Written By Martine, CityHeART YOUConnect Intern Hi everyone! My name is Martine, and I’m an exchange student from Norway. I’m currently doing my internship at CityHeART. Back home, I study social work / child welfare. I’m very interested in gaining a broader understanding of how social work is practiced in different settings and cultures. DuringContinueContinue reading “Meet Martine!”
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Welcome to the Team, Jordan!
Written by Jordan, YOUConnect Intern Hi! My name is Jordan and I am a third year student studying Psychology at Cal State Long Beach. I will be CityHeART’s YouConnect intern for the 25-26 school year, and I can’t wait to get more involved with the community!
Welcome to the Team, Noelle!
Written by Noelle, Creative Connect Intern Hello! My name is Noelle and I am the Creative Connect Intern for CityHeART. I am a psychology student. I am an aspiring Art Therapist that has a passion for helping others. My passions are psychology and art. I love working on drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and more. I am excitedContinueContinue reading “Welcome to the Team, Noelle!”
The HeART Bridge: CityHeART’s Compassionate Approach to Healing and Service Is a First of Its Kind
The HeART Bridge centers the essential role of case managers and frontline staff, creating intentional, creative, and compassionate bridges between overburdened systems and the people they serve. By CityHeART A Name for What We’ve Always Done For nearly a decade, CityHeART has quietly pioneered a unique and intentional way of showing up in community care,ContinueContinue reading “The HeART Bridge: CityHeART’s Compassionate Approach to Healing and Service Is a First of Its Kind”
Welcome to Art from Ashes!
Meet Eduardo! CityHeART’s Art from Ashes team just got even better because we are welcoming our newest team member, Eduardo Espinoza, an intern coming to us from the Cal State Long Beach College Corps Internship Program! A few words from Eduardo: Hi all! My name is Eduardo! I am a new intern here at CityHeARTContinueContinue reading “Welcome to Art from Ashes!”
LB Soul Collective Throws a Party that Gives, and Gives, and Gives
(headline nods to the title of a poem performed tonight by Ravina Wadhwani: “Fluid”) By Paige Pelonis, Art from Ashes “You at home, too; put down the fork, the cat, the joint, whatever you’re holding onto,” show producer Melanie Rae said as she took the mic and taught us all how to STAND, even thoseContinueContinue reading “LB Soul Collective Throws a Party that Gives, and Gives, and Gives”
One of LB’s Greatest Storytellers Launches a New Book!
Written by CityHeART’s Art from Ashes Magazine Last year, CityHeART’s Art from Ashes Magazine got a chance to sit down with the 2023 winner of Long Beach Searches for the Greatest Storyteller: Vickie Wippel. This feature article was published in the Grief & Gratitude issue of the AFA Mag in December. The latest news onContinueContinue reading “One of LB’s Greatest Storytellers Launches a New Book!”
Welcome, Giselda!
My name is Giselda. I am a Human Services major. My goal in this internship is to learn how case managers provide and find referrals for their clients. Also I look forward to working with diverse populations. The population I would work with is clients with chronic illnesses as a patient navigator. One of myContinueContinue reading “Welcome, Giselda!”