Jill Gresham, M.A. Psychology 2005

“When I was at Antioch, I was working as a chemical dependency professional. I opted to stay in the CD field and did my internship at Perinatal Treatment Services, where I provided MH services in addition to drug and alcohol treatment. I quickly moved into a management position at PTS around the time of my graduation from Antioch.

“While there, I was introduced to the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx). It’s a rather long story, but it’s basically applying process improvement strategies to CD treatment to increase outcomes, decrease wait times and increase retention. I had worked at many agencies, and quite frankly, customer service was almost never thought of. This idea made a lot of sense to me and I jumped on board and worked with clinicians and our ED to create a process improvement based program. We saw our reputation radically change in the community.

“Our ED got a job offer she could not refuse and she was replaced – after a year long search, with a new ED. Due to all the changes occurring at PTS, I began to think about starting an outpatient agency – with the NIATx aims at its heart. At the time, there were no outpatient agencies working exclusively with women. I tossed the idea around with two other coworkers, both women, and we decided to give it a shot. We spoke with our contacts at King County Mental Health and Chemical Abuse and Dependency Services Division – and they basically said if we could open and get certified they would contract with us to treat our target clientele – low income, pregnant and parenting women. King County also heard our concern about the need for childcare and offered to fund an onsite childcare for our clients to utilize while in services with us.

“So, we did it! We opened our doors on Sept 8th,2008, with a county contract. We are an outpatient chemical dependency program for women with onsite childcare. We provide groups, individual session, assessment and parenting classes. We got our first 3 clients that month and have been growing ever since. In 2009 we served 180 clients, with 114 enrolled in treatment over the year. We grew from our 3 founding staff to adding a fulltime childcare person, a part time administrative assistant and 2 part time CDP/T’s (one of whom is a recent Antioch graduate). Our current operating budget for 2010 is about $300,000 and 100% of that is in the treatment of low income women through our county contracts. We are currently a sustainable organization and are on a growth spurt. We have a solid clinical reputation and a reputation for great customer service with BOTH clients and referral sources. Plus we have maintained our focus on process improvement from the front door to the board room!”

Opportunity For Alums to Meet With Seattle Mayor McGinn

From Kimberly Magnuson, AUS Student Therapist, Child, Couple, and Family Therapy:

Antioch alumni are invited to participate in a community caucus at Daybreak Star on Friday, April 30th from noon to 2 p.m. as part of Mayor McGinn’s Youth and Family Initiative (http://youthandfamilies.seattle.gov) in partnership with United Indians of All Tribes Foundation Prenatal to 5 Head Start.

You will have the opportunity to share with the Mayor what our community wants for children and families in Seattle during the coming years. This is our opportunity to give feedback directly to Mayor McGinn regarding how our city’s resources should be used to support children, youth, and families.

Please share the information below with any co-workers or community members who you think might be interested in attending.

- Mayor McGinn wants to hear from you!
- How can we improve our neighborhoods and schools?
- What do you want for families in our community?

Come hear about the Mayor’s Youth & Families Initiative (YFI) and add your voice by participating in a YFI Community Caucus.

Friday April 30, 2010
12 pm – 2 pm
Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, Discovery Park
3801 W Government Way

Twenty some years ago, Mayor Norm Rice held an Education Summit. This successful community process helped to start Seattle’s Families and Education Levy which supports our children’s education. Now Mayor McGinn wants to hear your ideas on how the City of Seattle can help the youth and families of our neighborhoods. The Mayor’s Initiative co-chairs are Mayor Norm Rice, Estela Ortega and Bob Watt, as well as Deputy Mayor Darryl Smith.

We want to hear your ideas and elect delegates from among our groups to represent our ideas and needs at the Mayor’s Congress on June 5! Join us in working together toward our common goal to create a healthy, positive and equitable environment for all families. Let’s work together as a community for a better Seattle.

We look forward to seeing you then! Lunch will be provided, so please RSVP if you would like to join us for the meal. Email: cderrick@unitedindians.org or call 206 829 2244.

Free Call Offer On Money and Dignity

Dear Fellow Antioch Alumni: 

As an Executive Coach, I have a unique view into the lives, hearts and finances of business leaders the world over. Now, more than any other time in my professional capacity, I am hearing a common underlying concern about money matters. At the very least, the current economic climate has been humbling for many. For others, it has surfaced feelings of fear, shame and guilt. And, with that, seems to come one unifying question, “How do I maintain any sense of dignity in this time of economic uncertainty?”

At the heart of this question seems to be a desire for compassion, respect and grace. And yet, how are these things possible within the context of a broken system where many feel powerless, isolated and lonely?

I invite you to join Mark Silver, Founder of Heart of Business, and I as we open the conversation about money in a way that allows us to explore the possibility of being both humble and dignified in our relationship with money.

Free call, Tuesday, April 27th at 12pm PST

http://www.emergentfield.com/event/index.html

To read more about humility and dignity:

http://www.emergentfield.com/2010/04/uncategorized/humility-meet-dignity-dignity-meet-humility

Help me spread the word by joining the Facebook Fan page (link is on the blog) or by tweeting the event!

Alana Karran,CEO CPC, BA ‘06
Executive Coach & Consultant
email: alana@emergentfield.com

Conference Exploring The Boundaries and Possibilities of the Intersection of Purpose and Profit

Come join Springboard Innovation as they host a conference exploring the boundaries and possibilities of the intersection of purpose and profit. Antioch alumni get a 60% discount. Registration is online at www.revisioningvalue.org.

Value 2010
Purpose/Profit/People/Planet
Portland, OR
Monday, April 26th- Conference
Tuesday, April 27th- a day of optional follow-up workshops
www.revisioningvalue.org
www.springboardinnovation.org

Alumni are discounted at 60% totalling $95 for a day of world recognized speakers dicussing the emerging edge of social innovation and its potential to change the world. (To get the alumni discount, type the word student in the promotion code field.)

A Conference for Cross-Pollination

We must have everyone at the table. Social investors, financial advisors, nonprofits, social businesses, social entreprenuers (and would-be social innovators), retired experts seeking a new career, educators, bankers, lawyers, accountants, students, community developers, academics–all of us. While we usually attend conferences within our own profession, learning alongside others just like us, it’s good to get out and explore the edges of our professions. We can’t afford to always stay at the center of our own worlds anymore. We’re all colleagues now, no matter what discpline we’re in. Our worlds have collided, overlapped, gotten mixed up. While it’s confounding and new territory, it’s certainly where potential lives.

With the ReVisioning Value Conference and Post-Conference Workshops, Springboard Innovation intends to bring the sectors together, balancing audiences across the finance, change leadership, government, and business worlds, to work in this middle ground to redefine the traditional and the institutional. Innovation is created at the edges of habitats and niches, where they overlap and crowd into each other. It’s a great opportunity to redefine, revise, and recreate how we will make a better world. We hope you’ll join us at this confluence of opportunity.

Springboard Innovation (http://www.springboardinnovation.org) enables community members to launch innovative, sustainable solutions to community problems. They do this with unique educational programs, facilitated forums, an online social innovation exchange, and a model for city-wide support of social innovation. Our goals are to bring more people into the discipline of leading change, and to help foster a new breed of change organization. Springboard focuses on educating, convening, funding, and building the ecosystem for social innovators, helping launch solutions to issues from global poverty to local food and family health.

Cross Sector Conversation on Closing the Achievement Gap & Strengthening Public Education in Washington

Date: Friday April 23, 2010
Location: Downtown Seattle at the Dorsey & Whitney Foundation, Columbia Center, 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100, Seattle, WA 98101-4010

Registration is free but please note that space is very limited, please register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/fundersconversation

What is it: This briefing is designed to: (a) report back on legislation/policy changes related to education, (b) Explore connections between Civil Rights and Achievement Gap and (b) explore possible public, private and independent sector partnerships

Who will be invited to attend: Organizations working on closing the racial/ethnic achievement gap?

Facilitator for the day: John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas, OSPI Equity and Civil Rights DirectorTime

Activity

8:30 - Networking Pastries and Coffee (Coffee and Pastries provided by the Latino Community Fund)

9:00 - Welcome and days framing – OSPI & Philanthropy NW (Topic — building a case for open communication with each other Policy & Philanthropy)

Welcome by:
• Robert Harkins, OSPI Assistant Superintendant
• David Landers, Philanthropy Northwest
• Lillian Ortizself, Chair Commission on Hispanic Affairs

9:30 - Legislative and Policy updates (including Achievement Gap Bills & Race to the Top)
OSPI, Erin Jones, Sam Chandler & Allan Burke, OSPI, Sarah Dunne, ACLU Rep. League of Education Voters

11:00 - Achievement Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee
• Wanda Brown (Rep. of African American Community)
• Bernard Tomas (Rep. of Native Community)
• Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe, State Senator, Chair, Early Learning K-12 Education Committee
• Rep. Kevin Parker

12:15 - Lunch & Keynote (Russlynn H. Ali, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, former of Executive Director of Ed Trust West)

President Barack Obama nominated Russlynn Ali as assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education on March 18, 2009, and she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 1, 2009. As assistant secretary, Ali is Secretary Duncan’s primary adviser on civil rights and responsible for enforcing U.S. civil rights laws as they pertain to education—ensuring the nation’s schools, colleges and universities receiving federal funding do not engage in discriminatory conduct related to race, sex, disability or age.

1:30 - Responses from the field: In order to facilitate discussion each of the panelists will have five minutes to respond the following three questions:
1. What were one or two things that struck you about today’s conversation?
2. What was missing from today’s conversation but should be added to future dialogues?

• Teachers Lens Response – Paul Garrett Teacher, Middle School teacher at Aspire Middle School in the North Thurston Public Schools
• Parent Lens Response – Erin Okuno, Foundation for Early Learning)
• Community Lens Response – Peter Bloch Garcia, Latino Community Fund & Marguerite Casey Foundation
• Higher Education Perspective – Christine Katayama, City University
• Youth/Young Peoples Perspective – Jose Vasquez, Alianza

2:15 - Round tables discussion: Focus question: How can public, private and independent organizations work together to strengthen Washington’s public education system? Facilitators:
• Linda Foster, BEST
• Mike Hubert, Navigation 101
• Rudi Bertschi, CISL
• Calandra Sechrist, Equity and Civil Rights
• Bob Jones, Troops for Teachers

3:30 - Report back from round table discussions

4:00 - Closing

Great Opportunity For Minority High School Students

The Accounting Career Awareness Program (ACAP) provides a one-week, live-in program at the University of Washington for minority high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have a potential interest in accounting, finance, computer science, or business as a career. This year, they will conduct the 29th Annual Accounting Career Awareness Residency Program from August 15th to August 20th, 2010.

They have planned another exciting and comprehensive program, which includes panel discussions, field trips, and workshops. The program includes sessions on personal money management, goal-setting, interviewing techniques, economics, mathematics, and use of computers. Participants will have the opportunity to join in computer simulation games and use video equipment.

The Accounting Career Awareness Residency Program is designed to enable students to: (1 understand the importance of staying in school, (2 explore the possibilities of a career in accounting, finance, computer science, or business, (3 prepare to enter the study of accounting, finance, computer science, or business by improving capabilities in certain basic accounting, finance, computer science, or business skills, (4 develop computation skills with calculators and computers, and (5 become acquainted with the practice of accounting, finance, computer science, or business in public, industry, and government areas.

All expenses, except for transportation to and from the program will be covered. Students will reside in one of the dormitories on the University of Washington campus during the week.

They are now in the process of identifying prospective students, and would appreciate your assistance in distributing applications to eligible students who might benefit from this program. They have ACAP alumni, students, and board members who would be pleased to visit your school to describe their ACAP experience with prospective candidates.

Participation in the Accounting Career Awareness Residency Program is limited to 60 students. The deadline date for applications is May 28, 2010, and they will notify you when you application has been received. All students will be notified of their status by June 25, 2010. A $50 non-refundable deposit is required upon acceptance into the program.

Further information about the Accounting Career Awareness Residency Program at the University of Washington may be obtained by contacting John J. Ocampo, Executive Director of ACAP; P.O. Box 22066; Seattle, WA 98122-0066; Phone: 206-370-4949; email acapseattle@live.com. Additional information can be found at http://www.acapseattle.org/.

Genjo Marinello, M.A. Psychology 1991

Genjo Marinello is the abbot of the Seattle Zen temple, Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji. He has been a Zen meditation practitioner since 1975, was ordained a monk in 1980, became a full priest (Osho) in 1990, and was named a Dharma Heir in his lineage in May of 2008.

During his twenty-year apprenticeship with his Zen Master in Seattle, Genjo was sent for a time to train at the famous Rinzai Zen Temple, Ryutaku-Ji in Japan. In addition to formal Zen training, Genjo has been an active member of the University Friends Meeting (Quakers), and has often served in pastoral roles there since 1986. In 1989, Genjo completed a certificate program in Spiritual Direction through a program affiliated with the UBC Vancouver School of Theology; he also has a M.A. in psychology from Antioch University, and B.A. in psychobiology from UCLA.

Genjo has written many articles on contemplative training and practice and has been published locally and nationally. Genjo has served as a teacher at the Center for Spiritual Development, Still Point, Seattle Holistic Center and for the Birankai International Aikido Association. He has been a guest lecturer at the U.W. and Seattle University, and has served as an adjunct faculty member at Antioch University Seattle in Buddhist Studies.

For several years Genjo was the volunteer Buddhist pastor of the Twin Rivers Correction Center in Monroe Washington. Currently, in addition to overseeing Zen training at his temple, and leading four week long Zen retreats a year, Genjo maintains a private practice as a Washington State Licensed Mental Health Counselor.

Genjo’s Links:
http://genjo.libsyn.com/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dai_Bai_Zan_Cho_Bo_Zen_Ji
http://biznik.com/members/genjo-marinello
http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=180584089

Anticipation & Loss At End of Life Program - Implications For the Professional Caregiver

A 5th Thursday Event Presented by Providence Hospice of Seattle

This no-charge educational opportunity is part of the 5th Thursday Presentations offered through the Grief Support Services Program of Providence Hospice of Seattle. A brown-bag lunch event, this program provides a forum for social workers, chaplains, grief counselors, nurses, care providers, nursing home staff, and church and faith workers to share relevant information related to work in end of life care

The assessment of anticipatory mourning is a routine part of the provision of care for both patients and their families. However, current literature suggests that this same response can occur in the professional caregiver. After reviewing the evolution of the concept of anticipatory mourning, this program will explore how clinicians may identify this response in their work and begin to find the tools with which to work with it.

Speaker — Rex Allen, Antioch M.A. Psychology ‘94

Rex Allen is the Grief Support Services Supervisor at Providence Hospice of Seattle. He brings to his work 20 years of experience in the field of loss and grief and has presented at local, state and national venues. Rex is currently serving as the Bereavement Section Leader and on the Executive Committee for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s National Counsel of Hospice and Palliative Professionals.

Thursday, April 29th 11:30— 1:00
Providence Hospice of Seattle
425 Pontius Avenue N, Suite 300
Seattle WA 98109

CE Credit Information
Providence Hospice of Seattle is approved by the NASW as a provider for continuing education. This session earns 1.5 hours. [$10 processing fee]

Metered street parking and pay lot parking available. For further information regarding this event call 206.749.7702

Your Connection to Being a Volunteer

The week of April 18th to April 24th is National Volunteer Week. The theme, “Celebrating People in Action,” captures the meaning behind this signature week – honoring the individuals who dedicate themselves to taking action and solving problems in their communities. My sense is that Antioch University Seattle alums are heavily involved in volunteering. Please take a moment and click on “Leave a Comment” below to let me know your connection to being a volunteer by answering one or several of the questions I’ve listed.

Eric Warn
Alumni Director
Antioch University Seattle

   a. What was your first volunteer experience like?
   b. What is the best part of volunteering for you?
   c. What was your favorite volunteer experience?
   d. Have you ever served on a non-profit board & what did you learn?
   e. What organization have you always wanted to volunteer for & why?

Public Events/Activities

Seattle Cherry Blossom/Japanese cultural Festival:  Celebrating all things Japanese performances, exhibits, demonstrations, traditional costumes, martial arts, food, hands-on activities for kids.  Free.  April 16-18, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.  Seattle Center House.  206-684-7200.  www.seattlecenter.com.

Gansango Music and Dance: West African Music and Dance. All ages. $5. April 17, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.  Town Hall (8th & Seneca), Seattle.  townhallseattle.org.

Nrityagram Dance Ensemble of India:  $32 - $54.  April 17,  p.m.   Moore Theatre (2nd & Virginia), Seattle.  877-784-4849.

World Folk Art Festival: Performances, Hands-on activities, demonstrations from master folk artists.  $6- $8; $25 family.  April 17-18, 10 am. - 5 p.m.  Washington State History Museum (1911 Pacific Ave.), Tacoma.  888-238-4373 or www.wshs.org.

Fences: August Wilson’s play takes on the 1950s look at the American Dream and the African American experience. Through April 18.  Seattle Repertory Theatre (15 Mercer St.).  206-443-2222.

Peace to the Planet Concert:   A program of uplifting environmental themed choral music from around the world   $13 - $20.  April 22, 7:30 p.m.  Town Hall (1119–8thAvenue), Seattle.  April 25, 3:00 p.m.  Bastyr University Chapel (14500 Juanita Dr. NE), Kenmore. http://www.seattlepeacechorus.org/concert.htm  or 206-264-5532.  

African American Film Festival: Through April 25.  Takes place at several Seattle locations.  For schedule/locations: http://www.langstonblackfilmfest.org or 206-326-1088.

World Rhythm Festival: Features performances, adult drums and dance workshops from West Africa, Bai, the Middle East.  Free.  April 23 - 25.  Seattle Center House.  www.swps.org.

Swinomish Earth Enhancement Celebration: Help with service projects in the morning (beach cleanup, yard work for elderly, etc.(  when projects are finished, enjoy traditional salmon lunch prepared by members of the Swinomish Tribal Community.  Browse information/education displays.  Free.  April 24, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.  Pre-register: 360-421-0928.  Swinomish Community Center (17275 Reservation Road), LaConner. beschete@pugetsound.org.

El Dia de los Niños: Day of the children includes artwork from local children, a mariachi band, crafts, free book for kids!  All ages/languages welcome.  Free.  April 24.  Puyallup Public Library (324 S. Meridian), Puyallup.  253-842-554 or www.puyalluplibrary.org.

Dragon Boat Festival: Watch dragon boat races, a lion dance, enjoy food and fun!  Free.  April 25, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Port Plaza, Olympia.  360-438-4598.  www.stmartin.edu/China/DragonBoat.

Arthur Se: Poet/translator discusses difficulties of writing fiction in China under an oppressive political system. April 29.  Seattle Asian Art Museum /Volunteer Park  206-654-3100.

Sitar/Tabla Performance: Kushal Das (Sitar) and Kumar Bose (Tabla) perform S. Indian music.  $10 - $20. May 1, 7 p.m.   Eastshore Unitarian Church (12700 SE 32nd St.), Bellevue.   www.ragamala.org.
 
Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration: Cultural activities, music, dance, food, arts and crafts!  Free.  May 1-2.    Seattle Center House.  www.seattlecenter.com. 

Pacific Islander Heritage Event:  Island-born writers/musicians, transplanted to the Pacific Northwest, will play music and ala’au (talk story) about island life and history.  With slack key guitarist Sheryl Akaka and writers Jennifer D. Munro, Rochelle delaCruz, and Loreen Lilyn Lee.  Hosted by KBCS Hawai`i Radio Connection’s Uncle Gregg Porter.  Featuring open musical kanikapila (jam session) after the scheduled performances.  Free.  May 10, 7 p.m.  Richard Hugo House (1634 11th Ave.), Seattle.  

Seattle International Children’s Festival: The largest Performing Arts Festival for families in the U.S. Featuring artists from around the world.  May 11 - 15.  Seattle Center and the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, Tacoma.   206-6847338 or info@seattleinternational.org.

Seattle Transgender Film Festival: May 13-16.  Three Dollar Bill Cinema (1122 E. Pike St. #1313), Seattle. 206-323-4274 or mailto:minfo@threedollarbillcinema.org.

Asian Pacific American Cultural Festival:  Cultural Educational booths, cooking classes, Asian BBQ, entertainment and more!  $5 - $10; children under 12 free.  May 15-16.  Fircrest Community Center (555 Contra Costa), Fircrest.  253-383-3900 or www.asiapacificculturalcenter.org.

South Indian Concert: Pt. Kaivallya Kumar Gurav (Hindustani vocalist), Vinay Mishra (Harmonium) and Ashish Sengupta (Tabla).  $10 - $20.  May 22, 7 p.m.  Eashore Unitarian Church (12700 SE 32nd St.), Bellevue.  www.ragamal.org.

Seattle International Film Festival; 25 days of intense fim viewing from around the globe!  May 20 - June 13. Various locations. 

Northwest Folklife Festival: Ethnic traditions, food, dance, arts, crafts, music and more!  Hundreds of cultural acts on 18 stages.  May 28 - 31.  Seattle Center.  nwfolklife.org.

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