Community Calendar

The Jewish Community Services Memory Cafe is the 3rd Tuesday of each month at The Edward A. Myerberg Center, 3101 Fallstaff Road, Baltimore 21209. The JCS Memory Café offers a supportive and welcoming space for individuals with memory changes and their care partners. This is an opportunity to participate together to build support networks and engage in personal enrichment. Please join us for refreshments, conversation and meaningful programs. Contact Amy Steinberg at 410-843-7457 / [email protected] for more information.

This workshop provides a framework for effectively and empathetically responding to individuals at risk for or experiencing a mental health crisis. It provides an overview of the crisis cycle and outlines evidence-based strategies for intervention at each stage, including de-escalation techniques, suicide risk assessment, and safety planning. The session also explores the role of implicit bias in crisis decision-making. Emphasis is on trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and respectful approaches that promote safety, dignity, and collaboration when interacting with individuals in distress. Offers 2.0 Category 1CEUs and meets Anti-Oppressive Practice.

In need of help with your technology? If so, come in to the library for free tech help.

The VLP Librarian will assist patrons with the following skills:

– Email Help.
– Job application assistance.
– Learn basic word processing.
– Password reset help.
– Making appointments online.
– Help with online applications.
– Printing applications, forms, and other paperwork.
– Locating local services.
– Learn a new phone or personal device.
– Learn how to use search functionality.
– Help locating information online.

When: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3pm – 5pm

Appointments are recommended. Drop ins welcome, but may require a wait for patrons with scheduled appointments.

Jewish Community Services offers "Care Partner Conversations: When Your Loved One Has Dementia," a supportive group meeting on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month from 10:00 – 11:30 am via Zoom. This group provides conversation, support, resources, and education for those caring for a loved one with dementia, facilitated by Jennifer Sapp, MSG, LCSW-C. The sessions are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jennifer Sapp at [email protected] or 410-843-7380. Co-sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association and the Edward A. Myerberg Center.

Jewish Community Services offers "Care Partner Conversations: When Your Loved One Has Dementia," a supportive group meeting on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month from 10:00 – 11:30 am via Zoom. This group provides conversation, support, resources, and education for those caring for a loved one with dementia, facilitated by Jennifer Sapp, MSG, LCSW-C. The sessions are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jennifer Sapp at [email protected] or 410-843-7380. Co-sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association and the Edward A. Myerberg Center.

This training explores the ethical complexities that arise during multidisciplinary staffing’s in outpatient mental health settings. While CARF standards and the NASW Code of Ethics emphasize collaboration across disciplines, clinicians often encounter ethical tensions related to confidentiality, professional boundaries, and differing treatment philosophies. Participants will examine how theoretical orientation informs clinical decision-making in multidisciplinary contexts and apply ethical reasoning to real-world scenarios involving medication management, financial stressors, and disability-related concerns. Through reflection, discussion, and applied case analysis, clinicians will strengthen their capacity to navigate collaborative care ethically and effectively. Offers 1.5 Category 1 CEUs.

Mindfulness Meditation + Sports & Positive Psychology + Neuroscience + Group Coaching = mPEAK

mPEAK (Mindfulness, Performance Enhancement, Awareness & Knowledge) is a mindfulness training program for anyone seeking to achieve personal and professional goals, as well as attain new levels of performance and success. This cutting-edge training program is built around the latest brain research related to peak performance, resilience, focus, and “flow”.

The mPEAK program enhances the human capacity of mindfulness through established and empirically supported practices and exercises. Mindfulness is effective precisely because it is a way of being and relating to all aspects of life, rather than a specific technique or tool for a particular goal. As with physical training, this brain training program is based upon the understanding that optimal outcomes occur most often when participants continue to engage in the practices and exercises on a daily basis as a part of their training regimen.

This program was specially designed for athletes, first responders, leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, musicians, dancers, and busy professionals or parents who set big goals, face consistent challenges and stretch themselves towards excellence. mPEAK is appropriate for beginner and seasoned mindfulness practitioners alike. Previous meditation experience is not necessary to participate, but can facilitate a deeper learning experience.

Join us for an amazing weekend! This is a 2 day marriage retreat hosted in a 4 star resort. Our goal for this weekend is to get away from the stresses and distractions of ordinary life in order to refresh, rekindle and revitalize your marriage!

Join us for an amazing weekend! This is a 2 day marriage retreat hosted in a 4 star resort. Our goal for this weekend is to get away from the stresses and distractions of ordinary life in order to refresh, rekindle and revitalize your marriage!

Join us for an amazing weekend! This is a 2 day marriage retreat hosted in a 4 star resort. Our goal for this weekend is to get away from the stresses and distractions of ordinary life in order to refresh, rekindle and revitalize your marriage!