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CCC&Y Update — Join us for our next Prevention Council Zoom meeting on Oct. 2 to share your story
Please join CCC&Y for its next Prevention Council Zoom meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2. Our meetings provide our coalition partners with the opportunity to share the latest news about their projects that support children, youth and their families in Northern Arizona.
The Council meets the first Thursday of the month.
Want to be a guest speaker at our next meeting? Send an email to CCC&Y Executive Director Virginia Watahomigie at coalition@coconinokids.org to be placed on the agenda or to receive a Zoom link to our next meeting.
Community Updates for Oct. 1, 2025
Action Requested
• Community Assistance Teams of Flagstaff — Calling all Volunteers! — 6th Annual Pop-Up Care Village on Oct. 19
• First Things First announces registration open for ‘How to create your own in-home child care business’ workshop in Page on Oct. 20
• Tuba City Regional Health Care Corp. reports there is a measles outbreak along the Arizona-Utah border
Informed Updates for Oct. 1, 2025
Latest news from our Partners
• Chicanos por la CAUSA announces virtual Active Parenting Workshops in October
• Grand Canyon Schools announces Canyon Closet clothing hours for October
• Northern Arizona University publishes latest newsletter
• Office of Indian Education Biweekly Communication
• Tynkertopia announces October classes
CCC&Y Sept. 24, 2025 Newsletter Update
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Coalition joins partners at 2025 Science in the Park. More events to come
FLAGSTAFF — From geology to rocket science and everything in between, young people had a wide variety of hand-on activities to enjoy and learn from at the 2025 Snook Science in the Park presented on Sept. 20 by the Flagstaff Festival of Science.
More than 50 exhibitor booths crowded Wheeler Park in downtown Flagstaff as children had a wide variety of activities to choose from.
Some of them ranged from Arizona Science Center, Arizona State Parks and Trails, CCC&Y, Coconino Community College, the Coconino Astronomical Society, Coconino High School’s CocoNuts Robotics, Flagstaff Fire Dept., Flagstaff Model Railroad Club, Momentum Aerial, the Museum of Northern Arizona, Northern Arizona University, Tynkertopia, to the the U.S. Geological Survey.
Community Updates for Sept. 24, 2025
Action Requested
• Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence announces ticket prices for Oct. 11 School’s Out Make It Count Conference conference increases on Aug. 1
• Arizona Child & Adolescent Survivor Initiative (ACASI) Program seeking feedback in its latest biannual stakeholder survey through Sept. 30
• First Things First announces registration open for ‘How to create your own in-home child care business’ workshop in Page on Oct. 20
Informed Updates for Sept. 24, 2025
Latest news from our Partners
• Save the Date — Oct. 22 — ‘Voices Unheard: Breaking the Silence” — A community gathering for prevention, strength and healing to be held in Flagstaff
• Arizona School Board Association (ASBA) announces 2026 Political Agenda: Priority Issues
• Coconino County Health and Human Services — You have a shot at protecting yourself from respiratory illness
• Northern Arizona University publishes latest newsletter
Variety of events continuing through Sept. 28 at Flagstaff Festival of Science
CCC&Y Sept. 17, 2025 Newsletter Update
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CCC&Y Spotlight — A heavenly setting sparks a successful 2025 CCC&Y Conference
With a setting that gazed toward the stars, the Coconino Coalition for Children & Youth successfully presented its CCC&Y 2025 Conference on Sept. 9, 2025 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff.
Guest speaker Iyo Affo launched the conference with a morning presentation with her discussion on “Cohere. Connect. Conduct,” combining storytelling, science, spoken word and systems change to promote transformation within organizations and communities.
Affo, a Culturalist and Trauma Specialist, draws on personal experiences, neuroscience and the power of collective healing to talk about how self-healing communities and systems change can be the foundation for lasting transformation.
Education Spotlight — Youth get all the facts at 2025 FACTS Lights Out Carnival
FLAGSTAFF — Hundreds of children and young people had the chance play outdoor carnival games with their parents receiving a variety of family resource information at the 2025 FACTS Lights On Carnival held Saturday, Sept. 13 at Bushmaster Park.
Some of the community organizations participating in the event include Be SMART Secure Gun Storage, Chicano Por La CAUSA, Coconino Coalition for Children & Youth, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff Unified School District FACTS (Family and Community Teaming for Students, Museum of Northern Arizona, North Country HealthCare and the United States Tennis Association — Southwest – Northern Arizona.