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SUMMARY:Diabetes Among Friends (English)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free six-week course that provides tools for people with diabetes and their loved ones to eat well\, monitor blood glucose\, be active\, and manage stress. Each class\, you receive a voucher to shop for free groceries in our Fresh Foods Market. \nThursdays\, March 19 – April 23\, 2026\n10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.\nHiawatha Davis Recreation Center\n3334 Holly St\, Denver\, CO 80207 \nTo sign up\, contact class leaders Jocelyn Miller and Roberta Molock at 720-290-1688 or Metro Caring Wellness Program Coordinator Khadijatu Stevens via email.
URL:https://metrocaring.org/event/free-community-diabetes-support-class/2026-04-23/
LOCATION:Hiawatha Recreation Center\, 3334 Holly Street\, Denver\, CO\, 80207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nutrition
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ORGANIZER;CN="Khadijatu Fofanah-Stevens":MAILTO:KStevens@metrocaring.org
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SUMMARY:Webinar: From Charity to Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our upcoming Webinar: From Charity to Solidarity \nReframing How We Share Power\nThis interactive webinar examines the differences between charity and solidarity\, naming how transactional help can hoard power\, moralize need\, and reinforce dependency. Through guided dialogue\, storytelling\, and the “near enemies” framework\, we’ll surface moments where good intentions reproduce harm and map real examples of solidarity as a practice that shares power and strengthens agency. Participants will leave with clearer language\, concrete indicators of solidarity\, and steps to begin shifting their own work. \nWhat you’ll do and learn:\n\nDefine charity versus solidarity and understand their different impacts on power\, dignity\, and agency\nUse the near‑enemies lens to spot where charity and solidarity overlap and where they diverge\nShare and analyze real stories of receiving and giving charity and solidarity to identify practical markers of solidarity in action\nIdentify immediate changes you can make in programs\, partnerships\, and everyday interactions to move toward solidarity\n\nSign up to attend. Available in-person at Metro Caring or on Zoom.
URL:https://metrocaring.org/event/webinar-from-charity-to-solidarity/
LOCATION:Metro Caring: South Building\, 1726 N Downing St\, Denver\, CO\, 80218\, United States
CATEGORIES:Training & Acceleration
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ORGANIZER;CN="Joy Concepcion":MAILTO:jconcepcion@metrocaring.org
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SUMMARY:Training: Navigating Scarcity Together
DESCRIPTION:Our community faces challenges and systemic issues that are far bigger than any individual\, organization\, or single community. These challenges require co-created solutions\, collective creativity\, and action. But scarcity can paralyze our movement\, isolating us while acting on our bodies and minds in a way that robs us of focus and capacity. \nScarcity is about more than a lack of resources. It captures the mind and shapes how we think\, make decisions\, and interact with others. Yet these effects are often misunderstood\, leading to responses that unintentionally reinforce harm\, limit agency\, or strain relationships. \nNavigating Scarcity Together focuses first on building a shared understanding of scarcity across individuals\, organizations\, and communities. This training equips participants to identify scarcity in their lives and make sense of the behavior and stress that comes from chronic scarcity. With a shared understanding of scarcity\, we can design responses that restore people’s capacity and recenter community leadership at the heart of the movement for a thriving future. \nThis training creates a foundation for future action by helping participants see scarcity more clearly before attempting to solve it. \nParticipants will: \n\nExplore the physiological\, psychological\, and social impacts of scarcity and how they show up in daily life.\nUnderstand how scarcity shapes behavior and decision-making\, including tunneling\, reduced bandwidth\, and borrowing.\nRecognize common behavior under scarcity and how these can impact relationships and systems.\nBuild a shared language and lens for understanding scarcity across teams and communities.\nReflect on their own experiences of scarcity and how it has shaped their thinking and actions.\nBegin identifying opportunities to respond differently\, using this shared understanding as a foundation for future practice and prototyping.\n\nA live training in-person at Metro Caring is scheduled for May 6. Register to attend. An online self-paced version of this training is also available.
URL:https://metrocaring.org/event/training-navigating-scarcity-together/
LOCATION:Metro Caring: South Building\, 1726 N Downing St\, Denver\, CO\, 80218\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Joy Concepcion":MAILTO:jconcepcion@metrocaring.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260508T103000
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SUMMARY:Diabetes Among Friends: Support Groups (English)
DESCRIPTION:Designed for folks who have diabetes and their loved ones. \nJoin our Certified Peer Health Educators to share and learn from others. \nTogether\, we can navigate how to live a healthy and happy life with diabetes. \nFor more information and to register\, contact Lannea Hand via email or by phone at 720-290-1688.
URL:https://metrocaring.org/event/diabetes-among-friends-support-groups-english/2026-05-08/
LOCATION:Hiawatha Recreation Center\, 3334 Holly Street\, Denver\, CO\, 80207\, United States
CATEGORIES:Nutrition
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lannea Hand":MAILTO:LHand@metrocaring.org
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Trauma Informed Spaces
DESCRIPTION:In a world marked by scarcity\, where individuals and communities navigate daily challenges without the resources to thrive\, it’s important to recognize that scarcity and trauma affect us all. People who carry trauma are our leaders\, colleagues\, and the community we serve. \nThis webinar presents a concrete\, objective tool to evaluate everyday elements of service environments—seating\, lighting\, sound\, scent\, layout\, and staff interaction—through a trauma‑informed lens. Participants will learn how to apply ideal design principles within real‑world constraints\, prioritize immediate changes\, and plan longer‑term adjustments that reduce harm and restore capacity for people experiencing scarcity. \nRegister to attend. Available in-person at Metro Caring or on Zoom.
URL:https://metrocaring.org/event/webinar-trauma-informed-spaces/
LOCATION:Metro Caring: South Building\, 1726 N Downing St\, Denver\, CO\, 80218\, United States
CATEGORIES:Training & Acceleration
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ORGANIZER;CN="Joy Concepcion":MAILTO:jconcepcion@metrocaring.org
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SUMMARY:Training: The Power Shift
DESCRIPTION:Much of our work in community and human services is shaped by deeply rooted assumptions about who holds knowledge\, who makes decisions\, and how support is provided. These assumptions often show up as charity-based models that\, even with the best intentions\, can limit agency and reinforce unequal power dynamics. \nThe Power Shift training series focuses on reframing these dynamics by offering three interconnected lenses: shifting from charity to solidarity\, redefining lived experience as a form of leadership\, and practicing co-investment as a shared approach to change. \nTogether\, these concepts support participants in rethinking how they show up in their roles\, relationships\, and systems and in building approaches that are more collaborative\, equitable\, and grounded in community. \nParticipants will:\n\nExamine the differences between charity and solidarity\, and how each approach shapes power\, relationships\, and outcomes\nRedefine lived experience as leadership\, recognizing the value of insight gained through lived and living expertise\nExplore co-investment as a shared approach\, where responsibility\, decision-making\, and outcomes are held collectively\nReflect on how power shows up in their own roles and organizations\, including where it is concentrated\, shared\, or limited\nIdentify opportunities to shift their practices and relationships\, moving toward more equitable and collaborative ways of working\nBegin building a shared language and approach that supports dignity\, agency\, and community leadership\n\nRegister to attend.
URL:https://metrocaring.org/event/training-the-power-shift/
LOCATION:Metro Caring: South Building\, 1726 N Downing St\, Denver\, CO\, 80218\, United States
CATEGORIES:Training & Acceleration
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ORGANIZER;CN="Joy Concepcion":MAILTO:jconcepcion@metrocaring.org
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Building Better Systems
DESCRIPTION:Helping organizations are often dedicated to supporting community thriving. We create programs and services with our values at the forefront of our minds. But our systems communicate our values before a human ever does. \nContinuing from trauma‑informed spaces\, this webinar examines how systems\, our websites\, phone trees\, intake processes\, appointment systems\, and policies shape people’s experience long before staff can demonstrate our values. Participants will identify bias and friction points in those systems and test practical changes that lower barriers\, improve access for people in crisis\, and align operational design with dignity‑centered practice. \nJoin us as we seek out the less visible systems that sit between our community and our services. \nRegister to attend. Available in-person at Metro Caring or on Zoom.
URL:https://metrocaring.org/event/webinar-building-better-systems/
LOCATION:Metro Caring: South Building\, 1726 N Downing St\, Denver\, CO\, 80218\, United States
CATEGORIES:Training & Acceleration
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ORGANIZER;CN="Joy Concepcion":MAILTO:jconcepcion@metrocaring.org
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Outcome Flow from Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Organizations are shifting from measuring success by their actions to measuring the tangible outcomes participants experience—moving beyond counting how many families we feed toward realizing the right to food in our community. \nJoin us for a webinar that shows how starting with community goals and investing in relationships and feedback loops yields clearer\, more meaningful outcomes and impact documentation. Participants will explore co‑designing success metrics with community members and shifting practice from reporting outputs to supporting community‑defined outcomes grounded in solidarity and shared accountability. \nRegister to attend. Available in-person at Metro Caring or on Zoom.
URL:https://metrocaring.org/event/webinar-outcome-flow-from-solidarity/
LOCATION:Metro Caring: South Building\, 1726 N Downing St\, Denver\, CO\, 80218\, United States
CATEGORIES:Training & Acceleration
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ORGANIZER;CN="Joy Concepcion":MAILTO:jconcepcion@metrocaring.org
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