Upcoming Events for Week of May 20
Here is a roundup of this week’s conferences, webinars, and trainings for home visitors and others who work with pregnant women and families with little ones. Also included: events around L.A. County that you can share with the families you serve. Want to look further into the future? See the comprehensive list that we update weekly. Do you have something for us to include? Email snish@labestbabies.org. And don’t forget to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram, where we post event updates and lots of useful resources.
Monday, 5/20
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: HELP Awareness Class (Spanish)
May 20, 10:00am – 11:00am: Hope Street Margolis Family Center, 1600 S. Hope St., Los Angeles, CA 90015
To register, please call Patricia Duarte at 213-742-5569
Presented by Dignity Health – California Hospital Medical Center
2nd Annual Symposium on Infant & Toddler Mental Health
May 20, 9:00am – 3:00pm: Riverside Convention Center, 3637 Fifth Street, Riverside, CA 92501
Presented by First 5 Riverside
2019 Annual NNPHI Conference
May 20 – 22, 8:00am – 5:00pm: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St., Washington, DC, 20008
Presented by National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI)
Tuesday, 5/21
Webinar: Avoiding the fiscal cliff: How adequate school funding can close equity gaps
May 21, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
Presented by EdSource
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: Financial Literacy for Families
May 21, 6:00pm – 7:30pm: La Tijera Community Center, District 2, 1201 La Tijera Blvd., Inglewood, CA 90302
Presented by Financial Literacy for Families
The Impact of Trauma and Neglect on the Developing Child
May 21, 9:00am – 4:30pm: The California Endowment, 1000 N. Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Presented by Echo
Social Emotional Development of Infant & Toddlers
May 21, 6:30pm – 8:30pm: Palomar Family YMCA, 1050 N. Broadway, Teen Center, Escondido, CA 92026
Presented by YMCA CRS R&R Training
Webinar: What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You… and Your Patients: The Role of Implicit Bias in Birthing
May 21, 10:00am – 11:00am
Presented by Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinars
Wednesday, 5/22
Resilience and Compassion Fatigue Training for Mental Health Professionals
May 22, 1:00pm – 4:00pm: McKinley Children’s Center – Greene Auditorium, 762 Cypress Street, San Dimas, CA 91773
Presented by MCertified Training at McKinley Children’s Center
Webinar: Knitting a Lactation Safety Net: Community-Clinical Linkages: Why These Connections Matter for Breastfeeding
May 22, 11:00am – 12:30pm
Presented by the National Association of County & City Health Officials
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: When Giants Fall – Breaking the Barriers to Black Healing
May 22, 7:00pm – 9:00pm: 3650 W Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall – Macy’s Bridge, Los Angeles, CA 90008
Presented by MBK Los Angeles County
Webinar: Foundations & Theoretical Perspective Overview in IECMH
May 22, 11:00am – 12:30pm
Presented by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and ZERO to THREE
Webinar: How to Create Experiences WITH Young Children Rather Than Planning Activities FOR Them
May 22, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Presented by Early Childhood Investigations Webinars
Webinar: The Comprehensive Care, Community, and Culture Program | Research in Progress Webinar
May 22, 9:00am – 10:00am
Presented by System for Action National Coordinating Center
Webinar: Coachng Corner Series – Reflection and Feedback: Strategies for Success
May 22, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Presented by National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: FREE SENIOR BINGO
May 22, 10:00am – 11:00am: Providence Little Company of Mary Wellness & Activity Center, 470 N. Hawaiian Ave, Wilmington, CA 90744
For more information, please call 424-212-5640
Presented by Providence Little Company of Mary Wellness and Activity Center and the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: MOMMY AND MIND: A 3-Session Program About Maternal Mental Health
May 22 & 29 (use dropdown to select date), 6:30pm – 7:30pm: Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center Founders Center, 3865 Jackson Street, Founders Center, Riverside, CA 92503
Presented by Parkview Community Hospital
Thursday, 5/23
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: Toddler Time
May 23, 9:00am – 10:30am: Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center, 7621 Granite Hill Drive, Jurupa Valley, CA 92509
Presented by Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center
Webinar: Who’s Leading the Leading Health Indicators? Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
May 23, 9:00am – 10:00am
Presented by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Webinar: Postpartum Wellness – Thriving with Your New Baby
May 23, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Presented by the Stanford Health Improvement Program and the Stanford WorkLife Office
Oral Assessment 101: Physical Considerations for Breastfeeding Success
May 23, 9:00am – 12:00pm: Santa Ana, 1725 West 17th Street, Building 1729 E, Santa Ana, CA 92706
Presented by OC Lactation Consultant
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: Heart HELP (English)
May 23, 9:00am – 11:00am: Hope St. Margolis Family Center, 1600 S. Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
To register, please call Irma Radillo at 213-742-5838
Presented by Dignity Health – California Hospital Medical Center
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: Affordable Housing Community Forum
May 23, 6:00pm – 8:30pm: First Baptist Church of Alhambra, 101 South Atlantic Blvd, Alhambra, CA 91801
Presented by Asian Americans Advancing Justice – LA, Alhambra Source and many more!
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: Stress, Hormones, and Health Seminar
May 23, 6:15pm – 8:00pm: Redondo Beach Yacht Club, 210 Yacht Club Way, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Presented by Brain and Body Restoration Institute
Cohort 14: Child Parent Psychotherapy – Booster 1
May 23 – 24, TBA: Otis Booth Campus, 2121 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Presented by the Children’s Institute
“We Got You Covered” Core Training
May 23 – 24, 8:30am – 4:30pm: Maternal and Child Health Access, 1111 W. 6th St, 3rd floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017
Presented by Maternal and Child Health Access
Friday, 5/24
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: Mental Health In Motion: Expression Through Dance and Motion
May 24, 12:00pm – 3:00pm: The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health’s Peer Resource Center (PRC), 560 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90020
For more information, please contact the PRC at 213-351-1934
Presented by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Policy Café: Investing in our Future: Promoting Policies to Help California’s Children Succeed featuring Kim Belshé, Executive Director of First 5 LA
May 24, 8:30am – 10:30am: The Huffington Center at Saint Sophia Cathedral, 1324 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Presented by the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
Saturday, 5/25
EMPOWER: Sexual Abuse Awareness Luncheon Event
May 25, 1:00pm – 5:00pm: Lions Park West Community Center, Brookside Room, 9161 Base Line Road, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Presented by Daughter Arise
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: Wellness for Black Moms-to-Be: Resilience in the Face of Racism
May 25, 10:00am – 11:30am: Exposition Park – Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Regional Library, 3900 S. Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90062
Presented by KPCC
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: Family Conference 2019: Our Community, Our Family, Our Future
May 25, 9:00am – 2:00pm: Abundant Harvest Lift, 2387 N. Lake Avenue, Altadena, CA 91001
Presented by Drs. Anthony & Micheline McFarland
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: Wealth & Health
May 25, 3:00pm – 5:00pm: 2999 Overland Ave, Suite 104, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Presented by Bryan Hoskin and Allan and Briana Caldwell
Sunday, 5/26
PARENT/FAMILY EVENT: 2019 Women’s Total Health Symposium
May 26, 12:00pm – 5:00pm: Mid-City Arthouse, 5555 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016
Presented by Dr. Tanya Gilbert