UNBREAKABLE! Resiliency Conference

This event is FREE and open to the public. Lunch and child care will be provided during this event. Click here to register in advance.

OUR GOAL: TO BUILD TRAUMA INFORMED RESILIENCE!

“Struggling, Straining, & Stretched but UNBREAKABLE!”

Are you struggling to understand the rapidly changing world?

Are you straining under the burden of past trauma?

Are your emotions stretched to the limit?

If your answer is “yes” to any of these questions or if you are connected to someone who would answer “yes” to these questions, our UNBREAKABLE! Resiliency Conference is just for you! Resilience is the ability to overcome, grow, adapt, and innovate! Join us as we explore how past traumas can impact future opportunities and how we can overcome circumstances by managing our response.

UNBREAKABLE! Resiliency Conference Schedule

8:30 Registration Opens

8:45 Opening – Welcome

9:00  Keynote Speaker Developing a Trauma-Informed and Culturally Responsive Community-

Ben David former District Attorney of New Hanover County – He currently co-chairs the Chief Justice’s Task Force on ACEs-Informed Courts, focusing on making court officials more trauma-informed.

10:00 Break/Transition

10:15 Choose One:

• Stronger Together Suicide Prevention through Resilience Katie Thomas, LSW
• Building Resilience in Elementary Students Tonya McLean
• Raising Teens with Unbreakable Spirits Cristal Avalos
• Brittany Garner
• Mentoring: Building Connections after Trauma Dr. Chrystal McIver

11:15 Break/Transition

11:30 Choose One:

• Stronger Together: Suicide Prevention through Resilience Katie Thomas, LSW
• Building Resilience in Elementary Students Tonya McLean
• Raising Teens with Unbreakable Spirits Cristal Avalos
• Brittany Garner
• Mentoring: Building Connections after Trauma Dr. Chrystal McIver

12:30 Lunch/Debrief

1:30      Dismissal