Trauma-Informed Care is very helpful to understand how an individual person may be impacted by trauma.  This session expands TIC to entire communities and focuses on how various factors and residual consequences of historical and continuing challenges may create walls or barriers that may impede developing cross-cultural interactions and relationships.

In the third session of our series on intersectionality and finding common ground, participants will be able to unpack the political implications of why diversity and inclusion have become such charged issues, and discuss what we as educators can do about continuing to create socially-safe spaces for youth. Participants in the session will explore how to […]

This session will provide various models based on various Native American cultures and additional resources to help participants understand how single, focused areas of human and related services can expand to a greater understanding of the inter-relationship of multiple health and social issues impacting youth, their families, and communities.

In the fourth session of our series on intersectionality, participants will discuss the differences between awareness, allyship, advocacy and activism. We will explore why it is important to have critical conversations about racism, misogyny, homophobia and xenophobia with our colleagues and students. Participants will also explore how to respond to fear and resistance, and why […]