GrassROOTS Community Foundation

Roots Rock Run 5k 2022
2022-06-04 08:30 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Florida
This year the R3 5K will be a hybrid activity – you have your choice of the live or in-person starting at 8:30 at Lloyd Hall in Philadelphia (near the Art Museum) or to participate in the virtual race – wherever you are.
On June 4th between 8:30am and 12:00pm, we will collectively run 5K wherever we are.
Some of us will run with the GrassROOTS Team at Lloyd Hall and along Kelly Drive in Philadelphia, others can run outside in the virtual race wherever you are or on a treadmill, however you can do it!
Proceeds from your registration will go toward our efforts to #EndPeriodPoverty.
The top 3 winners will receive a special GrassROOTS tee.
** First place winner will win two tickets to the Roots Picnic.
** Best dressed in red will also win two tickets to the Picnic.
For more about our work to #EndPeriodPoversity see: https://grassrootscommunityfoundation.org/end-period-poverty/
Entry:
Early Registration is $20.00 until March 31.
Registration is $25.00 April 1 to June 3.
Race-Day Registration is $30.00
A t-shirt will be sent to the first 50 registrants (virtual or live races).
To support your training for the race, please join GrassROOTS Roots Rock Run 5k on Strava.
Questions: Contact: David Coughlin, djcoughlin13@gmail.com, 215-917-5025
Hashtags: #rootsrockrun5K #investingirls #endperiodpoverty
Tag: @grassrootsfound

Details & Registration

We are also having a set of meet-ups to prepare folks for the race.
No RSVP is required.
Roots, Rock, Run 5k Training
Walk or Run
Meet-Ups at The BoatHouses on Kelly Drive
9:00am on April 9, April 23, May 14
6:00pm on May 25
First 10 get free GCF Tee
Bring water, towel and a great attitude
#rootsrockrun5k #endperiodpoverty #endperiodshame

Black Love: The Power of Parenting
2021-06-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Florida
On Saturday, June 26th at 1:00pm Join Dr. Beverly Guy-Shetfall will be in conversation with GCF President Dr. Janice Johnson Dias, Ayo Afejuku Gathing, M.D. and Alero Afejuku, J.D

They will explore the power of love to heal and help Black children thrive.

Beverly Guy-Sheftall , PhD is the founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center (1981) and Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies at Spelman College.

Ayo Afejuku Gathing, M.D. is a board-certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist. Dr. Gathing specializes in promoting a healthy lifestyle and decreasing the stigma of mental illness.

Alero Afejuku, J.D. is a licensed attorney and academician. She completed her undergraduate and master’s program at Florida State University. Sparked by a love of children, she taught middle school and high school students in the subjects of English and Global Studies.

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Free Cooking Class for Seniors
2021-06-23 18:30 - 19:30 | Florida
Are you 55 years or older? Want to help us pilot our COOKING program? Join us on Wednesday at 6:30pm EST for cooking with Dr. Olivia.

Virtual class. Join wherever you are.

No registration necessary. For recipe: email us at info@grassrootscommunityfoundation.org

To get zoom link, subscribe to newsletter by 7am EST 6-22-21.
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Men’s Health Book Club
2021-06-17 11:00 - 17:00 | Florida
Join GrassROOTS and Dr. Janice Johnson Dias in collaboration with the YMCA of Charlotte and My Brother’s Keeper of Mecklenburg County for an afternoon conversation.
Moderated by Dr. Khalil Muhammad of Harvard Kennedy School.
How do men and boys co-create a world where all girls grow up to be healthy women.

June 17, 2021 | 11AM EST on Zoom (link will be provided after registration)
Registration for Men’s Health Book Club
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You Matter: Breathing and Meditation Series
2021-06-14 12:30 - 13:30 | Florida
You Matter: Breathing and Meditation Series
with Ieshia Alley, Co-Founder of Shakti MindBody Studio
Executive Director, SouthBay Yoga Conference

June 14 – 18th
12:30pm EST/ 9:30am EST

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Roots, Rock, Run 5K is back
2021-06-05 08:00 - 12:00 | Florida
Roots, Rock, Run 5K is back. Your support is invaluable to us. Your dedication to your physical health makes you an example for members of our community.
Movement improves our health. Unfortunately, because of COVID-19, we cannot physically be together. But we can move together because we are in this TOGETHER.
In 2021 Roots, Rock, Run 5K is once again a virtual race. And this year the Roots, Rock, Run 5K goes red. We are coming together to #endperiodpoverty and #endperiodshame.
On June 5th between 8:00am and 12:00pm, we will collectively run or walk 5K wherever we are – outside as possible, on a treadmill, however you can do it!
Proceeds from your registration will go toward our efforts to #EndPeriodPoverty. The top 3 winners will receive a special GrassROOTS tee.
Race Purpose: 5K community walk/run and 1 mile walk to support programming to #endperiodshame and #endperiodpoverty. https://grassrootscommunityfoundation.org/end-period-poverty/
Entry: Click on red button below for pre-registration. First 25 are free (use Coupon Code “First25”). The first 25 paid get a t-shirt mailed to their home. Registration is $25.00.
To support your training for the race, please join GrassROOTS Roots Rock Run 5k on Strava, “GrassROOTS Roots Rock Run”. There you will find others like yourself who are excited to walk/run. Dr. Olivia Affuso is also leading this group and can offer your training advise.
Questions: Contact: Race Director, David Coughlin, djcoughlin13@gmail.com, 215-917-5025. He is also available to help you get set up a TEAM, if you and your employees, friends and family would like to do this together.

R3 Registration

1 Year Anniversary of Club Quarantine
2021-03-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Florida
To celebrate the 1 Year Anniversary of Club Quarantine, we’re hosting a Club Quarantine Appreciation IG Live Rooms with D-Nice and Adam Mosseri, the Head of Instagram, to celebrate how D-Nice used music and healing to bring the world together and highlight D-Nice’s upcoming Club Quarantine IG LIve the weekend of 3/19. The IG Live Rooms will also have a IG Live fundraiser component for the GrassROOTS Community Foundation @grassrootsfound

IG Live Rooms: Adam w/ D-Nice & Friends —Javicia Leslie (Batwoman) and Marley Dias (#Founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks)
Date/Time: Thursday, March 18 @ 4:30 PM PT/ 7:30 PM ET
Host: Adam Mosseri @mosseri

Virtual Workshop: The Lived Experience of Periods
2021-03-12 15:30 - 16:30 | Florida
Join author and activist, Shelly-Ann Weeks as she hosts a conversation with youth about the role of stigma in access to resources.

To register for Zoom, Email EMBRACEHERFLOW@GMAIL.COM

#EndPeriodShame

Virtual Workshop: The Science of Our Bodies
2021-03-08 15:30 - 16:30 | Florida
On International Women’s Day, join Dr. Jsahna Simmons in a conversation with author and activist, Shelly-Ann Weeks as they discuss the science of our bodies and the gift of periods.

To register for Zoom, Email EMBRACEHERFLOW@GMAIL.COM

Dr. Janice Johnson Dias’s New Book: Parent Like It Matters
2021-03-02 | Florida
Parent Like It Matters: How to Raise Joyful Changemaking Girls is an accessible blueprint to embolden our daughters to be critical thinkers and problem-solvers. Published by Ballantine Books, an imprint of RandomHouse.

Book launch on March 2, 2021

Parent Like It Matters Book

Give Thanks 2020 - Day of Giving
2020-11-21 10:00 - 14:00 | Saint Matthew AME Church, 336 Oakwood Ave, City of Orange, NJ, 07050, United States
GrassROOTS Community Foundation in partnership with Uzima Dance Fitness and St. Matthew AME Church
presents

Give Thanks
Help us raise $25,000 to support families who are experiencing hardship.
Funds raised will go to for families at:

QLS Gardens in Southeast Atlanta
Georgia King Village, Newark, NJ
Newark and The Oranges, Essex County

Ways to give
1. Donate directly at to our PayPal Donate
2. Donate to your favorite team:
TeamMSY.GCF.Care
TeamLisa.GCF.Care
TeamUzima.GCF.Care
TeamJanice.GCF.Care
3. Collect and donate healthy dried food goods and sanitary napkins

Day of Giving is November 21st from 10:00-2:00pm at St. Matthew AME, 336 Oakwood Ave, Orange, NJ 07050

For more information on our Turkey Challenge and how to donate, click here

Questions: info@grassrootscommunityfoundation.org
#givethanks

Red Dot Day - Donate and Drop
2020-10-24 13:00 - 15:00 | GrassRoots Community Foundation, 59 Main Street Suite 323, West Orange, NJ, 07052, United States
Help us end period poverty
Donate Period essentials!

Saturday October 24, 2020
1-3pm

Donate & Drop
pads | tampons | wipes | heating pads | sanitizer

Drop off location:
59 Main Street
West Orange, NJ 07052
(In parking lot at the back of the building between 1pm and 3pm)

We’ll also have a drop off box outside until December 31st

Red Dot Day
2020-10-24 | Florida
Join the GrassROOTS SuperGirls in collaboration with Her Flow Foundation for our public health initiative, Red Dot Day – a campaign to normalize conversations about periods.
#RedDotDay, also known as Period Awareness Day, is October 24th
The campaign goals are:
Help end the stigma and shame associated with periods.
Encourage all genders to discuss the importance of periods.
Help #EndPeriodPoverty

For more details on why this is important, strategies for how to engage and what you can do, please click button below:
Social Media Guidance

As a #RedDotDay partner, I agree to:

Follow on Instagram: @herflow; @grassrootsfound; @shellyannweeks; @aminapatricia; @drjanicejohnson; @itslisamaxwell
Sign up for the newsletter at www.grassrootscommunityfoundation.org
Register at least 5 youth (boys & girls) for Virtual Youth Workshop (via Zoom) on October 20, 2020 at 3pm (NY/NJ time)/ 2:00pm (Jamaica time)/ 7:00pm (Ghana time). Register by sending their name, age and email address to EmbraceHerFlow@gmail.com.
Rally my company, partners, friends and family to learn about period shame.
Post pictures & a video, wearing red on your social media on Saturday, October 24th (and the days leading up to it).

See sample posts in Dropbox link above.
Film a short video (1 minute or less) and post to your social media account. It should begin “Hi, I am [your name] and I wear red to end period shame.”
Join the conversation to normalize periods using #EndPeriodShame, #RedDotDay. Tag @grassrootsfound, @herflow, @aminapatricia on Facebook, Twitter & IG

Attend and amplify Her Flow Foundation’s Period Awareness Week activities on social media – daily from October 18 – 24th

Please spread the word! The more we share, the more we can normalize periods.

Teens Talk Periods
2020-10-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Florida
Conversation with teens about their own personal journey as they transition to adulthood.
Hosted by:
Shelly-Ann Weeks
Author/Activist
@drsexxyann

Guest:
Amina Anekwe
Period Activist
@aminapatricia

October 23, 2020, 8PM Eastern time, 7pm Central time, 5pm Pacific time
Live on Instagram and Facebook @herflow

Virtual Period Workshop
2020-10-20 14:00 - 20:00 | Florida
Who taught you about periods? Do you know the best way to use your menstrual products? Have you started the conversation with your child? How do you avoid period pains?

Join us of the first #VirtualPeriodWorkshop. Invite your child and let’s learn together.
Yes, men and boys are invited too!

October 20, 2020
2pm JA time
3pm Eastern time
7pm Ghana
on ZOOM

Big thanks to our partner @herflow for facilitating this workshop.
Email us at embraceherflow@gmail.com to register.

#PeriodAwarenessDay #Oct24 #HerFlow #EndPeriodShame #NormalizeConversationsAboutPeriods #ThePeriodLady #PeriodIsEverywhere #EndPeriodPovertyJA

Roots, Rock, Run 5k Virtual
2020-05-30 08:00 - 12:00 | Florida
Race day: May 30th between 8:00am and 12:00pm EST
Run a 5K or walk a mile wherever we are – outside, on a treadmill, however you can do it!
The top 3 winners will receive a special GrassROOTS tee and a mask.

R3 FrontR3 Back

Questions: Contact: David Coughlin, djcoughlin13@gmail.com, 215-917-5025
https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/Philadelphia/RootsRockRun5K

REGISTER TODAY!!!

Roots, Rock, Run 5k Philly training
2020-05-16 09:00 - 22:00, 2020-05-02 09:00 - 22:00, 2020-04-18 09:00 - 22:00, 2020-04-11 09:00 - 10:00 | Florida
Roots, Rock, Run 5k training and race is GrassROOTS’ public health initiative aimed at bringing awareness of the importance of physical activity and living healthy lives.

In an effort to prepare for the race, we are hosting four “meet-ups”.
Join us on Kelly Drive at 9:00am on April 11, April 18, May 2 and May 16.
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Give Thanks Cocktail Fundraiser
2019-11-16 19:00 - 22:00 | Newark Museum, 49 Washington St, Newark, New Jersey, 07102
SAVE THE DATE
Give Thanks Cocktail Fundraiser
November 16th 2019 @ 7pm
Music by Kindred The Family Soul
Advocates for Girls honorees:
Dr. Antoinette Ellis-Williams
Atiba Buckman
Dr. Sharnee Brown

Host: Dr. Janice Johnson Dias
Location: Newark Museum
Early Bird Tickets: $50

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SuperGirls Showcase
2019-08-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Roosevelt Middle School, 36 Gilbert Pl, West Orange, NJ, 07052
SuperGirls Showcase what they learned during SuperCamp 2019
Join our brilliant and talent group of girls as they share what they have learned during SuperCamp 2019.

At the showcase, SuperGirls will:
Perform Poetry
Dance Afrobeats
Dance Hip-hop
Present their academic research
SuperCamp is a leadership camp for girls of African descent.
We train girls to use their gifts and talents to make a difference in the world. During our intensive leadership camp girls work to gain or bolster self-efficacy, body confidence and knowledge of themselves and their communities.

Suggested donation: $10

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Wellness Wednesday
2019-07-31 12:15 - 13:30, 2019-07-10 12:15 - 13:30 | Military Park, 51 Park Pl, Newark, New Jersey, 07102
Join us for Wellness Wednesdays with the SuperGirls

No sign-up necessary

12:15pm with Newark Yoga Movement
Military Park
Newark, New Jersey

Bring water and yoga mat
For questions: info@grassrootscommunityfoundation.org

Wellness Wednesday
2019-07-31 10:00 - 11:00, 2019-07-24 10:00 - 11:00 | Episcopal Church of St. Andrew and the Holy Communion, 160 W South Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ, 07079, United States
Join us for Wellness Wednesdays with the SuperGirls

No sign-up necessary

10:00am with Uzima Dance Fitness
The Episcopal Church of St. Andrew and Holy Communion
160 South Orange Ave.
South Orange, New Jersey 07079

Bring water and yoga mat
For questions: info@grassrootscommunityfoundation.org

Wellness Wednesdays
2019-07-24 12:15 - 13:30 | Military Park, 51 Park Pl, Newark, New Jersey, 07102

Wellness Wednesdays
2019-07-10 10:00 - 11:00 | Episcopal Church of St. Andrew and the Holy Communion, 160 W South Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ, 07079, United States

WhatOrphansWant Benefit Concert
2019-06-15 18:00 - 20:00 | Liberty Middle School, 1 Kelly Dr, West Orange, NJ, 07052, United States
SuperGirl Olivia is using her birthday wish to grant the wishes of youth in Haiti. Her social action project is titled #WhatOrphansWant. On June 15, 2019, she is hosting a benefit concert to raise funds to help students and orphans in Haiti.
Below is the summary of student’s wish list.
W.O.W Wishlist
1 Bible
23 Bicycles
8 Book Bags
5 Cars
15 Cell phones
8 Outfits including clothing, suits and uniforms
2 Dolls
4 Animals including goats and cows
1 Laptop
1 Medical care
35 Money
2 Motocycles
1 Fruit
11 Shoes including sneakers
5 Soccer Balls
1 Watch
1 Pair of sunglasses
Complete wish list can be found HERE
To order items, please select from the Amazon wishlist. Click here for Amazon wishlist.
We would love to receive all items by June 19th.
This work is being done in collaboration with Child Hope International and Ecole Mixte Bon Samaritain de Guirand (Amour En Action)
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Give Thanks Cocktail Fundraiser
2018-11-17 19:00 - 22:00 | Montclair Art Museum, 3 S. Mountain Ave, Montclair, NJ, 07042, United States
The 2018 GIVE THANKS Cocktail Fundraiser is being held at the Montclair Art Museum. Guests will enjoy the beautiful African drumming sounds of Yahya Kamate and poetry by the GrassROOTS SuperGirls. Following the award presentations, DJ Scotty Nevers will keep us on the dance floor all night.

For the past eight years, GrassROOTS, through our intensive summer leadership camp and SuperGirls Society, has encouraged and activated girls to become youth leaders and changemakers.

Through their local, national and international meeting and training program, these SuperGirls have developed a series of social actions projects via the following programs:

#MathWizGames held free STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) games for girls
#1000BlackGirlBooks collected 10,000 books and donated 2,000 books to local schools and libraries
#RoomForChange program decorated and redesigned rooms at the YMCA in Newark for unaccompanied minors
#FullCourtDress collected and donated winter coats, hats and scarves for youth experiencing housing insecurity
#Food4Life Summit organized food justice games to educate young people on healthy eating

RWJBarnabas HealthCare Fellows Program:

25 hours of training by doctoral level scholars on healthcare and health disparities
6 hour training on implicit bias and professional development
32 hours of onsite experiential learning under the leadership of top level healthcare executives. Girls explore various aspects of health care including policy, pharmacology, and marketing, and develop a culminating capstone project.

Accomplishments in 2018:

SuperGirl Marley Dias published her book, Marley Dias Gets It Done and So Can You.
SuperGirls launched #GreenRibbonWeek- a public health initiative to promote positive mental health for youth.
In 2018, we expanded our summer leadership camp to serve more girls in Philadelphia
We also partnered with New York University to increase our girls’ training in public health. Click here for a video of our work.

This year we are honoring our “Philly Collaborative”: an extraordinary group of community change agents who have helped in training over 300 youth as well as directed and organized our largest public health initiative (#RootsRockRun5k training and race). For the past 6 years Roots, Rock, Run 5k race and training program has served over 3000 individuals. We are grateful to them for their unwavering commitment to our health and well-being.
Honorees:

Amy Kelley
Darrence Roberson
Dr. David Coughlin
Jason Floyd
Leslie Marant, ESQ
Lily Fung
Michelle Alcaraz
Montez Roberts
Takeya McLeod

GIVE THANKS Corporate Sponsor Opportunities (Contact us to participate)

Brand mention and logo in program and in all pre and post-event press and recaps.
Brand/Logo on step and repeat and all printed materials
Opportunity to include products in gift bags (Scholastic and Monami Entertainment)

Diamond Sponsorship- $15,000
Allows GrassROOTS to provide all below:

Send 5 SuperGirls to Ghana to support girls education

Platinum Sponsorship- $10,000
Allows GrassROOTS to provide all below:

Full scholarship for 4 girls to attend SuperCamp, our summer leadership camp
Family strengthening program for mothers of children

Gold Sponsorship- $5,000
Allows GrassROOTS to provide all below:
Full scholarship for 3 girls to attend SuperCamp, our summer leadership camp

Tickets
$50 – $75

Early Bird tickets ends October 30, 2018

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
