10/29/2026
CERF+'s November webinars will be here before you know it, and we hope you will join us!
You Can't Self-Care Away Trauma - Webinar
Wednesday, November 4, 3-4:30pm EST
In this webinar, therapist, Ginger Klee (LMFT, LPCC), will help you:
Navigate healing pre and post disaster;
Learn the difference between “big T” and ”little t” trauma;
Discover how to strengthen yourself to prepare for disaster;
Identify what you are healing from; and
Discuss the different types of healing to pursue and what questions to ask your therapist.
Ginger Klee is a q***r, multiethnic Korean, mental health therapist (LMFT & LPCC) running a private practice where they see clients in-person at their Orange County office and virtually throughout all of California. They specialize in treating trauma and acculturative stress and working with the q***r, trans, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities. Ginger works with adolescents and adults, as well as families. They are also a psychology professor, teaching about the intersectionality of gender, s*x, s*xuality, and ethnicity.
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/egSnfgM8Trm0NRyVHBNvBA
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Beyond the Grant: Investing in Artists After Disaster - Webinar
Monday, November 16, 3:00 - 4:00 pm EST
Lessons from the CERF+ Extended Relief Pilot
Following Hurricane Helene, the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+), in collaboration with Center for Craft, Mountain BizWorks, River Arts District Foundation, Kenan Institute for the Arts, Penland, and ArtsAVL, launched the Extended Relief pilot to explore what longer-term investment in craft artists after a disaster could look like. The New York Foundation for the Arts provided additional administrative and evaluation support. The pilot provided 150 North Carolina craft artists with $6,000 in unrestricted funding, distributed in monthly installments of $500 from January through December 2025.
In this webinar, Ruby Lopez Harper, Executive Director of CERF+, and Mollie Quinlan-Hayes, Program Officer for NYFA Grants New York Foundation for the Arts , will share what we learned from the pilot and, importantly, what participating artists told us about their experiences.
Together, they will explore questions the pilot raises for funders, arts organizations, and the broader field: What becomes possible when support extends beyond an initial disaster relief grant? How does unrestricted, longer-term investment support artists in making decisions about their own lives and practices? What can we learn from artists about how resources are structured, timed, and delivered after a disaster?
Registration Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Wae4ymgAQBCOcQKzy4Rfuw
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