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Helping employees live in a pandemic

NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) has developed an online mental health program for employers to offer their employees during the pandemic. The program will help employees manage their stress, coping skills and resiliency during this unprecedented time. The new program is called HELP—Helping Employees Live in a Pandemic.

COVID-19 has increased stress levels due to the uncertainty about struggles and supports their wellbeing,” said Sue Abderholden, executive director of NAMI Minnesota. HELP program classes include: Minding Your Mental Health During COVID-19; Keeping in Touch: Staying Connected During COVID-19; Coping with Kids; Self-Care and Mindfulness; Physical Activity; Nutrition; Positive Psychology; and Question, Persuade and Refer, which teaches the three steps anyone can take to help prevent a suicide.

Courtesy of MGN

the future; being alone or being toAll classes are one hour in length. gether too much; caring for children Employers can choose one or all of or other family members; working the classes to be offered through from home or being an essential Zoom or another online platform. worker; and it has caused grief from A recent class participant remarked, cancellation of major life events. In “The speaker did a great job. I found response to the mental health needs the format for sharing to be groundof Minnesotans, NAMI Minnesota’s ing and inspirational.” new program—HELP— was deNAMI Minnesota appreciates, veloped to address these issues and but does not require, an honorarium promote good mental health and for delivering the classes. coping skills.

“For employers, taking a practical For information or to schedule a step like providing the HELP proclass, contact NAMI Minnesota at gram sends a powerful message to namihelps@namimn.org. employees that mental health is an important part of overall health and —Information provided by NAMI MN. performance. It acknowledges their

GirlTrek’s #BlackHistoryBootCamp enters third week

Week three of GirlTrek’s second season of the #BlackHistoryBootcamp, started Monday, August 17. With nearly 130,000 participants, the Acts of Resistance edition already has more people registered than the first season, which ran in June.

The 21-day walking challenge celebrates powerful acts of resistance in Black history. The virtual walk and talks, led by co-founders T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, are held every weekday at noon EST. While the #BlackHistoryBootCamp walking challenge is free; registration is required.

So far, the most-listened to episode is Harriet Tubman’s raid on Combahee Ferry.

“We inspire women to start a daily habit of walking through national campaigns. We then train those women to be organizers. We’ve trained thousands of Black women across the United States to be health activists and public health organizers in their community,” said Vanessa Garrison, GirlTrek cofounder.

The #BlackHistoryBootCamp podcast has exceeded 465,000 downloads.The podcast is available at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Buzzsprout platforms.

Five service centers open to provide in-person assistance, technology resources

Ramsey County opened five redesigned service centers last week to provide more convenient and accessible access to its programs for residents. The centers feature navigators who provide comprehensive in-person assistance with enrollment information connections to county programs. Service centers also have computer workstations available by reservation and secure 24/7 document drop boxes.

“These newly redesigned service centers provide our residents with more accessible connections to all of the programs we provide in Ramsey County,” said County Manager Ryan O’Connor. “Residents no longer need to travel to a specific building for certain services but can visit the center that is most convenient for them.”

All service centers are open from 8 am – 4:30 pm weekdays and are located at existing county buildings. Downtown Saint Paul, Maplewood and Roseville locations also feature Community Career Labs to assist job seekers who have been impacted by COVID-19.

All Ramsey County Service Centers are designed and operated in accordance with Public Health guidelines for COVID-19.

Location:

Downtown (Saint Paul) Maplewood Roseville Shoreview West Side (Saint Paul)

Address:

160 E. Kellogg Blvd. 3025 Southlawn Dr. 2180 Hamline Ave. N. 4560 Victoria St. N. 90 Plato Blvd. W.

Information and reservation of computer workstations is also available by calling the Customer Contact Center at 651-266-8500 or online at ramseycounty.us/ServiceCenters, which also features an interactive map of all locations.

Worship

Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church

Bethesda Baptist Church

Rev. James C. Thomas, Pastor 451 West Central St. Paul, MN 55103 651-227-4444

Church School 9:30 am Morning Worship 8:00 & 10:45 am Prayer Service: Wednesday 7 pm

"Welcome to Mt. Olivet Baptist Church"

Rev. Arthur Agnew, Pastor

At the Old Landmark 1118 So. 8th Street Mpls., MN 55404 612-332-5904 www.bethesdamnonline.com bethesdamn@prodigy.net

Sunday Service Times: Early Morning Service 9 am Sunday School 10 am Sunday Worship 11:30 am

Wednesday

Prayer Meeting, 6 pm Adult Bible Class 7 pm Children's Bible Class 7 pm Courtesy of MGN

Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Billy G. Russell, Sr. Pastor 2600 E. 38th Street Minneapolis, MN 55408 www.greatfriend.org Phone: 612.827.7928 Fax: 612.827.3587 info@greatfriend.org Sundays 8:00am Sunday School 9:30am Worship Service

The Friendly Church Where Everybody Is Somebody

Pilgrim Baptist Church

Rev. Doctor Charles Gill 732 W. Central Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104 Sunday Worship Service: 9:45 AM Sunday School: 8:45 AM

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