Lila Asante-Appiah has joined

the huge support in donations to Michigan Medicine

Xan Morgan - I’ve been inspired by those working on housing issues and the mutual aid groups.

Karen Shellie - Evangelical Homes of Mich... kindness toward isolated seniors in our care.

I am impressed with people working to help people who are not well-resourced due to systemic racism.

LaRon Williams of Washtenaw Faces Race and LOC Fellowship -- Glad for so many choices to support each other and choose humanity over individualism. Let's embrace this opportunity to change old, divisive ways.

Alex Schukow, Saline Area Schools. Proud of the way community support is being shown for essential healthcare workers.

Love seeing the creative ways people are connecting together with virtual education, spiritual and religious services, work, family zoom calls, etc. It is really showing that this is really physical distancing and not social distancing.

Is there a ceiling of 100 participants?

Lots of community responses to meet the needs

Yes, unfortunately - so sorry for not anticipating this. We are recording it and will share promptly after the webinar.

Eleanor Chang from Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, here--Very proud of the solidarity shown by our community in re: existing resources, and willingness to reach out/advocate on behalf of more-vulnerable populayions!

Rhonda Fields, Girls on the Run — warmed by the community for stepping up and showing love to non-profits

Sarah from Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley. I love seeing the messages of hope that are coming out in so many ways - sidewalk chalk messages, personal connections, neighbors encouraging each other, and communities creating real-time solutions for each other.

So glad to have you all with us! Please share the phone number with those who want to join but can't via video!

Hello fellows! This is Kate Dalessio from the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County aka Delonis Center. Thank you for hosting and creating this.

I love seeing the creative ways teachers are connecting with children and families and the love and generosity of spirit that is showing up as we support families who are impacted by school closures

Cindy Bodewes from WeROC. I am proud of the movement to decrease the jail/prison population in our county and state

hoping off to open a seat for another participant-will catch recording! thank you for doing this work.

do you want to read norms since not everyone has video

Thank you panelists for your vulnerability of sharing your identities! Kudos!

Laura Roth-Relieved to see the effort going into getting food to kids who are not able to currently get breakfast and lunch at school.

Janet Nord from Washtenaw Faces Race. Encouraged to see the focus on medical inequity by race and for the work on solutions.

I am now livestreaming from my FB page for those who want to follow there. Yodit Mesfin Johnson

Please drop any questions or comments that you have into the chat box. We will group questions for the panelists to answer

maybe footage too, if you’re there and seeing something

@acts of racism and violence in real time

As a teacher in Ypsi, my students also don’t have access to the internet — how can we mobilize for public wifi access so that students are able to connect? The digital divide will further leave my students behind and exacerbate the inequities that exist when school is in session.

We are trying to donate weekly to food banks to support people in need around the County. But, are there specific organizations in which we should donate that would better directly support people of color who are dealing with this Pandemic?

My deepest condolences Hamida.

thank you for sharing this, Hamida 🙏🏾❤️

Deepest condolences to you, Hamida, and to you, Yodit, and everyone who has lost someone.

as and end-of-life doula holding space for grief right now is so so important.

And what are ways/practices to not defer grief for 3 months. People need support and help with that...

Hamida, your message about bifurcation of experience really resonates. Thank you for sharing.

so powerful. thank you Hamida.

Love to you Hamida

thank you hamida

Thank you so much for sharing

thank you Hamida <3

Thank you Hamida for sharing

Thank you for sharing so deeply and beautifully. Sitting with you in your grief

Thank you for sharing, Hamida

love and support Hamida

Thank you, Hamida <3

Thank you for sharing and for your vulnerability, especially in a time of grief, Hamida.

Thank you for sharing your story, Hamida

Thanks so much for sharing Hamida and Toni

Love the “collective responsibility” approach

Thank you so much for sharing your story Hamida. I’m so very sorry for your loss. You’ve raised some very important issues.

Sending love and hugs to you, Hamida.

Thank you, everyone <3

Toni, thank you so much for sharing your story as well. Very powerful to hear.

Redefining "what is family" is important to POC

Kudos to Toni and Hamida for being first generation! I am as well and it is wonderful to see women of color making a difference!

I hope that we can take Hamida’s encouragement to reimagine grief back to our organizations and address our policies around leave.

Community is the solution, yes!

There is wisdom in the collective.

Excellent points, Darryl!

I think one of the challenges is making the communication salient when this is over. Eventually this urgency will fade; we need to fight complacency, because this, or something like this will happen again.

Yes! Texting is the only way I’ve been able to get in touch with my students.

How can we help you get the word out about this, Darryl?

So true, Yodit!

Ready to support you, Darryl and your important work. What does this support look like?

Thank you Darryl.

info@new.org

“If I love you I have to make you conscious of the things you don't see.” — James Baldwin.To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

I love these quotes. Could you read them out loud for those joining w/o video?

Holding space for you Clarissa.

That is a very real debate in hospitals about worth and "viability"

Thanks Clarissa.

Thank you for sharing

we have been working on our texting system for another project, you can text Neighbor to 57838 and help us work out the kinks in the system

Thank you Clarissa. <3

Powerful! Thanks, Clarissa

We are going to develop different messaging for Covid-19

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and feelings Darryl and Clarissa

COVID-19 has placed a spotlight upon the inequities of our society (and of most of the rest of the world) The ways for us to continue in the aftermath of coronavirus will have to be on a scale that compares to the ways humanity has been able to move past mass scale historical evils. This is not a short term, relatively small scale disaster )like a hurricane or flood). This is a world-wide phenomenon that calls for a massive restructuring of values, ways of thinking. I believe, at the core, is the issue of placing human life above the products produced by humans.

very powerful stories and perspectives shared today. thank you. such important lessons for today, but for tomorrow.

Yodit- I’ve felt that too. I’m so worried that the craving for “normal” will make those in power to ignore what we’ve learned

Everyone on the panel is a blessing and brining forth such valuable points.

It has reinforced that every vote for every legislator and on every issue matters. You are putting your every day lives in the hands of those you vote for. The issues you vote for create the conditions in which we all live.

Yes, I echo margy and Yodit and Clarissa - a return to normal is NOT a win. Many people were already facing extreme inequities in health, wealth, opportunity, etc. This has shone a light on this for others who were not aware. How do we use this disaster to make changes?

Please encourage people to participate in the census!

(and thank you to the panelists for vulnerably sharing their stories and thoughts)

Thank you Toni!

would love a link for that @YMCA online 4/15 release to post on Neutral Zone website for teens to access while Neutral Zone is at limited capacity

Is the YMCA information available on your website, Toni?

Whewwwww these quotes Clarissa—thank you!

is the YMCA sign up 8am 4/15 first come first serve / limited registration or is it limitless registration?

I agree Pam! Involvement in the census is critical and easy to forget during this crisis

Thank you Toni.

Thank you to all the panelists!

I’m feeling tremendous gratitude for the vulnerability and sharing from the the panelists today.

Have to leave meeting, thank you for the uplift and community today, and the beautiful sharing from the speakers.

Zoom Events can hold up to 300 people. I wonder if they would offer that service at no charge to non-profits during COVID.

100 people maximum per Zoom class. The general public can register online at AnnArborYMCA.org, beginning Wed. April 15th at 8AM. The classes are FREE.

I think tragedy often sparks motivation.

Also departing - thank you so very much to all the panelists for sharing vulnerably, for the organizers of this meeting, and everyone who participated. The collective "asks/demands" are so important. THANK YOU

Thank you for that Yodit. Why did it take THIS? Let's pivot. Thank you all for holding this space.

I am in police oversight, which is challenged during this time. It took the shooting of Aura Rosser to get us to here.

Thank you for being with us today! And for your gracious and thoughtful participation. We would greatly appreciate your candid feedback, so that we can make the next session even better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZQYYLFK

Jesus would want us right here right now. Thank you for shining the light and leading.

This was a really powerful convening. Thank you to all the panelists for sharing your experiences with such honesty and openness. Thank you to Nonprofit Enterprises at Work for hosting this, and to Melvin and Yodit for holding the space.

This is the most holy way to honor this holy day. Thank you, all.

Thank you for being with us today! And for your gracious and thoughtful participation. We would greatly appreciate your candid feedback, so that we can make the next session even better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZQYYLFK

Thank you for bringing us together! and thank you to the leaders on the panel for sharing their personal stories!

Thank you for this

thank you!

Thank you for being with us today! And for your gracious and thoughtful participation. We would greatly appreciate your candid feedback, so that we can make the next session even better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZQYYLFK

Thank you for your insight!

Thank you for this community!

Such a great call! Thank you for offering this

Thank you so much for the honesty and vulnerability of all involved. Wow, I’m humbled and grateful.

Thank you so much for your leadership, folks at NEW!

This has been wonderful. Thank you to the panelists and the community!

Thank you for offering this. I appreciate the facilitators and panelists. This has been so good.

Thanks NEW team and panelists!!

Thank you so much to all the presenters

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZQYYLFK

so incredibly grateful for this conversion and resource - I appreciate you all (Jenny Jones of nonprofit Title Track)

where will we be able to find the recording of this webinar to share with people in our lives?

Thanks to everyone! Very important session!

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I am deeply grateful for all of you

thank you, for your life, for your sharing, for your presentation, preparedness, extremely valuable information

well done!

Thank you so much for hosting this! If there are ways we can donate to expand access to Zoom in the future please let us know! :)

Thank you everyone for this session. Grateful for the opportunity to be part of it.

THank you!

Thank you!

Thanks NEW team!

Thanks to everyone and find some way to live out and address some of the issues brought up today.

Thank you! Great session!

Thank you

Blessings - thank you so much

Thank you so much, everyone. Take good care of yourselves!

Would you please send slides to attendees? Thanks to all and for continued sessions.

Absolutely!