MONDAY MEMO #56

Resilient Georgia
Nov 24
5 min read

Welcome to your weekly Monday Memo. This week’s edition highlights child development, education, JEDI resources, as well as a variety of professional development and job opportunities. Please note: We will be pausing the Monday Memo next week following the Thanksgiving holiday. We hope everyone enjoys a restful and restorative break. The Memo will resume on Monday, December 8. We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Before we dive in, here are some reminders and highlights from the RG Team:

RG Highlights

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our General Meeting Showcase on Youth Mental Health earlier this month! We’re grateful to our regional partners for sharing their incredible youth-focused initiatives. For anyone who missed the session—or would like to revisit the content—you can now access the recording, slide deck, and follow-up resource document using the links below. We hope these materials support your ongoing efforts to uplift youth, strengthen partnerships, and foster resilience across Georgia.
November Power of Healing Blog: The Day My Heart Spoke: A Journey from Burnout to Healing by Dr. Shannon Hervey: In this month’s Power of Healing blog, Dr. Shannon Hervey from Gwinnett Coalition reflects on how burnout and a sudden health crisis forced her to slow down, set boundaries, and rediscover rest. Her story is a powerful reminder that true resilience begins with caring for ourselves. As we enter the holiday season, we hope everyone takes time to rest, recharge, and care for their well-being.
Emory Biokind Analytics Partnership Interest: Emory Biokind is a student-run organization that partners with Georgia-based healthcare nonprofits to support their mission through free data analysis services. Their team works with partners to transform raw data into meaningful insights that help organizations communicate their impact, identify emerging needs, or strengthen programs. If your organization collects data and would be interested in collaborating, please reach out to the nonprofit coordinators, Arwen Chang and Sammy McClintock, at arwen.chang@emory.edu and sammy.mcclintock@emory.edu.
New Resource: Food Insecurity Guide: We’re excited to share our newly developed Food Insecurity Resource Guide, created to help partners quickly identify supports, programs, and strategies that address food access challenges in communities throughout the holiday season. This tool offers practical information and easy-to-use links to connect families with nutritious, reliable food options. Feel free to share widely with your networks! Please also consider donating to your local food banks during this time.

Coalition Highlights

Resilient Chattahoochee Valley celebrates the certification of three new Community Resiliency Model (CRM)® trainers—Jarvis Hamilton, Christina Young, and Imani Jones. CRM is a skills-based approach that helps individuals and communities manage stress, reduce burnout, and strengthen resilience by understanding the body’s nervous system. These trainers are now equipped to bring practical wellness tools to educators, first responders, families, and organizations across the region. Thank you for making this a priority, RCV!

Resilient Northwest Metro Coalition (Previously Cobb Collaborative): Cobb Collaborative’s coalition has expanded into Cherokee and Douglas and has rebranded to Resilient Northwest Metro! Check out their new blog, Unmasking the Stigma: Thunderbolts Gritty Look at Trauma & Healing which explores how Marvel’s “Thunderbolts” tackles mental health and trauma in a raw, human way—showing characters who struggle with depression, PTSD, addiction, and shame. The film humanizes their healing journey, emphasizing connection, compassion, and collective support as real paths to recovery.

Resilient Northeast Georgia: The Athens Area Community Foundation is offering two free Community Resiliency Model (CRM) trainings on January 7th from 11AM–1PM and January 21st from 2PM–4PM. Additionally, check out their Trauma 101 Webinar here or Trauma-Informed Toolkit here.

Child Development

Supporting Young Children Affected by Family Separation Policies | ZERO TO THREE: From Zero to Three is a comprehensive resource on supporting young children affected by ongoing family separation policies. The guide goes through latest statistics, news trauma-informed resources, and other helpful resources for childcare professionals. Read through the toolkit here.
Connecting Early Childhood Development to Climate Change - YouTube: This webinar from Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University focuses on early childhood development in regard to climate change. Watch the webinar here.
A Guide to Communicating About Early Childhood Development: Additionally, The Center on the Developing Child developed a resource on communicating about early childhood development. This toolkit draws together a wide variety of resources around early childhood development while highlighting social issues like systemic racism and climate change. Look through the full resource here.

Education

Maximizing Opportunity Amid Evolving Federal & State Roles in Education: The Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (GPEE) is hosting a free event on December 11th from 9:30 AM-12 PM that will explore the landscape of education governance, funding, accountability, and innovation in the Georgia education system. Learn more and register here.

Interpersonal Violence and Support

Nia Project | Emory School of Medicine: Emory University's Nia project received an award for program extension! The Nia Project offers trauma-informed culturally-responsive free care that empowers economically marginalized women with a history of interpersonal abuse and suicidal behavior to be resilient, heal, find purpose, and engage in their communities. Read the full story here.

JEDI

Only Solidarity Can Defeat Division: A recent blog post from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation highlights cross-racial and cross-movement solidarity. Authors Trevor Smith and Savannah Romero speak about the coalition they founded, the Black Liberation-Indigenous Sovereignty (BLIS Collective), which envisions a space to build solidarity, collective power, and community. Read the full story here.
Podcast: Understanding Racism’s Impact on Child Development: From the Center on the Developing Child’s podcast Brain Architects “Understanding Racism’s Impact on Child Development- Working Toward Fairness of Place in the United States” features key researchers who explore how racism impacts a young child’s development and how racism contributes to inequity in access for places children live, grow, play and learn. List here.

Job Opportunities

University of Georgia | Social Media and Marketing Specialist: Apply to be social media and marketing specialist with the University of Georgia! The specialist will spearhead efforts to plan, create, and manage digital and print marketing content, social media campaigns, and work with program and community parents. Read the full job description and apply here.
University of Georgia | Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator: Apply to be an outreach and recruitment coordinator at the University of Georgia! The coordinator will work on developing and strengthening relationships with community organizations, agencies, and leaders who connect couples to ECG workshops and services. Read the full job description and apply here.

Professional Development

The Strengths Small and Midsize Nonprofits Build on to Create a Resilient Funding Strategy | Bridgespan: An article from Bridgespan highlights ways smaller sized nonprofits can utilize their strengths and assets to develop strong funding strategies which are resilient. Explore this resource here! Additionally, Bridgespan is hosting a webinar on the same topic on December 9 at 2 PM. Sign up here.