Summer 2026, vol. 45, no. 3 |
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President's Messageby Amanda Cortez I have been part of the SCV-CAMFT community for many years, and one of the things that keeps me coming back is the people. I have had the opportunity to learn from colleagues, build friendships, connect with other professionals, and be reminded that we don't have to do this work alone.
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Community Focus: PRIDE, in Our Own Backyard Saturday, August 29 4:00 PM, Santa Clara Many of us sit with LGBTQIA+ clients every week, and the deepest cultural humility doesn’t come from a slideshow — it comes from proximity, from having been a guest at someone’s table and truly listened — and this year our Cultural Field Guides program is made for exactly this moment |
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by Amal Khan, LMFT Cultural environments can normalize behaviors that closely resemble traits we associate with pathology. To understand why, we must look through the lens of collective survival. |
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Coffee Talk
Saturday, July 26, Crema CoffeeOn a Saturday morning in July (the 25th, to be exact!), more than a dozen SCV-CAMFT members gathered together at Crema Coffee shop in San Jose to connect, catch-up and enjoy our community! |
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Poems by Edna Wallace, LMFT “Are you missing
your phone?”
Yes, I seem to be.
“I saw who took it.”
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Presented by Alain Montgomery, JD, CAMFT Staff Attorney
Friday, August 28, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Michael's at Shoreline, Mountain View
6 CE credits
Hosted by LaDonna Silva, LMFT (she/her)
Saturday, August 29, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Private home in Santa Clara, CA
Presented by Sara Jasper, JD, CAMFT Staff Attorney
Friday, October 2, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
ONLINE
3 CE credits
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DEI Dates
AUGUST
Month-Long Observances
National Civility Month
National Wellness Month
Key Dates
August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 12: International Youth Day
August 19: World Humanitarian Day
August 23: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
August 26: Women’s Equality Day
August 28: Raksha Bandhan (Hindu) — California date
SEPTEMBER
Month-Long / Multi-Week Observances
National Hispanic Heritage Month — September 15–October 15
Suicide Prevention Month
National Deaf Awareness Month
Key Dates
September 8: International Literacy Day
September 11–13: Rosh Hashanah (Jewish) — begins at sundown Sept. 11
September 20–21: Yom Kippur (Jewish) — begins at sundown Sept. 20
September 21: International Day of Peace
September 23: International Day of Sign Languages
September 25: Native American Day / California Native American Day
OCTOBER
Month-Long Observances
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Filipino American History Month
National Latino / Hispanic Heritage Month continues through October 15
LGBTQ+ History Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
Polish-American Heritage Month
Key Dates
October 2: Hoshana Rabbah / final day of Sukkot
October 2–3: Shemini Atzeret — begins at sundown Oct. 2
October 3–4: Simchat Torah — begins at sundown Oct. 3
October 10: World Mental Health Day
October 12: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 15: Final day of National Hispanic Heritage Month
October 21: International Pronouns Day
October 22: Birth of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í) — California date
October 20: Dussehra / Vijayadashami (Hindu) — date may vary by regional tradition
October 26: Intersex Awareness Day
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