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The 6th Annual Growing Resilient Communities Gathering of Collaboratives & Tribal Nations Addressing ACEs is a free, virtual, statewide event that supports Children’s Mental Health and Family Services Collaboratives and Indigenous Communities as they work to build self-healing communities across Minnesota.

This event is being planned and hosted by FamilyWise Services, with support from the Minnesota Department of Human Services and the Center for Prevention at BlueCross and BlueShield of Minnesota.

Primary Audience:

All are welcome to join! Participants are encouraged to attend who are involved or want to be involved in addressing the root causes of childhood adversity. This can include Collaborative Coordinators and partners, Indigenous Community members and partners, active Minnesota ACE Interface Trainers/Presenters, and other community partners, caregivers, and providers.

Event Agenda: June 27th from 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

9:00–9:20 a.m. Welcome

9:30-11:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker, Donte Curtis of Catch Your Dreams Consulting - Honoring and Celebrating Youth Voices: Past, Present, and Future

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. 1st Breakout Session

• Youth-Adult Partnerships - Carlton County REACH Youth Advisory Board: Interested in learning how to engage youth, but don’t know where to start? How do you build youth and adult partnerships in community decision-making? In this session, we will hear from the organization REACH whose mission is to provide learning and leadership through youth-adult partnerships in Carlton County. We will learn from students about key issues facing their community and engage in small group discussions.
• Create Movement; Ripples for Community Wellness – Dr. Raj: Recognize touchpoints for community wellness: focus on thriving and growing. We will engage in understanding beyond data points… work to build a wellness and growth culture and being.
• It’s Complicated: Youth, Technology, and Mental Health with Erin Walsh from the Spark and Stitch Institute: Every year young people's relationship with screens intensifies as life moves online. Technology unleashes incredible opportunities for learning, connection, and youth participation and voice. At the same time, educators, mental health professionals, and parents alike are concerned about the impact of increased screen time on mental health. Using brain science, warmth, and humor, Erin Walsh will cut through conflicting messages to identify emerging risks as well as protective factors for digital well-being. Using youth perspectives and the latest evidence, Erin will walk you through topics like overuse, anxiety and depression, and attention. The nuanced relationship between screen time and mental health demands that we have a rigorous understanding of the challenges  and a commitment to engaging youth in creating solutions for improved digital wellbeing

12:30 – 1:15 p.m. Special Session for Children's Mental Health and Family Services Collaborative Coordinators

1:30 – 2:30 p.m. 2nd Breakout Session

• Radical Hospitality: Youth Voice, Leadership and Collaboration with Lauren Williams (Marnita’s Table), Mary Sue Hansen (Suburban Ramsey Family Collaborative (SRFC), and SRFC Youth Community Advisory Board Members: Curious about the WHAT, WHY and HOW of Youth Engagement? At this breakout session, you’ll hear from Marnita’s Table, Suburban Ramsey Family Collaborative (SRFC), and our Youth Advisors on why youth inclusion and leadership are so important to authentic community engagement.  You will learn about Marnita’s Table Intentional Social Interaction (IZI) model and how youth are critical to the model’s success.  You will also learn about key touchpoints of the model that make the difference for youth to develop relationships across differences, feel safe and affirmed so they can speak the truth, and gain a sense of belonging to begin to build trust. You will hear what it really takes to honor and engage youth authentically while growing a sustainable practice that remains Youth-Led /Youth-Engaged. Get practical advice that you can use immediately.  In addition to sharing advice and examples, we will reveal the honest challenges and the growth opportunities that come with them. 
• “Bimaadiziwin – The Story of how Leech Lake Youth are reclaiming their culture and living in a good way.” with Gary Charwood: Shared stories of successes, what works to bring out the best in tribal youth on the Leech Lake Reservation
• 2022 Minnesota Student Survey Results: What We Heard from Young People, and How Communities are Partnering with Young People to Make Meaning Out of the Data with Jacquelyn Freund & Melissa Adolfson. The Minnesota Student Survey is a survey of young people conducted statewide every three years. Minnesota communities are starting to dig into their 2022 results. During this session, we will share what we have learned about the state of young people’s well-being. This includes trends for ACEs, mental health, substance use, and measures of resilience—the good news and the not-so-good news. We will also highlight three unique approaches Minnesota communities are using to engage young people in discussing and making meaning of the MSS results. These include youth advisory boards, youth data summits, and data parties.

2:45 – 3:30 p.m. Closing

Accessibility:

We will be offering closed captioning at this event. Please contact Kate Bailey at kbailey@familywiseservices.org by Wednesday, June 1st if you have a specific accommodation request. We will do our best to accommodate.

Social Work CEUs:

We will be offering social work CEUs upon request. Participants will be asked to fill out a CEU request form after the event, and these will be emailed to participants within a few weeks after the event once we verify their attendance.