Windswept Isles Consulting

02/13/2024

02/13/2024

We are fortunate it is a leap year, this means we have one more day for Black History Month. I have no desire to be a white savior, rather I support my colleagues of color speaking up and sharing their truth. To them, I saw "Live in Power!" For the rest of us, please take 90 minutes to listen and learn from some amazing Black leaders on Netflix's Stamped from the Beginning. We must all work on being anti-racist, it starts by acknowledging some ugly truths and understanding why Black Lives must Matter more.

Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams brings Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s best-selling book Stamped From the Beginning to life, using vivid animations and leadi...

01/30/2024

According to the Associated Press, slavery has NOT ended in the United States. The food you eat is likely made by forced labor within the USA.

This is a human rights violation and NOT news to BIPOC and low income people because it is our lived experience. Many young men and fathers are part of the poverty to prison pipeline.

If you care then work with me and Equimundo Center for Masculinities and Social Justice. We must ensure equity and inclusion of fatherhood leaders and the guiding principles of men-care.org are embedded within health and human services work.

In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found U.S. prison labor tied to hundreds of popular food brands.

01/26/2024

This describes my experience with Washington State’s Parents for Parents. I worked with several stakeholders to design the Dependency 101 handbook in early 2009.

In 2011 the Children’s Home Society of Washington took my work stripped the attributions out it to make trademarked it as their program. As a volunteer I was paid nothing. Instead CHSW gave money and credit to others for my work.

It’s called plagiarism but because they got government and philanthropic backing they have zero accountability.

CHSW did not value me as a fatherhood leader, but I’m building something better. If you’re curious what this might look like then check out this link:
http://men-care.org/about-mencare/guiding-principles/

01/09/2024

"I will die for you...but I will [also] live for you." By listening and learning from the othered and oppressed leaders, we can begin to make powerful changes that help all people thrive.

A New Zealand MP made a powerful speech in Maori language for her first appearance in parliament, resurfaced video shows.Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, 21, first...

08/25/2021

I'm excited to share the latest update the South Whidbey Resources Guide. The printed version features a QR code that enables users to download a mobile copy to their smart device. Please share this link to download a copy: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W8K9C9l1uNSSZ_I6hrnkZC8OW-zw1Ia8/view?usp=sharing

05/07/2021

For interested family partners:

Parents and Guardians, Tribal Partners, Community Partners, and Stakeholders are invited to apply for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) Parent Advisory Group (PAG)!

DCYF is recruiting family partners to provide advice and guidance, share experiences, and “parent-test” policies or programs to help shape the future of DCYF’s services.

PAG family partners will be from rural, remote, urban, and military communities, and include single parents, adoptive parents, birth parents, foster parents, grandparents, kinship care, and blended families.

If you are interested and qualify, please apply by May 28. Also, share this announcement with anyone who might be interested.

DCYF is a cabinet-level agency focused on the well-being of children. Our vision is to ensure that Washington state’s children and youth grow up safe and healthy—thriving physically, emotionally and academically, nurtured by family and community.

02/03/2021

***Begin FREE event announcement***
3rd Annual Washington Fatherhood Summit: Resilient Dads: Fathering in Challenging Times!

Join us March 16-18, 8:30 am -12:00 pm & optional virtual lunch 12:00 pm -1:00 pm PT

Who: Fathers, providers, lay and professional leaders, policymakers, philanthropists, and fatherhood advocates.

Why: Help Washington State continue to build a state where all men can become the fathers they want to be.

Where: Zoom with interactive engagement.

Register on Eventbrite today!

Featured Speakers:
3/16: Corey Best
3/17: Fatherhood Panel
3/18: Kevin Bremond, Co-Founder Alameda County Fatherhood Corps

For full agenda, photo contest, Vroom focus group information, and registration visit wafatherhoodcouncil.org .

Support us in building the Washington Fatherhood photobank by entering the photo contest .

We will be having two drawings for gift cards as a way to thank fathers who attend the summit on their own time. The drawings will be held right before the virtual lunch on day 1 and day 2. You do not have to be present to win but must live in Washington State. Please sign up for the drawing during registration.

Tell us your opinion! Give us the dad's perspective of the Vroom app by participating in a focus group of fathers with children under the age of 5. March 17th, 12:10 pm -1:00 pm PDT. To volunteer, sign up during your registration on Eventbrite .

***End event announcement***

3rd Annual Washington Fatherhood Summit - Resilient Dads: Fathering in Challenging Times

01/07/2020

Check out the South Whidbey Resource guide. Please distribute it freely to anyone in need of support or services. Copies can be printed for free at any local library (up to 35 copies per week, per library cardholder). When printing remember these tips: 1) Adobe PDF Reader works best, 2) select “actual size” (8.5x11 letter) and not “fit” or “shrink oversize pages,” 3) select double-sided, with long edge, 4) fold into thirds length-wise like a “z” and then fold in half. If done right, then it will look like a ferry-sized brochure.

Send updates via email: [email protected]. Note this publication is not intended to be all-inclusive, rather simple listings for those in need of support. For more complete listings of Island County resources, please refer to United Way’s annual Family Resource Guide or call 2-1-1.

The plan is to produce future editions twice annually, around May 1 and November 1, to reflect the seasonal service changes. At this time there is no Central Whidbey Resources guide, I am open to working with others put together information on what is available to those in need within the Coupeville School District, Penn Cove to Greenbank. A coalition of churches offers a North Whidbey Resources guide, which is distributed at various Oak Harbor community locations. Please contact this group if you want copies of this guide.

08/11/2019

It has been a long while since I updated this page. My computer died with all my design files earlier this year and I've been busy with projects and rebuilding. The focus of what I do has shifted more towards community building and family strengthening.

08/10/2017

Introducing the South Whidbey Passport. This pocket-sized visitor's guide to Clinton, Freeland, Greenbank and Langley is filled with information on recreation, entertainment, shopping, lodging and more. Readers can download maps, transit schedules, and more to their smart phone. A limited number of this first edition are now available for purchase at small businesses in the local area. The cover price funds future editions and community-minded projects. You can review a copy online at: https://issuu.com/windsweptisles/docs/windsweptisles-southwhidbey-passpor

This is the first in a series of pocket-sized visitor's guides. I did all the design work and produced this at a local print shop. If I am able sell enough advertising to pay for future production costs, I hope to work with local nonprofits to sell this for $1 to $2, and they keep this money as a fu...