EP06: Detention Crisis, Meditation, Cooking Cactus, and Healing Herbs

Bandera Market is a state-certified farmer’s market open every weekend Saturdays 10 am-5 PM, Sundays 11 am-5 PM, and the third Friday night of every month 2-6 PM for a special event. The market offers to produce, eggs, honey, artisan bread, German & Puerto Rican baked goods, plants, planters, custom wood products, CBD, boutiques, artisan crafts, jams, jellies, and much more. Come support small and local San Antonio businesses.

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Learn to approach disagreements with agenda-free questions, respectful boundaries, and a genuine desire to learn.

A Texas native, Ariel Simpson has spent the last decade combining the worlds of business and psychology, giving leaders a wider variety of tools and soft skills.

As an executive and leadership coach, Ariel loves helping people pursue their professional goals and improve their workplace relationships.

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Our general meetings are on the third Tuesday of each month at William R. Sinkin Eco Centro. They are free and open to everyone. Socializing begins at 6:00 p.m., program at 6:30 p.m.. Presentations last about an hour. 

March Topic & Speaker

The Edwards Aquifer and its Watershed — Challenges and Collaborative Solutions for Environments and Water Supply

Our March general meeting features Carol Patterson, Director – District 1 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority, discussing innovative ways of increasing available water in the Edwards Aquifer.

Meeting schedule

Socializing: 6pm-6:15pm

Announcements: 6:15pm-6:30pm

Program: 6:30pm-8pm

Venue

This will be a hybrid meeting.

Program topic

Eighty percent of Edwards Aquifer recharge originates in a 5,400 square mile Contributing Zone that includes the headwaters of nine major rivers, from the West Nueces to the Blanco. The people and environments, from those headwaters to aquifers and springs to the coastal estuaries are bound together by the need for clean, reliable water supply that originates with rainfall.

The expectation of longer droughts, greater floods, and flashier runoff requires vision and collaboration to provide for the future. Regeneration of soil, and storing floodwaters underground in Aquifer Storage and Recovery facilities offer great promise.

About our speaker

Carol has a long record of advocacy not only as a member of the Sierra Club but also as a regional water expert on San Antonio water issues such as the Applewhite Reservoir, Vista Ridge, and as a a long serving member of the board of directors for the Edwards Aquifer Authority.

She has a bachelor’s degree from Reed College in Portland, Oregon. She has studied at Lycee Michelet, Montauban, France, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Rochester Institute of Technology. She and her husband have lived in San Antonio since 1970.

The Alamo Group of the Sierra Club holds its general meetings the 3rd Tuesday of most months. They’re always free and open to the public. View videos of our past meetings on our YouTube channel or our Facebook page.

Zoom meeting access info

• Meeting ID: 966 5254 0606
• Passcode: 377093
• Link: https://sierraclub.zoom.us/j/96652540606?pwd=UUVISUw3OHluQ2xsQk5IeENxeXFZdz09

Eco Centro is located at San Antonio College, 1802 North Main Avenue @ Locust Street. There is a parking lot adjacent to Eco Centro which is entered from Locust Street. We can also use SAC parking lots 14, 15 and 17 (map of parking lots) to the north, west and south of the STIC building across North Main Avenue from Eco Centro.

Parking is also allowed on the residential streets to the east, north and south of Eco Centro.

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GROW (Gardening Rooted in Occupational Wellness) is a dementia-friendly gardening project produced in partnership with UT Health San Antonio’s Caring for the Caregiver program at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. GROW is designed to promote improved mental health, quality of life, and opportunities for social connection for people living with dementia and their caregivers. Research has shown that participating in gardening programs and activities promotes positive outcomes for participants’ mental health and well-being. GROW utilizes hands-on gardening activities, such as planting, pruning, and exploring sensory aspects of plants, to promote these outcomes. Come ready to get your hands dirty and have fun!

Instructor: Christina Bittle, Doctor of Occupational Therapy student at UT Health San Antonio

Fee: Free.

Registration requested at Learn More link below or clicking here.

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Bexar Audubon is a diverse and supportive community that values our natural world and works together to ensure a healthy habitat for birds, other wildlife, and people. They host regular outings and events, including a monthly meeting on a range of environmental topics.

Deceleration will update this page with current programming for their monthly meetings.

March Event:

The Strange and Wondrous Adaptations Birds Rely On to Get By by Dr. Roger Lederer

When we see birds flying from branch to branch happily chirping or snatching up bugs, it is easy to imagine they lead a simple life of freedom and flight, like the bluebird of happiness. What we don’t see is the arduous, life-threatening challenges they face at every moment, such as predators, competitors, weather, and human-made obstacles. There are myriad, and often almost miraculous, things that birds do every day to merely stay alive. Like the goldfinch which manages extreme winter weather changes by doubling the density of its plumage. Or urban birds navigating traffic by learning the posted speed limits. We now know something about how and why birds use their sensory abilities to see ultraviolet, find food without seeing it, fly thousands of miles without stopping, change their songs in noisy cities, navigate by smell, and much more. Based on the book Beaks, Bones, and Bird Songs which “Reveals the strange and wondrous adaptations birds rely on to get by.” —National Audubon Society

Approved for AMMN AT hours.

About Dr. Lederer
Dr. Roger Lederer is Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at California State University, Chico, whose expertise is ecology, science education, and ornithology. He has published over 30 scientific research papers and eleven books, including Ecology and Field Biology, Amazing Birds (in seven languages), Latin for Bird Lovers, Birds of New England, Beaks, Bones, and Bird Songs, and The Art of the Bird.

If you own Dr. Lederer’s book, please bring it to the meeting, and he will be happy to sign it for you. We will meet in person at Alamo Colleges District, 2222 N. Alamo Street. 

This meeting is approved for AAMN AT hours.

To Watch from Home, Join the Zoom Meeting HERE
Meeting ID: 867 5998 9698
Passcode: 861470
Find your local number to call in here

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disABILITYsa invites Pharmacists, Physicians, RN’s, and technicians to help break down the barriers that may inhibit individuals living with various disabilities from seeking care at local pharmacies and clinics. Through our Vax-abilitySTRONG Provider Workshop, participants can increase their knowledge on how to easily make a health care environment more disability-friendly.

Register Here: https://hipaa.jotform.com/disABILITYsa/DFC_WS_Registration

Following the completion of the workshop:

• Pharmacists, Registered Nurses, and Physicians who oversee a clinic or pharmacy and complete the training will receive a disability-friendly starter kit for their clinic/pharmacy. (Limit one per location) Also available for purchase – $245
• Attendees will begin the process to be recognized as part of a Welcoming Provider Initiative in SA.
• Attendees will have the opportunity to receive 3.5 hours of CEU’s from Alamo Colleges.

Event Supported By:

disABILITYsa

(210) 704-7262

mcawthon@disabilitysa.org

 

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Join us in celebrating the grand opening of our American Indian Center, giving us the opportunity to expand our community programs and enhance the lives of American Indians.

Open House Tours of our Community Programs | Food Provided by the San Antonio Fatherhood Campaign + AIT-SCM’s Indigenous food truck | Music by Volcan | Indigenous Vendors + Artisans | Ribbon Cutting and Sign reveal |

The first of its kind in San Antonio, our Urban Center will change the landscape of our city by providing resources and services to American Indian communities, including the growing number of community members needing support services and connection to a healing culture.

Schedule:

8:00 am – 10 am Press Check-In & Vendor & Volunteer Checkin

10 am – 11 am Opening Blessing + Presentations + Unveiling

11:00 am Photo-ops

11:30 am – 4:00 pm Open House Tours

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Cultural Performances

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Live Music – “Volcan”

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Do you want to know more about the Native Plants in NW Bexar County? Join us for a fairly easy hike (about 1.5 miles round trip) over gentle terrain. We will discuss how local geology has contributed to the extensive biodiversity across the region and how the resulting plant life encouraged Native Americans and European settlers to live here. We will explore up to 30 native Texas plants (season dependent) and discuss how they support favorable habitats.

Open to all ages, minors must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian. No pets, please.

While registration is NOT required for this hike, all Natural Area entry fees apply. To ensure entrance and save time at the Fee Booth, please pre-purchase and PRINT OUT a Day Pass.

This hike is weather dependent and subject to cancellation. Check trail conditions by going to the GCSNA Twitter feed or the Government Canyon State Natural Area Facebook page.

Arrive no later than 8:45 AM. Meet at the Visitors Center by the rainwater harvesting tower. The Natural Area front gates open at 7:00 AM; plan to be at the Visitor Center near the rainwater harvesting tower and ready to go no later than 8:45 AM. The hike starts promptly at 9:00 AM.

Dress for hiking outdoors; sunscreen and a hat are recommended. Wear sturdy footwear appropriate for rough trails; bring two liters of water PER PERSON and a snack.

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GROW (Gardening Rooted in Occupational Wellness) is a dementia-friendly gardening project produced in partnership with UT Health San Antonio’s Caring for the Caregiver program at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. GROW is designed to promote improved mental health, quality of life, and opportunities for social connection for people living with dementia and their caregivers. Research has shown that participating in gardening programs and activities promotes positive outcomes for participants’ mental health and well-being. GROW utilizes hands-on gardening activities, such as planting, pruning, and exploring sensory aspects of plants, to promote these outcomes. Come ready to get your hands dirty and have fun!

Instructor: Christina Bittle, Doctor of Occupational Therapy student at UT Health San Antonio

Fee: Free.

Registration requested at Learn More link below or clicking here.

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Join Gardopia Gardens on Saturday mornings to volunteer on the 0.5 acre Eastside Micro-Farm to practice healthy living and sustainability!

On Saturday morning Gardopia invites community members to get their hands dirty and cultivate San Antonio’s little slice of a garden utopia! From composting, chicken care, planting, crop rotation, organizing, and more! We are open to individuals, friends, families, beginners, experts, and anyone else who wants to help cultivate an educated, health, and environmentally sustainable city!

COVID-19: In order to help keep volunteers healthy, we offer free masks, have an open air space to allow for ventilation, and are currently keeping volunteer groups to 25 people or less to allow for optimal physical distancing.

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Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization empowering people to experience breakthroughs exercising their personal and political power. The climate change solutions we support are a carbon fee and dividend, healthy forests, building electrification and efficiency, and clean energy permitting reform. To connect with the San Antonio chapter, contact Stuart Birnbaum (stuart.birnbaum@sbcglobal.net).

Zoom meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88997588055?pwd=Nm1xWmowSDc4N1l1enkvb2lQbVNKQT09

Meeting ID: 889 9758 8055
Passcode: 874038

Local meetings typically follow a national call at noon, which you can join here: https://citizensclimatelobby.org/monthly-speakers/

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AITSCM welcomes you to our civic unity fair, ¡Unidos, Si Se Puede! April 8, 2023, located at the Historic Mission Marquee Plaza. (Rained out on March 18)The goal of the event is to offer San Antonio students and their families an opportunity to explore their civic rights, duties, and opportunities.

AIT’s Office of Civic Engagement and a host of civic-centered organizations will offer resources targeting ballot access, education, community engagement, and wellness.

Additionally, local government and community organizations will showcase their public service initiatives and provide students with an opportunity to volunteer and/or learn at their respective organizations. Local employers offering summer employment will also be in attendance.

The run of show will feature cultural arts performances, healing circles, educational displays, public speakers and a film screening. The 2014 biopic film “Cesar Chavez” will cap off the day’s festivities. Of course, local vendors will provide food, arts and crafts, and product giveaways.

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The farmers market, happening every Wednesday at Woodlawn Pointe, offers farm fresh produce, local baked breads, pickles and other pantry staples. All produced or grown in our area. Vendors joining every week.

Contact 01farmersmarket@gmail.com for inquiries.

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GROW (Gardening Rooted in Occupational Wellness) is a dementia-friendly gardening project produced in partnership with UT Health San Antonio’s Caring for the Caregiver program at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. GROW is designed to promote improved mental health, quality of life, and opportunities for social connection for people living with dementia and their caregivers. Research has shown that participating in gardening programs and activities promotes positive outcomes for participants’ mental health and well-being. GROW utilizes hands-on gardening activities, such as planting, pruning, and exploring sensory aspects of plants, to promote these outcomes. Come ready to get your hands dirty and have fun!

Instructor: Christina Bittle, Doctor of Occupational Therapy student at UT Health San Antonio

Fee: Free.

Registration requested at Learn More link below or clicking here.

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TEDxYouth@SanAntonio presents Earth2Hot2Handle, a Climate Action event produced by and for youth!

Limited in-person tickets will be available soon.

We are accepting talk proposals from high school to college youth and adults on topics related to Climate Action.

Interested in sponsoring or partnering? Visit TEDxSanAntonio.com/sponsor to see availability opportunities and to apply.

Download the TEDxYouth@SanAntonio sponsor packet to see the many opportunities to showcase your organization as a forward-thinking supporter of Ideas Worth Sharing or reach out to Sponsors@TEDxSanAntonio.com.

Packages include exciting visibility for your brand, in partnership with KLRN and UTSA’s Office of Sustainability.

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Join us for a transformative, five-session series on Addressing Ancestral Trauma and Creating Healthy Connections. In this series, we will explore, understand, and identify generational trauma within ourselves, relationships, community, and society. Collaboratively, we will acknowledge and process the impact of ancestral trauma, develop practical strategies for promoting intergenerational healing, and identify ways to continue our resistance as we build our legacy of healing!

Cost: We are offering a sliding scale fee for this class series. Tiers are $25/5 classes, $50/5 classes, $75/5 classes, $100/5 classes. As we are limited to 16 spots please purchase tickets for this series only if you are able to attend all 5 classes. Classes will take place from 11 am – 1 pm on Sunday on the following dates: 03/19, 03/26, 04/16, 04/23, 04/30.

The event schedule has the date listed as 03/19. This is the date for the first class date. The cost of the ticket covers the entire 5 sessions. Purchase of a ticket ensures admittance to all 5 sessions. Please mark your calendar for all 5 dates listed above after purchasing tickets.

We will be following Covid protocols for this event.

Yanawana Herbolarios is pleased to host All That Lies In Gray Counseling to teach this special Sowing La Futura Educational Series.

What will you learn throughout this series?

Session 1: Understanding Ancestral Trauma

• Introduction to the concept of ancestral trauma and its impact on individuals and families
• Discussing the history of colonialism, slavery, and other forms of oppression that contribute to ancestral trauma
• Overview of the causes and symptoms of ancestral trauma and how it affects mental, physical, and emotional well-being

Session 2: Addressing Ancestral Trauma Within Ourselves and our Families

• Techniques for exploring and acknowledging ancestral trauma within ourselves and our families
• Understanding the impact of intergenerational trauma and how it can manifest in our lives
• Introduction to communication skills for creating healthy relationships within families
• Techniques for regulating emotions, managing stress, and reducing the impact of ancestral trauma on our daily lives

Session 3: Culturally Specific Healing Practices

• The importance of cultural identity and connection to community for healing
• Overview of culturally-specific healing practices for addressing ancestral trauma
• Discussion on the role of activism, community organizing, and social justice in promoting healing and resilience

Session 4: Continuity of Healing: Maintaining Progress and Embracing Resilience

• Understanding the long-term effects of ancestral trauma and the need for ongoing healing
• Techniques for maintaining progress and continuing to build resilience
• The importance of self-care and support from others in promoting ongoing healing and growth
• Discussion on the role of mindfulness, meditation, and other practices in promoting well-being and resilience

Session 5: Moving Forward: Building a Legacy of Healing

• Overview of the benefits of addressing ancestral trauma and building healthy family connections
• Understanding the impact of our actions on future generations and the importance of creating a positive legacy
• Discussion on the role of intergenerational healing in breaking the cycle of trauma
• Practical exercises and techniques for promoting intergenerational healing and creating a legacy of resilience and well-being.

Learn more about us at allthatliesingray.com/theteam

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