Vichi Jagannathan was recently featured in Tulaine Montgomery’s article, What’s Love Got to Do with It? Returning Philanthropy to its Roots for the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Tulaine Montgomery writes about how the current state of philanthropy can be improved if organizations focus less on franchising and expanding, and instead return to the compassionate, loving roots that originated the field. Click below to read the article and Vichi’s contributions to the piece.
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 | FRONTIER Statewide Summit Building trauma-informed systems that strengthen resilience and address the sources of childhood trauma is essential to the health, development, and wellbeing of North Carolina’s children. This April, FRONTIER will host a virtual and in-person statewide summit entitled “Leveraging North Carolina’s Assets to Prevent Child Trauma“ to develop strategies for child trauma prevention. Register for the summit to reserve your spot. | | Register Here |  | NC Center for Resilience & Learning Job Opportunity The NC Center for Resilience and Learning is currently hiring! We are seeking a Program Manager to serve the western regions of North Carolina. You can find the full job description and application instructions below. | | Learn More |
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 | Edgecombe ACEs/Resilience Community Meeting ROI recently hosted the Edgcombe County ACES/Resilience Meeting, which shared skills and built context around adverse childhood experiences for community members and featured guest speaker Eulanda Thorne. If you missed the event, you can still view the slides at the link below. | | View Slides Here |  | Network Weaving Workshop If you're looking to improve your networking game, join hotsts Christy Shi Day and Christy Gabbard for the Network Weaving workshop, which will help you learn how to intentionally build and strengthen relationships within your network. Click below to see the event details and register. | | Learn More |
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Jonathan Brunson Recognized With Community Service Award | Johnathan Brunson “JB”, one of ROI’s Resilience Educators, recently was honored by the City of Wilson’s Human Relations Commission with the Adult Community Service Award. JB is one of the only black male mental health professionals in North Carolina currently getting certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and is the first male domestic violence and sexual assault advocate for the Wesley Shelter. Congratulations, JB!
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Try ROI’s Biofeedback Breathing Program at Your Organization | Biofeedback Breathing is a powerful tech solution to a challenge common in high stakes settings like schools and prisons: stress related to trauma. Our biofeedback breathing program teaches participants to build resilience in stressful situations through easy breathing exercises, measuring their progress with helpful digital tools. Learn more about biofeedback breathing when you click below and consider bringing our program to your community.
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5 Differences Between Working in Rural versus Urban Communities | Although many people believe living in an urban setting offers more opportunities than a rural community, we believe both environments offer valuable perspectives and experiences that any organization will learn from. This article shares our ROI’s thoughts on the differences between serving rural and urban communities and how to thrive in both settings. | | Read More |
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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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