S:US’ Community Fridge Project: Cultivating Social Justice and Health Equity in Our Community

• By: Lori Lerner, LMSW, RYT-200 hr. Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• January 2nd, 2023
• COVID-19, food insecurity, food pantry, health equity, healthy food, homelessness, pandemic, social justice, volunteering, Winter 2023 Issue
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Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for social justice to address racial discrimination, health inequity, food insecurity and homelessness became starkly apparent as time went on and the effects of the pandemic became more visible. These experiences were at the forefront of our minds...

Making Space for Mourning: A Grief Support Session

• By: Lori Lerner, LMSW, RYT-200 hr. Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• September 29th, 2022
• compassion, death, empathy, Fall 2022 Issue, feelings, grief, grief support, grief symptoms, healing, loss, memories, mourning, self-care
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As the Coordinator of Family and Wellness in the Developmental Disabilities Division at Services for the UnderServed (S:US) and a social worker with extensive experience in providing grief support, I am often requested to administer grief support to people with intellectual/developmental...