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Upcoming trainings

Intersectionality and Trauma-Informed Care, Session 2

Date: Mon November 4, 2024, 1:30pm-3:30pm 

Trainer: Dr Crystallee Crain

Location: VIRTUAL

There is a pre-requisite to attend Session 1 on July 16 or view the recording prior to attending Session 2. Visit kingcounty.gov/training to view all recorded sessions.

Description: This is session 2 of a 2-part series (1^st session 7-16-24). Please attend or watch the recording the first session before registering for this session. In this comprehensive workshop, human service professionals will delve into the critical intersectionality of identities and its profound impact on trauma-informed care. Intersectionality acknowledges that individuals hold multiple social identities (such as race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability, etc.), and these intersecting identities shape their experiences of trauma and resilience. Participants will explore the principles of trauma-informed care through an intersectional lens, gaining insights into how various social identities can influence the way individuals perceive, experience, and cope with trauma. Through interactive discussions, case studies, and experiential exercises, attendees will learn practical strategies for providing culturally responsive and inclusive trauma-informed care to diverse populations.

Key topics include:

• Understanding intersectionality and its implications for trauma and resilience
• Recognizing the impact of systemic oppression, discrimination, and privilege on trauma experiences
• Exploring trauma-informed approaches that honor and validate diverse identities and experiences
• Developing culturally sensitive interventions and practices to support marginalized individuals and communities
• Addressing power dynamics and promoting equity within trauma-informed care settings

By the end of the workshop, participants will emerge equipped with a deeper understanding of how intersectionality intersects with trauma-informed care and practical tools to enhance their ability to provide holistic, inclusive, and effective support to all individuals they serve. Join us in advancing your practice and promoting healing and empowerment across ever growing diverse communities.

This session will be recorded.

Trainer bio:

Dr Crystallee Crain (she/her/hers) is an interdisciplinary public health scholar and human rights advocate. She has over 14 years experience consulting nationally with clients in a variety of sectors, currently leading consulting projects with Nonprofit Network and Prevention at the Intersections. 

She is a board member with the Seeding Justice Foundation. Dr. Crain facilitates training with an emphasis on addressing trauma, prevention science, and participatory capacity-building. She has worked with organizations across the country to support them in actualizing people-centered values in the development and implementation of their mission and vision. She specializes in revealing layers of institutional inequality while supporting communities to shift ways of being and practice to improve life chances by bridging the worlds of research, healing justice, and community capacity building. 

Crystallee’s body of work represents a collective need to strengthen our responses to violence through transformative means, the need for liberatory practices, and a focus on healing as a strategy for change. Dr. Crain has served as a member of the Alameda County Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Commission, The City of Portland's Human Rights Commission, and is a current member of the American Psychological Association, the American Evaluation Association and the ACE Network which is focused on culturally responsive evaluation. She is also a newly appointed member of the Editorial Board of the Michigan Public Health Journal. You can learn more at www.crystalleecrain.org and at www.preventionagenda.org.

Mental Health 101

Date: Wed, December 11, 2024, 10:00am-12:00pm 

Trainer: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Seattle), Paul Getzel

Location: VIRTUAL

Description: This workshop provides an overview of mental health diagnoses, their observable symptoms, and basic information treatments. The educational focus is to break down inaccurate myths, reduce stigma, and cultivate compassion and support of our community members living with mental health conditions. This workshop will be to geared toward human services providers to present the most meaningful, relevant, and practical information to our King County community-based organizations.

Trainer Bio: Paul Getzel (he/him) is the executive director of NAMI Seattle, one of hundreds of National Alliance on Mental Illness affiliates nationwide. He has worked in nonprofit human services for 30 years in various areas including food security, HIV/AIDS, community health education, and mental health. He is passionate about creating more equitable systems to give everyone a chance to achieve their best health. Having lived with a mental health condition for decades, he is especially focused on reducing mental health stigma and breaking down barriers to accessing care.

This session will be recorded, pausing for any share-out of a personal/sensitive nature to maintain a safe space environment.

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