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Fathers & Family Program

6/23/2020

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We wish every father a Happy Father's Day.  I would like to introduce you to the Father's & Family Program here at Pernet.  It consists of two groups; The Nurturing Fathers Group and the Incarcerated Fathers Group. 

The Nurturing Fathers Group contracted through the Department of Children & Families (DCF) is a 10 week group for fathers currently involved with DCF.   Currently, group facilitators, Chris Nelson, Mary Jane Foley, and Volunteer Don Unger are conducting the group on Zoom with great success.  The men are very happy to connect with each other and willingly open up about their parental and relational struggles.  Recently a graduate of this group, one of many that had chosen to remain in the next group after graduating, was reunified with his children.  He reported being grateful to have experienced the group as a means of learning new parenting strategies and just connecting with other men as fathers.  Over 50 fathers have been served in the group over the past year.

The second group is a 10 to 14 week group facilitated by Pernet staff Chris Nelson and Denise Rowan at the Worcester County House of Correction.  Unfortunately, this group has been suspended during the Covid 19 outbreak.   In addition we try to provide some support to graduates of the group upon their release.  To date, we had served 35 fathers in this group.   We were beginning to conduct a group in which select members  were going to participate in a 4 session activity,that included direct interaction with their children.  This group will be the first of its kind at the jail with inmates interacting directly with their families.  We are planning to restart this group in July with necessary health restrictions.

Numerous studies have shown how important it is to have a father figure in a child's life.  This program works with fathers to help them make a strong and healthy connection with their children.  They explore the reasons they are not with their children, how to work on themselves so that they can make that connection. These men become each other's support sharing life experiences and guiding each other.  

Happy (belated) Father's Day!

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Grief Support Information for Individuals, Families, and Health Care Workers

6/16/2020

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You are AMAZING!

6/10/2020

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Our hearts are filled with joy, excitement and gratitute.  Because of your belief in the capacity to rise beyond one's struggles you made a donation to the Pernet Virtual Baby Shower.
Thank you.

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June 05th, 2020

6/5/2020

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June 2, 2020 
A JOINT STATEMENT FROM MEMBERS OF THE WORCESTER TOGETHER COALITION 
Together we rise, together we stand, and together we change. On behalf of the Worcester Together Coalition, comprising more than 100 individuals and organizations formed in response to the COVID-19 crisis, we rise and we stand in condemnation of the brutal acts perpetrated by Minneapolis police officers in the murder of George Floyd. We stand in the name of countless Black lives lost at the hands of police and civil vigilantes and in the name of all Communities of Color that have and continue to experience institutional inequity and brutality. We seek to create and make change to shift the oppressive imbalances in our country in the name of all Communities of Color that have experienced profound loss including for George Floyd, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Alton Sterling, Sandra Bland, Botham Jean, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and for whom their families and communities have endured deep pain, anger, frustration, and fear because of systemic racism and inequity. 
Silence is not an option. Action is paramount. Worcester Together has demonstrated our ability to act and respond in crisis through COVID-19. Today, we speak aloud in disgust and with deep sorrow for our community and our country, and to leverage our collective and unified power to act and make change. The devastating racial disparities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic are intrinsically related to our nation’s history of white supremacy and structural racism. It is a legacy that we must reject and dismantle. As we seek to address the COVID-19 crisis and to build a fair and just “new normal” we commit ourselves to these principles in all that we do, both individually and collectively: 
1. We will acknowledge the reality of white supremacism in our history and its insidious presence in our institutions, public school system, police department, community based organizations, and ways of doing business and will facilitate courageous conversations and frank discussion of the issues at hand as a community. We will recognize our inadvertent complicity in the perpetuation of this injustice.
2. We will approach every initiative, policy or program that we undertake as an opportunity to dismantle racism. We will do this explicitly and embrace accountability for our results.
3. We will consistently and promptly identify, name, question, and actively resist and denounce policies in our criminal justice, law enforcement, education and health institutions that injure people of color and deprive them of the opportunity to participate fully in the life of our community.
4. We will center, elevate and defer to voices of People of Color and support the economic advancement of Communities of Color by using our collective purchasing power to support locally owned Black, Latino, and immigrant businesses. 

We are fallible humans acting in the name of humanity and cannot do this work alone. Please join us as we work together to create equity, shape and change our community and our country’s course. 
The Worcester Together Coalition as signed by: 
Action! by Design
Mechanics Hall, Worcester County Mechanics Assoc.

June 2, 2020 
A JOINT STATEMENT FROM MEMBERS OF THE WORCESTER TOGETHER COALITION 
Together we rise, together we stand, and together we change. On behalf of the Worcester Together Coalition, comprising more than 100 individuals and organizations formed in response to the COVID-19 crisis, we rise and we stand in condemnation of the brutal acts perpetrated by Minneapolis police officers in the murder of George Floyd. We stand in the name of countless Black lives lost at the hands of police and civil vigilantes and in the name of all Communities of Color that have and continue to experience institutional inequity and brutality. We seek to create and make change to shift the oppressive imbalances in our country in the name of all Communities of Color that have experienced profound loss including for George Floyd, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Alton Sterling, Sandra Bland, Botham Jean, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and for whom their families and communities have endured deep pain, anger, frustration, and fear because of systemic racism and inequity. 
Silence is not an option. Action is paramount. Worcester Together has demonstrated our ability to act and respond in crisis through COVID-19. Today, we speak aloud in disgust and with deep sorrow for our community and our country, and to leverage our collective and unified power to act and make change. The devastating racial disparities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic are intrinsically related to our nation’s history of white supremacy and structural racism. It is a legacy that we must reject and dismantle. As we seek to address the COVID-19 crisis and to build a fair and just “new normal” we commit ourselves to these principles in all that we do, both individually and collectively: 
1. We will acknowledge the reality of white supremacism in our history and its insidious presence in 
our institutions, public school system, police department, community based organizations, and ways of doing business and will facilitate courageous conversations and frank discussion of the issues at hand as a community. We will recognize our inadvertent complicity in the perpetuation of this injustice. 2. We will approach every initiative, policy or program that we undertake as an opportunity to 
dismantle racism. We will do this explicitly and embrace accountability for our results. 3. We will consistently and promptly identify, name, question, and actively resist and denounce policies in our criminal justice, law enforcement, education and health institutions that injure people of color and deprive them of the opportunity to participate fully in the life of our community. 4. We will center, elevate and defer to voices of People of Color and support the economic 
advancement of Communities of Color by using our collective purchasing power to support locally owned Black, Latino, and immigrant businesses. 
We are fallible humans acting in the name of humanity and cannot do this work alone. Please join us as we work together to create equity, shape and change our community and our country’s course. 
The Worcester Together Coalition as signed by: 
Action! by Design
Mechanics Hall, Worcester County Mechanics Assoc.
Alex M. Mooradian, Esq.
Michael Sleeper, Imperial Distributors
Ascentria Care Alliance
Mission E4 
Billy Fitzpatrick, College of the Holy Cross, 2020
Naomi Sleeper, Imperial Distributors
Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
National Grid
Boys & Girls Club of Worcester
Open Sky Community Services
Candy Mero-Carlson City Councilor, District 2
Organization for Nonprofit Excellence (ONE Worcester)
Central Mass Housing Alliance
Pernet Family Health Service
CENTRO
Project New Hope Inc.
Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester
Quinsigamond Community College
Coghlin Electrical Contractors, Inc.
Regional Environmental Council of Central MA
Coghlin Network Services, Inc.
Senator Ed Markey
Community Health Link
Senator Harriette L. Chandler
Congressman Jim McGovern
Seven Hills Foundation & Affiliates
Department of Children and Families, Worcester
East Southeast Asian Coalition
Department of Youth Service, Central Region
State Representative James O'Day
Dress for Success Worcester
State Representative John J. Mahoney
Ed Augustus, City Manager, Worcester
Straight Ahead Ministries
Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center
The Clemente Course in the Humanities, Worcester
Edward Street Child Services
The Guild of St. Agnes
Elder Services of Worcester
The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts
Emma Davison, College of the Holy Cross, 2021
Together for Kids Coalition
Face Mask Working Group - Mutual Aid Worcester
UMass Memorial Health Care
Friendly House
United Way of Central Massachusetts
Gina Plata-Nino, Esq.
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Greater Worcester Community Foundation
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester
Worcester Addresses Childhood Trauma
HOPE Coalition
Worcester Chamber Music Society/Neighborhood Strings
Imperial Distributors Worcester
Community Action Council
Jeremiah's Inn
Worcester Community Connections of YOU, Inc.
Joe Ertle, College of the Holy Cross Worcester
Cultural Coalition Journey Community Church, Revs. Tom Sparling, Paul Joyal, Lou Soiles
Worcester Education Collaborative
Kimberly Salmon, Worcester Resident
Worcester Education Equity Roundtable
Latino Education Institute
Worcester Family Partnership
Legendary Legacies Inc
Worcester Housing Authority
Living In Freedom Together-LIFT
Worcester Interfaith
Love Your Labels
Worcester Public Schools
Main South Community Development Corporation
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce
Mark Richman, Professor, WPI
Worcester State University
MassHIRE Central Career Centers Worcester
Telegram and Gazette
MassHIRE Central Region Workforce Board
YMCA of Central Massachusetts
Mayor Joseph M. Petty
YWCA Central Massachusetts 


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Worcester Together Fund

6/3/2020

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The generosity of so many in our community has enabled the Worcester Together Fund to provide financial support to essential non-profits in Worcester County during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Pernet is grateful for the support to help us continue our important work during this difficult time!

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