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Quarterly Newsletter From Your President

SPRING 2023

Letter From Your President

“From Surviving to Thriving”

Esteemed Sacramento Valley Chapter CAMFT Members,

My name is Angel Ortiz, and I am your chapter president for 2023. I am a partially sighted LMFT who served as our chapter’s first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee chair last year. The theme I chose for this first quarterly newsletter, “From surviving to thriving” sums up where our chapter was during the COVID-19 pandemic and where we find ourselves today. To that end, let me introduce you to our current Board of Directors: Amita Khare, LMFT (Past President), Cassandra Flagg, LMFT (Treasurer), Victoria Tognozzi, LMFT (Secretary), Christine Romero, LMFT Diversity Chair, Janani Venkateswaran, AMFT Program Co-Chair, Alexandra Thompson, AMFT Program Co-Chair, Kindra McCall, AMFT 3000 Club Chair, and Wen Chang Membership Chair. We have two vacant Board positions: Sponsorship and Volunteer Chair. If you would like to join this dynamic group who is committed to you, our chapter members, please email me: president@svccamft.org.

Our goal this year is to continue the trajectory that our chapter is on, to best serve the needs of you, our chapter members, as we all strive to provide much needed mental health services to our clients. You are the lifeblood of our chapter, please consider a micro-volunteering opportunity. It’s exactly like it sounds, a short-term event-based volunteer opportunity. For more information on micro-volunteering, please email: infor@svccamft.org.

2023 has gotten off to a wonderful start! Thus far we have held the following workshops: Intake and Treatment Planning, NAMI Sacramento Resource Sharing and Introduction to Team CBT, with many more interesting and informative workshops and Annual Membership Appreciation Picnic in August. Bookmark us at: svc-camft.org to stay informed of all your chapter has to offer.

I am proud to share that your Sacramento Valley chapter earned a Chapter Excellence Award at this year’s Statewide CAMFT Leadership Conference: Best Recruitment and Membership Development – First place, Best Financial Management - Second place, Best Program and Events marketing Practices - Second place, Cassandra Flagg, our treasurer, was awarded the Outstanding Chapter Leader! These awards were earned by the hard work of your Board of Directors and on the strength of members like you!

I would like to extend an invitation to you all to join our Mentorship Program, as a Mentor or as a Mentee. We are stronger when we work together and how better to demonstrate that than by becoming a part of this important program? Here is the link to join the Mentorship program.

Our 3000 Club is going strong! The next meeting/workshop “Nailing the Interview” will be held on Wed, March 22, 2023 @ 12:00 PM via Zoom. Register here.

Makes plans to participate in the next Peer Consultation Group meeting, led by our esteemed Treasurer Cassandra Flagg! The next meeting will take place on Friday, April 21, 2023 from 9:00AM to 10:30AM via Zoom. Register here.

Your chapter’s commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion remains strong and intentional. Please plan on joining us later this month. Culturally Responsive Counseling: Addressing Biases in Clinical Practice workshop featuring Dr. Shawan Worsley on Fri, March 24, 2023 @ 11:00 AM via Zoom and Meetup for Mental Health Professionals of Color hosted by Amita Khare, Past-President and Christine Romero, Diversity Chair on Sun, March 26, 2023 @ 6:00 PM via Zoom

In an effort to make our chapter financially solvent, we will be launching several online fundraising campaigns this year. Community members are now able to donate to our chapter using this new link that went live recently: https://svc-camft.org/page-1862362

You asked, we answered: Your feedback is invaluable to the strength and inclusion in your chapter. As such, we are committed to offering workshop recordings whenever possible. Please feel free to email me: president@svccamft.org with feedback on how your chapter can better serve you and add value to your important work as Sacramento area mental health professionals.

You will notice a modest $5 increase in workshop registration fees which will help your chapter keep the lights on and to keep pace with the increasing costs of hosting the dynamic and informative workshops we present to you.

Last, but certainly not least, I would like to thank our members who have renewed for 2023!

In service,

Angel J. Ortiz, LMFT
President, Sacramento Valley CAMFT