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• Straddling the Line Between Bravery & Burnout: How to Balance Care for Your Community and Yourself - In-Person Event

  • When
    Tuesday, January 06, 2026
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Virginia War Memorial
  • Spaces left
    45
  • Registered
    34 registrants

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  Our Program

  We acknowledge that it takes a great deal of bravery to be a public servant. We frame "bravery" as how we show up for ourselves and one another in this work. We will engage in a dialogue to address the following: How can we find a balance in and out of the workplace? What does sustaining your future self look like? How do we connect our professional self and personal self? These questions lead to: how to build sustainable capacity and change? We will also provide a "toolkit" for participants as they "straddle the line."

  Our Presenter

  Fatima M. Smith, MSW, is the founder of Collective 365, a membership-based group of community conscious individuals who contribute their resources to give a platform for Black and Brown communities; helping them grow into community staples that can have a lasting impact in society. She is also an experienced social worker, a frequent speaker, a wife, a mom, and for the last two years has served as the Chief Deputy Clerk of Chesterfield County. Fatima is passionate about creating communities where violence and oppression are nonexistent and folks can be their healthy, authentic selves.

  Our Schedule

  • 11:00 a.m. In-person Registration & Networking begins
  • 11:30 a.m. Lunch begins 
  • 11:40 a.m. Program begins
  • 1:00 p.m. Session concludes, Networking Time
  • 1:30 p.m. Adjourn

  Registration Fees

  • In-person registration is $20 for members ($0 for those with a Season Pass or $12 for those with a Virtual Season Pass), $25 for nonmembers who work at a member organization and for members of the Central Virginia Chapter AFP, and $30 for nonmembers. All in-person registrants should select their meal during the registration process.
  • Virtual registration is $8 for members ($0 for those with a Virtual Season Pass), $11 for nonmembers who work at a member organization and for members of the Central Virginia Chapter AFP, and $15 for nonmembers. The virtual registration fees help support the technology costs associated with offering a hybrid event.

  If you are not a VAFRE member and do not work in the office of a VAFRE member, consider becoming a member of VAFRE in order to access reduced registration fees.

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• Straddling the Line Between Bravery & Burnout: How to Balance Care for Your Community and Yourself - Virtual Event

  • When
    Tuesday, January 06, 2026
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Spaces left
    95
  • Registered
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  Our Program

  We acknowledge that it takes a great deal of bravery to be a public servant. We frame "bravery" as how we show up for ourselves and one another in this work. We will engage in a dialogue to address the following: How can we find a balance in and out of the workplace? What does sustaining your future self look like? How do we connect our professional self and personal self? These questions lead to: how to build sustainable capacity and change? We will also provide a "toolkit" for participants as they "straddle the line."

  Our Presenter

  Fatima M. Smith, MSW, is the founder of Collective 365, a membership-based group of community conscious individuals who contribute their resources to give a platform for Black and Brown communities; helping them grow into community staples that can have a lasting impact in society. She is also an experienced social worker, a frequent speaker, a wife, a mom, and for the last two years has served as the Chief Deputy Clerk of Chesterfield County. Fatima is passionate about creating communities where violence and oppression are nonexistent and folks can be their healthy, authentic selves.
  

  Our Schedule

  • 11:00 a.m. In-person Registration & Networking begins
  • 11:15 a.m. Virtual participants may login
  • 11:30 p.m. Lunch
  • 11:40 p.m. Program begins
  • 1:00 p.m. Program concludes, Networking Time
  • 1:30 p.m. Adjourn

  Registration Fees

  • Virtual registration is $8 for members  of VAFRE or AMA Richmond ($0 for those with a Virtual Season Pass), $11 for nonmembers who work at a member organization and for members of the Central Virginia Chapter AFP, and $15 for nonmembers. The virtual registration fees help support the technology costs associated with offering a hybrid event. 
  • In-person registration is $20 for members of VAFRE ($0 for those with a Season Pass or $12 for those with a Virtual Season Pass), $25 for nonmembers who work at a member organization and for members of the Central Virginia Chapter AFP, and $30 for guests. All in-person registrants should select their meal during the registration process.

  If you are not a VAFRE member and do nor work in the office of a VAFRE member, consider becoming a member of VAFRE in order to access reduced registration fees.

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• Virtual New Member Orientation

  • When
    Tuesday, January 20, 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Spaces left
    79
  • Registered
    16 registrants

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  Start the New Year Off Right

  Join us for a Virtual New Member Orientation on Tuesday, January 20th from 12:00-1:00PM!

  Come learn more about all that VAFRE has to offer, get to know other members, and learn about how to become more involved. This session is designed for those who have been members for one year or less.

  This event is FREE, but please let us know if you plan to attend - login and register by noon on Monday, January 19th. 

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