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NEWSLETTER ISSUE #63 | Rural Opportunity Institute Monthly Update |
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ROI Receives Grant Funding NewSchools Venture Fund has announced Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI) as one of their 2022 Learning Differences EDgeFund grantees! ROI’s newest initiative, 10x Mental Health Supports for Students, helps schools and community-based organizations to put the systems and structures in place to leverage Medicaid funding so they can increase student access to mental health services. Thank you NewSchools Venture Fund and Oak Foundation for this honor! |
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Gratitude: Giving Tuesday Fundraising Efforts
We'd like to share our sincere gratitude for all of the donors who helped us meet our fundraising goal of $7,000 for Giving Tuesday this year! Your generous gifts will go toward our mission of helping rural eastern North Carolina communities build resilience and overcome genetational trauma.
Many thanks to our 32 Giving Tuesday donors:
Alex Suleiman · Allegra Mangione · Angela Tunno · Anna Williams · Benjamin Gibson · Brad Harlan · Brandi Lynch · David Farris · Davis Everett · Eliza Greenberg · Elizabeth Winer · Greg & Susanne Walker Wilson · Inez Ribustello · Janna Wagner · Jenny Britton · Jenny O'Meara · Jerri Reece · Kevin Cawley · Krishna Sridharan · Leah Karlins · Mari Peterson · Maribel Gonzalez · Marnie Saeugling · Mary Britton · Matt Evans · Megan Funkhouser · Melvin Jackson · Mysha Wynn · Revathi Srinivasan · Roxanne Goebel · Sandra Conway · Shelley Golden · Sonia Rivera · Teresa Fadden ·Victoria Chen |
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ROI Tip: Sprint Planning
We love when organizations share their tips with us for creating a more efficient organization--let us return the favor with this tip for your next annual planning process!
One of ROI's co-founders, Vichi Jagannathan, is an engineer by trade. Many engineers use a planning process called sprints to map out their projects for the year. A sprint is a short period of time when a team completes a set amount of work. Sprints can be helpful to break down large, complex projects into smaller, digestible pieces.
ROI uses sprints to assist in our project planning processes. Click here for a short video on how we use this strategy and our successes with the method. Then, try creating your own sprint plan with this helpful template.
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 | Free LGTBQ+ Community Reconnect for Resilience Training
Join us for a free online training on Trauma and Resilience for members of the LGBTQ community. This training will help participants identify their needs or issues around adversity, fear, and shame. Participants will also learn the following: How stress impacts our brain and body What are trauma-informed practices? How the body is naturally wired to build resilience.
We will explore practical strategies that community groups, schools, workplaces, and families can use to promote balance and well-being. Register to attend now.
P.S: This training is free for local Edgecombe, Wilson and Nash Counties members. |
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 | Youth Resilience Retreat
Register for ROI's first free Youth Resilience Retreat today! With ROI’s resilience retreat, you get to understand bodily processes better to revive your physical and mental energy. Our Resilience Retreat will shed light on: How stress impacts our brain and body Trauma-informed practices How the body is naturally-wired to build resilience. And so much more!
Text @ROIYOUTH to 81010 to receive updated information on the event location and date. Register to attend now: https://bit.ly/3XjVNrX
It’s time to allow your mental & physical health flourish! |
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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. | | See past updates |
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