Carl B. Metoyer Center for Family Counseling

01/03/2024

Hello, Community! Below is resources and 4 tips for celebrating safely this holiday season
Get the updated COVID-19 vaccine and a flu shot, along with the RSV vaccine if eligible, for greater protection during the winter months.
Get up to 8 free COVID-19 home antigen tests from the federal government before traveling for the holidays. Visit covid.gov/tests to order your self-tests.
Learn to recognize cold, flu, RSV, and COVID-19 symptoms and how to feel better when you’re under the weather.
Practice healthy habits such as washing hands, wearing a mask, and staying home when sick.

07/26/2023

Hello Community! Alameda County Probation Department's center of reentry excellence (CORE) IS PARTNERING UP with Laney college's restoring our communities ( ROC) program to host the annual Back to School Event. This Saturday Laney College

05/16/2023

Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra is having auditions the first week of June! There are spots open for every instrument. OSYO consists of nearly 90 talented music students (aged 12 to 22 years) from 46 schools and more than 30 cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Youth Orchestra is open by audition to all qualified young people from Bay Area schools.
No musician is excluded for reasons of financial need.

Please share this flyer or forward this email to your students!

05/02/2023

Dear Community, Please take a moment to sign the petition below to support families who want to support the collective bargaining process and teachers' right to strike for more equitable pay and a better learning environment for Oakland students. The petition advocates for City of Oakland to provide safe spaces for kids to go to in the event of a strike.

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/mayor-thao-and-oakland-city-council-support-students-and-families-during-oakland-teacher-strike/?fbclid=PAAaaYcMMxn7p0iWma7M3vJGCWDJhwHxbJ7vefjURiuKypl64YC_hesNmBgiA

04/11/2023

Hello, Community! The registration for our Umoja Healing Circles have been extended to the 12th of April (tomorrow). Please use the link located in our bio to sign up! :)

Hello Community,
Carl B. Metoyer Center for Family Counseling is excited to announce the return of the Umoja Community Healing Circles safely outside in-person in our private courtyard! These free Healing Circles are for System-Impacted Families to process their experiences and learn skills to reintegrate into family life. If you are interested in signing up for or learning more about these circles, please complete the form located in our bio!

04/04/2023

Hello Community,
Carl B. Metoyer Center for Family Counseling is excited to announce the return of the Umoja Community Healing Circles safely outside in-person in our private courtyard! These free Healing Circles are for System-Impacted Families to process their experiences and learn skills to reintegrate into family life. If you are interested in signing up for or learning more about these circles, please complete the form located in our bio!

03/16/2023

Hello Community,
Carl B. Metoyer Center for Family Counseling is excited to announce the return of the Umoja Community Healing Circles safely outside in-person in our private courtyard! These free Healing Circles are for System-Impacted Families to process their experiences and learn skills to reintegrate into family life. If you are interested in signing up for or learning more about these circles, please complete the form located in our bio!
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03/15/2023

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Hello Community,
Carl B. Metoyer Center for Family Counseling is excited to announce the return of the Umoja Community Healing Circles safely outside in-person in our private courtyard! These free Healing Circles are for System-Impacted Families to process their experiences and learn skills to reintegrate into family life. If you are interested in signing up for or learning more about these circles, please complete the form located in our bio!
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03/14/2023

Hello Community,
Carl B. Metoyer Center for Family Counseling is excited to announce the return of the Umoja Community Healing Circles safely outside in-person in our private courtyard! These free Healing Circles are for System-Impacted Families to process their experiences and learn skills to reintegrate into family life. If you are interested in signing up for or learning more about these circles, please complete the form located in our bio!
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03/10/2023

Hello Community,

Carl B. Metoyer Center for Family Counseling is excited to announce the return of the Umoja Community Healing Circles safely outside in-person in our private courtyard! These free Healing Circles are for System-Impacted Families to process their experiences and learn skills to reintegrate into family life. If you are interested in signing up for or learning more about these circles, please complete the form located on our bio!

07/08/2022

The In-Person Umoja Healing Circles Reunion is happening today!

TIME: 3 PM - 6 PM

LOCATION: 7830 MacArthur Blvd, East Oakland, CA.

06/28/2022

Sign up for Family writing groups starting June 1st. from 5:30pm to 7pm PST. Participants will dive into poetry, storytelling, hip hop or performance techniques and how to use them in self expression
During family groups, the family will collaborate together on their writing.
Gift cards are available to participants who attend at least half of the writing sessions. Details about gift cards are available as the workshops start.
Because the workshops are remote, you can tune in from anywhere in the world!
For more questions please message , to sign up text or email Jenna 510-479-0726 jrobinsonexa@gmail.com

06/14/2022

Happy Pride Month! The Carl B. Metoyer Center for Family Counseling stands with the LGBTQIA+ community in celebrating the theme of this years pride “Justice with Joy.” This theme is set to educate and raise awareness around the challenges people of the LGBTQIA+ community have faced in the most recent years.

06/07/2022

Today is the primary elections! If you are having trouble filling out your ballot or figuring out where to send your mail-in-ballot please look at these infographics!

06/06/2022

Tomorrow is the primary elections! If you are having trouble filling out your ballot or figuring out where to send your mail-in-ballot please watch this short video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP7n6QIW87Q

An animated video detailing the many ways in which you can return your completed Vote-by-Mail Ballot in California prior to or on Election Day, September 14,...