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NATIVE GARDENING:
A FREE Deep Roots Virtual Series
Finding Stress Relief in the Garden with
The Resilient Activist
Discussion and guided meditation with our founder, Sami Aaron, focusing on the healing benefits of time spent in your native garden.
For the duration of #StayHomeKC, Deep Roots will present short live online sessions (20-30 minutes) with some of our many knowledgeable partners. Presentations are free, with interactive Q&A, and recordings will be available after. Watch for more details on how to register – sessions begin April 2 at 4pm!
NOTE: This is a Lunch & Learn Webinar for Parks and Recreation Departments hosted through CivicRec, All-In-One Parks & Recreation Management Software. It is open to the public, so feel free to register at this link and join in!
There is so much going on in the world, so much noise, and so many things that constantly need our attention. It’s easy to get caught up in your day-to-day routine and realizing only when your head hits the pillow at night, that you have unresolved anxiety about the future and the unknown, especially when it comes to the conservation of the planet.
Join Sami Aaron, Founder of The Resilient Activist, on Wednesday, March 10 at Noon CT (10 a.m. PT, 11 a.m. MT, 1 p.m. ET) as she explains the importance of the interconnected relationship, both physically and emotionally, between humans and the health of the planet and how you can bring mindfulness back to your community.
All registrants will receive a recording of the broadcast within 48 hours after the live event. By registering for this event, you agree to receive communications from the speaker.
More and more studies show the powerful benefits – for both physical health and emotional wellbeing – of mindfulness practices and time spent in nature. This event, bringing these two important concepts together, can nurture individual wellbeing while fostering community-wide resilience.
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- receive an understanding of the benefits of nature-centered, community-based mindfulness practices to your physical and emotional health.
- learn the simple steps to a nature-based mindfulness practice in an experiential, guided meditation session through the Five Essentials for a Resilient World
- receive small group support and insight through discussions about mindfulness practices and ways you can bring them into your everyday life.
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Registration for this event is through Turning Point and the University of Kansas Health System.
Turning Point is open to anyone who is living with a chronic or serious physical illness, as well as their family and friends. They provide innovative, educational services and tools to inspire people to take charge of their illness and live their life to the fullest.
Join Sami Aaron, founder of The Resilient Activist for the
2021 Mental Health KC Conference
May 6th & 7th 9 am – 3:30 pm
The Mental Health KC Conference focuses on bringing mental health awareness to Kansas City area businesses, professionals, and citizens. Coordinated by the Metropolitan Council of Community Mental Health Centers (“Metro Council”), this annual event features dozens of speakers on multiple topics related to behavioral health.
“Mindfulness for a Resilient World” will be presented
Thursday, May 6, 10:45 – 11:45 as part of this event.
The 2021 Mental Health KC Conference is a Virtual Experience
The Mental Health KC conference presents information vital to a variety of individuals in our community:
Business Managers and their Employees
Community Health Workers
Educators and School Counselors
First Responders
Health and Social Services Providers
Human Resources Professionals
Nonprofit Managers
Parents
Social Workers
Keynote speakers for this year’s conference are Laura van Dernoot Lipsky and Bruce Franks, Jr.
Creating Pollinator Habitat at Home
With the NE Kansas Beekeepers Association’s Fun Day!
This is an all-day event featuring everything you ever wanted to know about beekeeping.
Sami Aaron with The Resilient Activist will offer a one-hour presentation from 11-noon central on Creating Pollinator Habitat At Home.
This presentation offers simple ideas on how your home garden can be modified to support not just honeybees, but solitary bees, bumblebees, butterflies, moths, and other pollinators! Attracting a wide variety of pollinators will bring more birds at the same time. You’ll learn step-by-step gardening information from planning to implementation and maintenance.
Take a look around your yard before the Fun Day and have an idea of an open, sunny area that might be suitable for some pollinator habitat!
Gardening For Pollinators
Come join The Resilient Activist and Stitching Change at the First Baptist Church of KCK to learn all about how to garden for wildlife, taught by the gardening aficionado and Extension Master Naturalist, Anna Graether!
Anna is on The Resilient Activist’s Board of Directors and has successfully created, planted, and maintained many native gardens in her time–including her backyard and detailing a gardening plan as laid out in her blog post.
Bring your questions and she will be happy to guide you!