"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." Margaret J. Wheatley
We hope you join us as we begin our free monthly speaker series created to educate, inspire, and support our communities during the time of COVID, firestorms, social unrest, and economic downturn.
Our esteemed group of speakers will foster meaningful discussions that examine the impacts of our new normal. They will address a variety of topics that can help strengthen our children, families, and communities during these challenging times.
Helping Everyone Every Time: Risking Connection
Elizabeth G. Vermilyea, PhD
October 29, 2020 | 3:30 pm - 5:00pm
With the prevalence of traumatic events and the constant exposure to traumatic stories across the world, addressing the impact of trauma can feel daunting, but it can be done. Join Elizabeth Vermilyea, Ph.D., a revolutionary leader of trauma-informed program development as she explains how we can help everyone every time by implementing a trauma-informed approach to all aspects of care. Dr. Vermilyea will discuss how to help people recover from traumatic experiences through RICH relationships: Respect, Information, Connection, & Hope.
Become trauma-informed. Become part of the healing. REGISTER
Protecting Children: During & Beyond COVID
Erin Runnion
November 19, 2020 | 3:30 pm - 5:00pm
Join us for an inspiring presentation given by Erin Runnion, about what we can do to better protect children during and beyond the challenges posed by COVID-19.
Erin Runnion is a national advocate for children and the Director of The Joyful Child Foundation, in memory of her daughter, Samantha Runnion, who was abducted and murdered days before her sixth birthday in July 2002. Although inspired by a tragedy, Erin shares her unique perspective about the power of hope, resiliency, and joy to address the spectrum and impact of childhood trauma.
Leadership for the Greater Good
Azim Khamisa
December 8, 2020 | 3:30 pm - 5:00pm
In this talk, Azim Khamisa calls for a new kind of leader — a satyagrahi leader — to follow in the footsteps of some of the world’s most inspiring role models. Building on Mahatma Gandhi’s practice of satyagraha, a method of using passive resistance to spark political and social change, satyagrahi leaders balance their ambition with their spirit and use their skills to benefit the larger community. To address society’s most daunting challenges, today’s leaders need competency in three areas:
- to be brilliant in their professions
- to work to create effective, viable, and affordable solutions to societal ills
- have strong moral, ethical, and spiritual values.
This triad of competencies is critical to tackling the current degradation and divisiveness of society. It is Khamisa’s hope that the emerging and existing leaders will be inspired to emulate these competencies and help move us to a world that is inclusive, compassionate, and one that works for everyone.
Fostering A Future
Anthony Trucks
January 2021
We invite foster parents and resource parents to save the date for January 2021 to hear from our moving speaker, Anthony Trucks.
At the age of three years old, Anthony Trucks was placed into the foster care system. It’s a well-known fact that up to 50 percent of kids placed in the system will end up homeless upon emancipation, and 75% of prison inmates in the U.S. are former foster kids - needless to say, the odds were against him from the beginning. This looming reality was never lost on Anthony and he spent a good bulk of his childhood feeling adrift, unworthy, and listless. For years, he spent every day in survival mode, just trying to make it to the next day, week, and year in one piece.
Join us as Anthony explains how he made the shift into his ideal identity and how he overcame his hardships.
CEUs Available
Continuing education units (CEUs) will be available and participants can sign up for credit following each session. Courses meet qualifications for 1.5 hours of Continuing Education Units for MFTs/LCSWs (Provider #128510) as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
CEUs are available for a fee of $20.
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