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The Arts and Healing Initiative transforms lives through creative expression by integrating the innate benefits of the arts with mental health practices for self-discovery, connection and empowerment. It offers professional development and community programs.
THE ARTS AND HEALING INITIATIVE TRANSFORMS LIVES THROUGH CREATIVE EXPRESSION BY INTEGRATING THE INNATE BENEFITS OF THE ARTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PRACTICES FOR SELF-DISCOVERY, CONNECTION AND EMPOWERMENT.
Major accomplishments we have made good use of our COVID year: Converted all signature programming into virtual programming and discovered exponential increase in demand for our programming from all over the nation and world. Signature programs:Certificate Program in Social Emotional Arts (58.5 hours of training) Social Emotional Arts on a Shoestring (13 hours of training) Beat the Odds: Social and Emotional Skill Building Delivered in a Framework of Drumming (5 hours of training)Two workshops offered rotationally for free on a quarterly basis, based on our book The Innovative Parent. One on Raising Connected, Happy, Successful Kids through Art and the other on Helping Kids Manage Stress and Anxiety through Art. (1.5 hours each)Dance for All (6 hours of training)Creative Rituals for Processing Loss and Celebrating Life workshop (3 hours)We piloted a new training: Awe and Gratitude for Healing, Renewal, and Social Action (8 hours of training)Initiated a free bi-weekly/monthly HOPE Series to support the resilience of the global community while serving as an excellent outreach tool. Instructors have been teaching pro bono and recordings are available to the public for viewing. This program alone served 1,730 directly.Pre-COVID Contracts Jan. 13-14 Des Moines Public Schools Beat the Odds trainings and classroom demosJan.23 Turnaround Arts: CA Self-care workshop for regional coachesJan. 29-30 Hoopa Valley Elementary School (near Eureka, CA) Beat the Odds trainings and classroom demosFeb. 3-4 Des Moines Public Schools Beat the Odds trainings and classroom demosFeb. 13 Zamboni Middle School in Orange County Beat the Odds training for staff and parent workshopFeb. 15 UCLA Fowler Museum Social Emotional Arts training for educatorsFeb. 18-19 Fargo Public Schools in West Fargo, North Dakota Beat the Odds trainings for educatorsFeb. 26 McKinley Elementary School in Compton Beat the Odds training for staffMarch 10-11 Des Moines Public Schools Mindful Music making trainingPost-COVID ContractsAwarded a $15,000 grant from NAMM for a pilot training in Mindful Music Making for Turnaround Arts:CA teachers to be held between Jan-Mar 2021. Awarded a $17,500 grant from Kaiser Foundation to support the continuation of our free HOPE series in 2021.April 29 Create CA Keynote PresentationMay 7 UCLA Center for East-West Medicine Innovative Parent (book) workshop for staffJune 12 Hawaii Artists Alliance Social Emotional Arts PresentationJune 30 Alcott Center for Mental Health Two trainings on racial healingAugust 6 Arts, Media, Entertainment Virtual Institute Planned and moderated a panel on Mental Health, Engagement, and Support for arts educators in digital mediaAugust 11-14 North Dakota Council on the Arts and Central Regional Education Association in Bismarck and Williston, North Dakota IN PERSON Beat the Odds trainings for music educatorsAugust 19 UCLA Center for East-West Medicine Workshop on the healing power of music for annual summer course on integrative East-West medicine.August 24 The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Presentation to the Board on considerations in using the arts with older adults with dementia/AlzheimersAugust 27 We All Just Need to Drum John Pritchard Director Interview for film to be released today through the end of the year.September 23 National Association of Music Merchants Panel presentation on Social Emotional Learning and MusicOctober 6, 14, 20, 28 Turnaround Arts: CA 4 workshops for educators on Social Emotional Arts: expressive writing, visual arts, interactive games for joy and resilience, helping kids manage stress and anxiety through art.October 17 North American Drama Therapy Association Keynote kickoff presentation leading up to their annual conferenceOctober 19 National Organization for Arts in Health Keynote presentation for their annual conference October 22 UCLA School of Medicine Virtual art therapyNovember 7 North American Drama Therapy Association Beat the Odds mini-training for their annual conferenceNovember 23 Young Musicians Foundation Customized training on virtual strategies for social emotional learning and well-being for music educatorsDecember 5 and 12 University of La Verne Beat the Odds training for educators in the communityDecember 12 UCLA Nathanson Family Resilience Center Self-care workshop for early childhood educators
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Ping Ho | Executive Direc | 60 | $59,992 |
| John Weeks | Chairman | 1 | $0 |
| Lonnie K Zeltzer Md | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Ruth Westreich | Director | 1 | $0 |
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