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A NOTE FROM MARK: OUR DAYS
Dear Friends,
I wanted to reach out to you all about the circumstances we find ourselves in at this moment. I am sure, like many of you, the emotional toll of COVID has depleted our reserves. On top of that, current events are challenging our emotional resilience and spirits.
It is devastating to watch the senseless, unprovoked attack on Ukraine, where some of us have family living. It is painful to think of the deaths and the refugee situation that is unfolding in front of us. Despite all of the diplomacy, threat of sanctions, and humanitarian pleas, we have to contend with a bully autocrat who incites and drives violence and mayhem in the world.
We also find ourselves reeling from the cynical use of public policy in Texas where the governor has proposed to institute criminal charges against parents of children who are seeking gender-affirming medicine, citing it as “child abuse.” What a mean-spirited attack that twists the truth and harms parents who are truly being loving and responsive to their transgender children.
And then there are the unresolved or evolving verdicts of the murders of Black Americans that restimulate the trauma so many People of Color must deal with daily. At the end of long trials, even when verdicts seem to deliver justice to surviving family members, we are all left with the horrible feeling the victim is still dead and the violence and racism continue.
I am mindful of the burdens of our day and grateful for your support of Caminar and our clients. Thank you.
Warmly,
Mark Cloutier
Caminar CEO
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Please register now for our April 5 Caminar's Speakers Series event, Revolutionizing Behavioral Healthcare: Putting racial equity at the heart of mental well-being.
Our keynote speaker is Kenneth V. Hardy, Ph.D., who is a frequent conference speaker and has also appeared on ABC’s 20/20, Dateline NBC, PBS, and The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Dr. Hardy is a clinical and organizational consultant at the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships in New York, NY, where he also serves as director. He provides racially-focused trauma-informed training, executive coaching, and consultation.
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INSTITUTIONAL GIVING UPDATE
Zoom Cares Fund Invests in the LGBTQ Youth Space
Our thanks to the Zoom Cares Fund, for their recent grant in support of Caminar's LGBTQ Youth Space. Our LGBTQ Youth Space is a community drop-in center and mental health program for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and ally youth and young adults ages 13-25 who live in Santa Clara County. We are grateful to Zoom for the commitment to supporting this needed program in the community.
WHY I SUPPORT CAMINAR
"LGBTQ youth are under attack, and its critically important that children have
access to safeguard from the cruelty inflicted upon them from t
heir own households and state legislatures."
- A donor to our LGBTQ+ Youth Space
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