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Giving Tuesday 2022

Happy Giving Tuesday 2023!!!

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Uplifting the Black Community: Support Our Giving Tuesday Initiative

This Giving Tuesday, we humbly ask you to open your hearts and make a donation to our project which strives to liberate and uplift the black community.

Your generous gift will provide critical resources like

  • scholarships
  • financial assistance
  • job training programs
  • and mentoring opportunities to those most marginalized.

By funding conferences, workshops, and community support networks, we can empower our young people to reach their full potential.

Even a small act of kindness can go a long way to advance education, promote equality and justice.

We thank you in advance for partnering with us on this mission – together, we can create lasting, positive change.

Donate today!
Giving Tuesday
The Zoom link for our Monthly meetings. 

Will you join us today? 

*Please comment “Giving Tuesday” in the comments when donating*

This holiday season, we ask you to open your heart and join our village – a community coming together to empower young people in need to create positive change.

Your donation for our Giving Tuesday initiative, “Let’s Warm a Heart,” will provide mentoring, education, and support to help disadvantaged youth reach their full potential.

When we lift up our youth, we lift up the future. Will you help us help them be the change they want to see in the world?

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. We thank you in advance for partnering with us – it takes a village, and you are an invaluable part of ours. Let’s uplift the next generation together.

Will you help us help them be the change they want to see?
Let’s Warm a Heart, It takes a Village. Thank you!”

Donate today!

The motivation behind this project is to help those who are less fortunate than we are.

Umoja & Ujima

Strengthening and Building the Village: Umoja and Ujima in Full Effect

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Strengthening and Building the Village: Umoja and Ujima in Full Effect

With the core principles of Umoja and Ujima at its center, this conference aims to delve into the profound power of unity and shed light on exceptional strength-based practices that facilitate healing and upliftment. By embracing these principles, the conference seeks to create an environment where the collective experience of the Black community is honored and celebrated.

Umoja & Ujima

This conference focuses on Umoja & Ujima principles, exploring unity’s power and highlighting strength-based practices. Workshops cover diverse topics, offering strategies for challenges while honoring the Black community’s collective experience. Participants gain practical tools, fostering empowerment and positive change.
Umoja emphasizes unity to address issues and promote progress.
Ujima highlights collective work and responsibility, encouraging collaboration and community building.
The conference inspires and empowers by showcasing unity’s transformative potential and the Black community’s strength. 

Local Conference

Friday, June 16, 2023
Howard University – Blackburn Center 2400 6th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059

Centering the principles of Umoja & Ujima, this conference will explore the power of unity and highlight unique strength-based practices that heal and uplift. Workshops will cover a range of topics and offer strategies that address challenges while honoring the collective experience of the Black community.

Join-us!
Juneteenth barbecue

Legacy Juneteenth Cookout

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ABSW Metro DC & Baltimore Legacy’s Juneteenth Cookout

You’re cordially invited to join us for the ABSW Metro DC & Baltimore Legacy’s Juneteenth Cookout!

It’s time to come together and celebrate this historic occasion in the most vibrant and flavorful way possible.

Get ready for a day filled with joy, community, and the spirit of freedom. We gather to honor the significance of Juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and acknowledging the resilience of our ancestors.

Indulge your taste buds in a tantalizing feast of mouthwatering delights. From sizzling barbecues to savory sides and refreshing beverages, our menu promises to satisfy every culinary craving. Get ready to savor the flavors of tradition and heritage.

Juneteenth barbecue

Immerse yourself in a festive atmosphere buzzing with music, laughter, and the warmth of friendship. Live performances by talented artists will fill the air with soulful rhythms that touch your heart and move your feet. It’s a celebration of culture and togetherness.

Saturday June 10th

1:00 – 5:00 pm
5202 Campus Drive
College Park, MD 20740

Don’t miss out on this remarkable Juneteenth Cookout. Save the date and join us as we come together in unity, celebration, and remembrance. Let’s make this a day to remember, filled with love, laughter, and the indomitable spirit of freedom.

Join-us!
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Empowering Conversations to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

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A Joint Lunch & Learn Event: Empowering Conversations to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

The Association of Black Social Workers Metro DC Chapter and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps’ Black Commissioned Officers Advisory Group and the Social Work Professional Advisory Group

Presents a Joint Lunch & Learn Event: Empowering Conversations to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

Thursday, April 21, 202
12:00 pm-1:30 pm, EST
1.0 Social Work CEU available

Click the link to register

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/empowering-conversations-to-address-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-registration-314698440507

Register Today
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Girl on the rise Program ABSW DC Metro Chapter

Happy Giving Tuesday!!!

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Help us provide food and gifts to families this Tuesday.

One of the ways the Association of Black Social Workers address poverty, self-determination, and empowerment is through giving and providing to those in need. This year, we are sponsoring three families for Christmas who attend the Girl on the Rise Program in Southeast (SE), DC. Although many of our girls are in need, this year we have identified three families to support during the Christmas Holiday.

Will you join us today on Giving Tuesday, to help us provide food and gifts to these families? 

*Please comment “Girls on the Rise” in the comments when donating*

Donate today!
Girl on the rise Program ABSW DC Metro Chapter

The motivation behind this project is to help those who are less fortunate than we are.

The Girls on the Rise Summer Camp is

“…a day camp for at-risk girls at the Merrick Center in Ward 8. The camp serves approximately 60 girls ranging in age from 7 to 14 years old. The camp serves many of the same girls from the After School Program. The girls work through weekly themes such as Self Discovery, Positive Body Image, Making Choices, Understanding Emotions and Self-Identity. They participate in activities such as team building, Zumba, self-defense, healthy eating, creative writing, arts and crafts, yoga and field trips. ”

Will you help us help them be the change they want to see?
Let’s Warm a Heart, It takes a Village. Thank you!”

Donate today!
coat drive for students at Statesmen Academy ABSW Metro DC Chapter

Coat Drive for Students at Statesmen Academy

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It’s getting cold and the scholars at Statesmen Academy need our help.

SAVE THE DATE for our Carnival Coat Drive for Students at Statesmen Academy, Sunday November 21st, 2021 from 12-3pm.
 
We are kindly accepting NEW and gently used coats for boys sizes Youth 14-20 to Men’s M- 3XL.
 
If you’re unable to attend you can donate from now till December 3rd, 2021. Let’s Warm a Heart, It takes a Village. Donate. Fellowship. Eat & have fun!
 
Coats will be donated to the scholars at Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys.
 
The Association of Black Social Workers (ABSW) Metro DC Chapter have partnered with P.U.D., LLC – Together we do it better
*Please comment “Coat Drive” in the comments when donating*
Donate today!
coat drive for students at Statesmen Academy ABSW Metro DC Chapter

The motivation behind this project is to help those who are less fortunate than they are. Furthermore, they want to give something back to the community that has given so much support for them over their four years at Statesmen Academy. This is done through donations of new or used coats for boys in need age 7-15, youth size 14-20.

The mission of Statesmen Academy is

“…to create a boy-friendly pedagogy-informed academic environment within which young men are equipped with the academic skills, social competencies, and personal development necessary to navigate life challenges, attend and complete the college of their choice, and return to become the premier agents of social change within and for the communities they serve.”

Will you help us help them be the change they want to see?
Let’s Warm a Heart, It takes a Village. Thank you!”

Coat Drive for Students at Statesmen Academy
If you are unable to make it

Donate today!
ABSW DC Metro Chapter Piece it Together

Book Drive: Piece it Together

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“Piece it, Together” – Book Drive

On October 19th, 2021, NFL Super Bowl Champaign, Kyle Arrington will launch his DC Book Tour at Statesman College Preparatory Academy School for Boys PCS!

Kyle Arrington has published a children’s book, “Piece it, Together” that focuses on teamwork, innovation, critical thinking and increasing family engagement.

The Association of Black Social Workers (ABSW) Metro DC Chapter in partnership with National Black United Front (NBUF) will be excitedly hosting a Book Drive for the students at Statesman Academy.

Our goal is to raise $2000.00 ($10/book, 200 books) for our young men at Statesman! Each donation brings us closer to gifting 200 students an autographed copy of “Piece it, Together”!

Donate today!
ABSW DC Metro Chapter Piece it Together

We, ABSW & NBUF, believe in building the Black community by providing opportunities that will equip children and families to be change agents. Reading is one of the ways to reach this end, and what better way than to promote a book than use someone young men look up to, an athlete!

The mission of Statesmen Academy is

“…to create a boy-friendly pedagogy-informed academic environment within which young men are equipped with the academic skills, social competencies, and personal development necessary to navigate life challenges, attend and complete the college of their choice, and return to become the premier agents of social change within and for the communities they serve.”

Will you help us help them be the change they want to see?
Please click ABSW & NBUF Book Drive to donate. Thank you!”

Donate today!

Contact Information:

The Association of Black Social Workers of Metropolitan Washington DC, Inc
Metro DC Chapter
P.O. Box 2126
Washington, DC 20013
info@abswmetrodcchapter.org

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