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The Jean Nidetch Care Center offers confidential support to members of UNLV, NSU, CSN communities impacted by power-based violence.

03/10/2026

Reminder!! This is the LAST week to participate in our ticket giveaway! 🎙️

Your chance to WIN tickets to all days of the Phenomenal Womxn Poetry Festival ends March 16th 🎟️🎫

03/08/2026

💜 Celebrating the women who inspire us today and every day!

Today is International Women’s Day, a moment to honor the achievements, contributions, and impact of women everywhere. This year’s theme, Give to Gain, reminds us that supporting women with our time, resources, or advocacy helps everyone thrive. ✨

How do you support the women in your life? 💪

03/05/2026

🎟️ Giveaway time! 🎟️

The Care Center x is hosting a ticket opportunity drawing for the FIRST-EVER Phenomenal Womxn Poetry Festival 💜

We’re selecting 3 winners, and each will receive a pair of tickets to ALL DAYS of this incredible festival in the heart of the Las Vegas Arts District!

This is your opportunity to experience transformative workshops, career-elevating panels, open mics, powerful poetry readings from local + national writers, and space for connection and growth. ✨

How to enter:
✔️ Follow The Care Center & Spotlight Poetry
✔️ Tag 3 friends in the comments
✔️ Share to your story & tag us (private account? DM a screenshot!)

✨ Bonus entries ✨
- Check out a FREE title from the Care Center’s Healing Library (UNLV SSC-A, Room 255).
- Each book checked out = an extra entry 📚

Open to the , , + public community. Good luck! 💜

03/04/2026

Your voice belongs in the spotlight! 🎤✨

The Jean Nidetch Care Center is proud to sponsor an Open Mic with Spotlight Poetry for the Phenomenal Womxn Poetry Festival 💜 Bring your poetry, spoken word, or personal story to the spotlight. This open mic centers resilience, healing, and the power of using one’s voice.

🗓 Saturday, March 28
⏰ 9 AM – 11 AM
📍 Velvet Vine Wine (511 S Las Vegas Blvd)

FREE & open to the public. No tickets. No registration. We especially encourage the , , and communities to show up and participate!

Perform or simply come listen and support. The Care Center will be there with audience support and a small letter-writing activity at our table 💌

Join us for a morning of connection, courage, and community. 💜

03/03/2026

Join us at Shared Stories, Shared Healing for an afternoon of connection, storytelling, and community! 💚

✍️Experience a live storytelling session, take part in a guided letter-writing workshop to reflect and set intentions, and add your voice to a collaborative art piece to be installed at the Barrick Museum.

Storytelling is a powerful way to process experiences, work through conflict, and honor our dignity and humanity. Slow down, explore your journey, and discover the power of your own story.

🗓 When: Wed, March 25 | 1–3:30 PM

📍 Where: Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art | Free & Open to the Public

🎟 RSVP recommended but not required: tr.ee/eLB55yom45

Hosted in collaboration: UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Jean Nidetch Care Center, UNLV Boyd School of Law Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution

03/03/2026

On Saturday, we had the pleasure of supporting STEPS & SWEATERS with REPS & STEPS for a Cause! 👟💗

It was a great opportunity to connect with so many new faces and share our resources with others. We're so grateful for the amazing community we have, and a huge thank you to REPS & STEPS for having us out there this weekend!

02/24/2026

📖 Calling all storytellers, writers, poets, and artists!

Be part of the upcoming event, Shared Stories, Shared Healing, to celebrate the power of storytelling. Share work about healing, growth, or kinship, and perform for other artists, advocates, and community members.

📌 Guidelines:
- Open to the public
- Original works only
- Public performance, so share only what you’re comfortable with!

📅 Deadline: March 3, 2026
🔗 Submit form in our bio or search bit.ly/sharedstoriesunlv

Presented by: Jean Nidetch Care Center, UNLV Boyd School of Law Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution, and UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art

02/21/2026

Looking for a powerful read on trauma & growth? 📖

This February, for Black History Month, we’re featuring My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem, a guide to showing how racial trauma lives not just in our minds but in our bodies. 📕Menakem, an American psychotherapist, explores generational trauma and offers body-centered approaches to healing and growth.

✨ Check out a free copy at the Care Center’s Healing Library and find more stories that inspire reflection and resilience.

02/21/2026

Looking for a powerful read on trauma and growth? 📖

This February, for Black History Month, we’re featuring My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem, a guide to showing how racial trauma lives not just in our minds but in our bodies. 📕Menakem, an American psychotherapist, explores generational trauma and offers body-centered approaches to healing and growth.

✨ Check out a free copy at the Care Center’s Healing Library and find more stories that inspire reflection and resilience.

02/18/2026

🌟 Apply now to become a Care Advocate! 🌟

What it is: CATI is a paid program with online learning & hands-on field experience to support those affected by power-based violence.

What you’ll do: Provide confidential support, create safety plans, and educate the community using a trauma-informed approach.

Open for UNLV students of all majors, particularly those in Health Services, Social Work, Counseling, Public Health, or Advocacy.

📅 Important dates:

- Applications close March 23, 2026
- Interviews April 20 - May 1, 2026
- One-year commitment

✉️ Apply via the link in bio or email april.weeks@unlv.edu with questions.

02/13/2026

Send a little extra love this Valentine’s Day! 💌

Let’s celebrate all the ways love shows up, whether it is romantic, platonic, or self-love (today, tomorrow, and every day). Don’t forget to pause, recharge, and nurture yourself along the way!

Even the smallest message of care can brighten someone’s day and put a smile on their face 💕

Address

4505 Maryland Parkway, SSC-A Room 255
Las Vegas, NV
89154

Telephone

+17028954475

Website

https://www.unlv.edu/carecenter

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