January 2021

• Medical Corps Volunteers | Volunteers with various medical licenses who are actively practicing or are retired with an active license are highly encouraged to support response efforts by signing up for the Mahoning County Medical Reserve Corps. Non-medical adult volunteers are needed to assist and can sign up also.

  • Click HERE for more information or to sign up.

• CFMV is hiring an accounting professional. Job description and more information about how to apply can be found HERE.

• ACTION is seeking applicants for an AmeriCorps position to help with the Food Insecurity Task Force. For more information, contact Rose Carter or Vicki Vicars .

• Mercy Health is hiring for a full-time position as a Community Health Educator. For more information, click HERE or contact Elizabeth Meikle.

• Mercy Health is hiring for a part-time position with the Stepping Out program. For more information, click HERE or contact Elizabeth Meikle.

• Re-Imagine Appalachia is hiring for an Outreach Coordinator. Job Description and more information available HERE.

• Volunteers needed to assist with multiple food access/delivery initiatives. Please email Robin if you are interested!

• January Grant Lists | Foundations | Government | Resources

• CFMV, the Raymond John Wean Foundation, and the Youngstown Foundation | Community Response Fund—COVID-19 Crisis Relief | More information and instructions about how to apply can be found HERE.

• CFMV is partnering with the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Northeast Ohio created an interest free emergency loan fund specifically for the Mahoning Valley, available to both individuals and businesses, impacted by COVID-19.

  • Visit www.interestfree.org or email team@interestfree.org for more information.

• Raymond J. Wean Foundation Opens Neighborhood SUCCESS Grant Program | Click HERE for more information.

• KEEN Effect KiDS Grants | This program grants up to $100,000 per year, with up to $10,000 per grant as well as a new additional KEEN product stipend. | Visit http://keenfootwear.com/grants for more information.

  • Deadline to apply February 5.

• RWJF Equity-Focused Policy Research: Building Cross-Cutting Evidence on Supports for Families with Young Children| The Equity-Focused Policy Research (EFPR) grant program seeks to fund a body of research that illuminates strategies and policies that enhance families’ equitable access to key resources for supporting their children’s healthy development. | Click HERE for more information.

  • Deadline to apply February 16.

• January 7 | YSU Alumni Lecture Series: Michelle Edison—Alumni Lecture Series "Addressing Health Equity through Collective Impact" | 7 PM via Facebook Live on YSU Alumni's Facebook Page

• January 12| ACTION Poverty Awareness: Seeking Solutions in the Mahoning Valley | 9:30-11am | Click this link to join the Zoom meeting site | Or to connect by phone: Dial: 1-646-558-8656 | When asked for the meeting ID enter: 324 513 381

• January 14 | Vaccination Conversation | 6:30-8:00 PM | For more information, call 330-744-9070 | Click HERE to join by Zoom | Meeting ID: 834 6831 2923 | Passcode: 604592

• January 17 | Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Community Worship Service | 3:30-4:30 PM | Click HERE to join by Zoom. | For more information, call 330-747-2125

• January 18 | MLK Day Community Workshop | 8:45 AM-12:15 PM | Click HERE to join by Zoom. | For more information, call 330-747-2125

• January 18 | MLK Day Wisdom of the Elders | Second Baptist Church—A House of Hope | 6 PM | Facebook Live and YouTube | Click HERE for more information.

• January 26 | Women in Touch: The Inner You— Your Gastric Microbiome, Dr. Kathy Padgitt| Mercy Health | 6 PM | Zoom | To register, contact Community Health Education at 330-480-3070 or elizabeth_siwula@mercy.com

• January 26 | Greater Youngstown Community Dialogue on Racism | Racism & the Pandemic | 7 PM | via Facebook Live

• Ongoing | ACTION & MYCAP Seniors Offering Service Program | Cooking with Dr. Lashale Pugh on Tuesdays 11am via Facebook Live | Contact Elder Rosetta Carter for more information: 330-941-0475

• Ongoing | BlackPeriodt Wellness Walks | Saturdays at 9 AM | Multiple Locations | Click HERE for more information.

• Ongoing | CycWard Sunday Bike and Brunch Community Rides* | Follow CycWard on Facebook for more information. | *On break for the winter. Check social media for upcoming ride opportunities.

• Ongoing | Eastgate Citizen's Advisory Board | First Thursday of the month | 6 PM | Contact Justin Mondok for more information.

• Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past Anti-Racism Workshops | Call Penny Wells for more information: 330-207-4467

• Mercy Health Stepping Out Program Schedule | Follow Stepping Out on Facebook or contact Doris Bullock for more information—330 720 3293 | See attachment for more information

• For ODNR Urban Forestry updates and announcements, sign up for their mailing list HERE

• WRTA Survey for Trumbull County Service Plan

• Mahoning River Survey and Mapping Activity

• YSU Wearable Fitness Tracker Project | Click HERE to participate

• HUD Envision Center Summit Presentations | Programs from USDA, US Forest Service | Access materials HERE

• Updated Collective Impact Forum Data Accelerator materials including equity presentations and evaluation tools.

January 14 | Moving Ohio Forward: Statewide Sustainable Transportation Conference | Click HERE for more information and to register.

• January 22 | OSU Center for Urban and Regional Analysis |Strengthening Legacy Cities Panel Discussion|Click HERE for more information.

• January 23 | League of Women Voters of Greater Youngstown | Virtual Legislative Brunch | Click HERE for more information and to register.

• January 26th- 28th | Smart Growth America's Equity Summit |https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/187933337263489549

• January 27 | AARP | New Insights on Biking Among Older Adults Webinar | Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3oIgHAi

• Racial Equity Institute Workshops | ThirdSpace Action Lab | Schedule and Registration HERE

• OSU EFNEP Virtual Programming

  • Https://go.osu.edu/efnepresources

  • https://go.osu.edu/mahocoefnepvirtualprogram

  • https://go.osu.edu/mahocoefnep

• Community Legal Aid Ask a Lawyer Facebook Live Series | Wednesdays at 5 PM | Check Facebook.com/CommLegalAid for more info.

• For ODNR Urban Forestry updates and announcements, sign up for their mailing list HERE