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Newsletter, Summer 2021

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Our 2021 Virtual Spring Bash: “Celebrating Resiliency” was a tremendous success!

On Saturday, May 22nd, the SCCC community gathered together (virtually) to celebrate the Center and its mission during the  2021 Virtual Spring Bash: Celebrating Resiliency.  An ambitious goal of $125,000 was set, and thanks to the incredible generosity and support of the SCCC community, we beat our goal!   Hosted by long time SCCC Board Member and raconteur Saul Janson, the event featured a fantastic silent auction, several celebrity cameos, testimonials and a look back at how SCCC met the challenges presented by 2020 head on, demonstrating resiliency, compassion, creativity and a steadfast commitment to serving our community, no matter the ...

Covid-19 Vaccine Information

Please check the following resources for more current information on COVID‑19: Federal, State and Local Resources: California COVID-19 vaccination eligibility California Department of Public Health - My Turn  Vaccine Finder Los Angeles County Department of Public Health COVID-19 Vaccination Information Hub Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Vaccination 

Take a look at SCCC’s Virtual Art Show: How Does That Make You Feel?

  How does that make you feel? is a group exhibition featuring 14 emerging and mid-career Los Angeles-based artists. The majority of the artists identify as women, non-binary, and are artists of color. The curatorial premise aims to address themes of accessibility in relation to Art and Therapy, respectively. Art may seem inaccessible depending on where you’re coming from. Let’s be real, galleries and museums can be intimidating and elitist. The Southern California Counseling Center has been serving the community with affordable mental health care for over 50 years. As a non-profit, the Center believes mental health care is a right, ...

From Kenneth V. Hardy, Ph.D., Clinical and Organizational Consultant for the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships in New York

May 29, 2020 From Kenneth V. Hardy, Ph.D., Clinical and Organizational Consultant for the Eikenberg Institute for Relationships in New York Here is a passage from an article I wrote in 2014 following the death of Freddie Gray. You can replace his name with another and what is stated still rings true today. Last April, like millions of other people, I sat transfixed in front of my TV, watching cars being torched and turned over, buildings being set ablaze, and crowds of young people throwing rocks at police. This was all happening in Baltimore, in the wake of the death of a young black man named Freddie Grey under suspicious circumstances after ...

Saturday night’s SCCC e-Vent APART TOGETHER was a tremendous success!

We’re thrilled to have had so many people come together to celebrate the SCCC community at its first-ever virtual fundraiser via YouTube. Together we raised over $96,000. WOW! Hosted by Board member Saul Janson, the evening was a full hour of fun, with celebrity guests, entertainment, a silent auction and a live comments feed where everyone could join in.  Most important was the generous support we received to strengthen our capacity to provide affordable, high quality mental health care services through our telehealth platform, WeCounsel. Among those applauding the efforts of SCCC’s counselors, supervisors and staff, and the import...

It’s time for the Holiday Gift Drive!

WE NEED ALL GIFTS BY 12:00pm, DECEMBER 20TH From Marianne Diaz, Director of Outreach Services at the Southern California Counseling Center We are now in phase (2) of our effort for the families we gave thanks to with the Holiday Feast Drive. This is THE HOLIDAY GIFT DRIVE and is focused on the children in the family. I have always felt, and I could be wrong, that The Feast supported the heads of household while the GIFT provides excitement directly to the youths. I hope we get a huge response because the youths in the communities we target are surviving against tremendous social injustice and systemic oppression. The parents are often afraid for ...

The 2019 Holiday Feast Drive is here!

The following letter is from Marianne Diaz, Director of Outreach Services: Since 2000 Outreach Services has spearheaded and has been supported by the entire SCCC community with our Holiday Feast and Gift Drives. The Holiday Feast Drive is the first phase of a 2 part “call to action” here at the Center. As we all know the social climate both in spirit and in actuality has become even more visibly hostile to many of our most under-served communities. We at SCCC serve a huge number of clients who are feeling the stress, fear and confusion that is coming at them every day on top of the almost insurmountable obstacles they already face every day to ...

The Agastock Trash-A-Thon Party is around the corner!

Melissa Monroe and her daughters Grace and Alice Ferguson.   Trash-a-thon Party in Celebration of Alice’s Life Hoover Parks and Rec 1010 W 25th Street LA, CA 90007 Saturday, November 16, 2019 From 3-5 PM Join us for clean up, snacks, and songs! It is our great pleasure to announce that the 6th Annual Agastock celebration is coming up!  This year, Melissa Monroe and her daughter Grace have organized a Trash-A-Thon to honor what would have been Alice Ferguson's 8th year of life.  The party, being held on the afternoon of November 16th (details below), is open to all. Once again, SCCC is humbled and honored to be named as ...

Newsletter, Fall 2019: Impact Edition

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Newsletter, Summer 2019: Annual Report Edition

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Join SCCC for a Screening (& Panel) of the HBO film “O.G.”

Join us for a special screening of HBO's feature film O.G.  Director Madeleine Sackler and Actor Kevin Jackson will join SCCC's Director of Outreach Services, Marianne Diaz for a Q&A panel following the screening. Friday, June 21, 2019 at 6:30pm WLCAC - Tell It Theater 10950 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90059 O.G. takes an intimate and unflinching look at the journey of one man as he prepares for release and re-entry back into society after almost 25 years in prison. Filmed almost entirely at Pendleton maximum security prison it's the first film of it's kind, with many of the men currently incarcerated there able to be cast in acting ...

SCCC-Watts in the News

Earlier this month, the LA Sentinel interviewed Marianne Diaz, SCCC's Director of Outreach Services, regarding the Center's new Watts location.  Here's a link to the article in full.   Thank you to the LA Sentinel for this fantastic feature.    

The Nancy Steiny Legacy Fund for Clinical Excellence

Nancy Steiny It is with deep respect and gratitude for Nancy Steiny and her long dedication to the work of the Southern California Counseling Center that we announce the creation of the Nancy Steiny Legacy Fund for Excellence in Clinical Training. It serves as a lasting tribute to her clinical wisdom as well as her efforts to build a remarkable program of training and support for counselors over more than four decades. The Legacy Fund is supported by individuals and organizations committed to life-long learning and professional development for those serving the client populations of SCCC.  Nancy loved the Center and ...

Tickets to SCCC’s SPRING BASH are on sale now!

PLEASE JOIN US AT SCCC'S SPRING BASH!   We've been sowing seeds since 1966 - on April 6, we're celebrating all that has come into bloom!  Enjoy dinner, drinks, dancing and a sensational silent auction hosted at Tiato's beautiful indoor/outdoor garden venue. Honoring The Steel Family, who, through the Albert and Bessie Warner Fund, supports community-based organizations that assist those in need in the fields of mental health, women’s rights and civil rights. All proceeds from the event will help fund SCCC's wide range of programs, which serve more than 5,000 individuals, families and couples throughout Los Angeles each year. ...

Newsletter, Spring 2019: Honor Roll Edition

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Congratulations to the graduates of the 53rd Community Counselor Course!

Congratulations Graduates! "It wasn't about learning as much as it was about unlearning.  There is something that each individual has said in this class at some point that changed my perspective and that I'll carry with me forever." - Anonymous Graduate Every January and July, the Southern California Counseling Center offers a six-month Community Counselor Course (CCC).  CCC provides training, supervision and support for community members who are already involved, or are interested in helping high-risk populations and under-served communities.  The course provides students with the opportunity to build a solid base of counseling skills ...

The 2018 Holiday Feast Drive is here!

The following letter is from Marianne Diaz, Director of Outreach Services: Since 2004, Outreach Services has spearheaded and has been supported by the entire SCCC community with our Holiday Feast and Gift Drives. The Holiday Feast Drive is the first phase of a 2 phase “call to action” here at the Center. As we all know the social climate both in spirit and in actuality has become even more visibly hostile to many of our most under-served communities. We at SCCC serve a huge number of clients who are feeling the stress, fear and confusion that is coming at them every day on top of the almost insurmountable obstacles they already face every ...

SCCC’s Annual Retreat was Pretty Groovy!

On Saturday, October 20th, counselors, alumni, staff and members of the Board gathered at SCCC's Mid-City campus to reconnect and celebrate SCCC's past, present and future. The 70s themed event paid homage to the Southern California Counseling Center's history, celebrating 1974 - the year that 6515 W. Pico Blvd. became home. SCCC Ribbon Cutting Circa 1974 A big THANK YOU to Marisa Ice for organizing the event as well as counselors Adrienne Rusk, Karly Meola, Jaclyn Lieber and Syd Peterson for their hard work in planning the day.

Newsletter, Fall 2018: Impact Edition

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