WCCI Weekly Wednesday Conversations Schedule

Feburary 16
"NAMI and Policy Priorities in North Carolina"
with Ashish George

Feburary 9
"Showing Up: How to Love and Be Loved In The Darkness of Mental Illness"
with Helen Joy George

Feburary 2
"Pets and Human Trauma: Important Connections and Concerns"
with Dr. Maurenn MacNamara

January 26
"Invisible Injuries and Family Dynamics: Veterans and Trauma"
with Taz Kim and Jim Fisher

January 19
"Trauma Transformed"
with Todd Carter

January 12
"High Country Re-Entry Collaborative"
with Anna Dudley and JB Byrch

December 29
Holiday Break

December 22
Holiday Break

December 15
"'The Bad': A Story of Meth in the Mountains"
with Susan Weinberg

December 8
"Trauma Impacts Us All: Caring for Selves as We Care For Others"
with Kayt Warren

December 1
"Self Care: Shifting the Definition to Personal Wellness"
with Hayley Bayne

November 24
Holiday Break

November 17
"Faces of ACEs, Thriving Lives: Wistful Silence"
with Cindy Hartley

November 10
"How An Integrated Model of Care Treats the Whole Person"
with Alysia Hoover-Thompson, High Country Community Health

November 3
"Trauma's Impact on Financial Wellness"
with Blowing Rock Cares, Boone Service League, Holy Cross Church, WeCan

October 27
"Faces of ACEs, Thriving Lives: It Takes A Village" with Maria Matarazzo

October 20
"Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives series: From Dope to Hope" with Ryan Carver

October 13
"Individually Ordinary; Collectively Radical" with Derek Lail

October 6
"Domestic Awareness Month" with OASIS

September 29
"Suicide Awareness, Prevention, and Resources" with Daymark, Community Mental Health Project, etc.

September 22
"Community Response to Crisis" with Geri Miller

September 15
"Parent to Parent" with Kaaren Hayes

September 8
"WCS Prevention Services" with Candis Walker

September 1
"Supporting Relatives in Parenting Through Trauma" with High Country Caregivers

August 25
"Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives series: Breaking the Cycle- Generational Trauma" with Jessica Winebarger

August 18
"Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives series: Finding Your Family, Finding Success" with Zakery Earp

August 11
"Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives series: Out of Trauma ~ From Incarceration to Resilience" with Elliot Palmer

August 4
"Trauma and Resilience in Pediatric Medicine" with Dr. Zimmerman

July 28
"Safe Harbor: Supporting Women in Recovery" with Nannette Franklin

July 21
"Trauma and Substance Use in Youth: The work of WSAP (Watauga Substance Action and Prevention)" with Tiffany Williams

July 14
"Addressing Trauma in Schools" with Nikki Fynn

July 7
"WMC: Addressing Trauma in a Medical Setting" with Robin Fox

June 30
"Community Heals" with Micheal Tanner, President of NAMI High Country

June 23
"Serving the Best Interest of Youth - Services and Changes" with the Department of Juvenile Justice

June 16
"The Intersectionality of Trauma, Discrimination, and Motherhood" with Helem Stamm

June 9
"Is That Working for You: How High is the Cost for Caregivers and Service Providers?" with Stephanie Langston

June 2
“Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives Series: Walking the Wire- Deconstructing Safety" with Jennifer Smith

May 26
“Helping Children Recover from Trauma" with the Children's Advocacy Center

May 19
“Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives Series: My Path to Being Heart Centered" with Christine Dave

May 12
ASU IPC/Social Work Care Collaborative: Supporting People with Lived Experience with Annette Ward

May 5
“Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives Series: My Life in Paint" with Mollie Furman

April 28
“Trauma and Resilience in Young Children" with CDSA

April 21
WCCI Conference: Community is the Solution

April 14
“Intersectionality and Social Justice" with Tiffany Christian

April 7
“Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives Series: Fierce Kindness & Found Joy" with Amber Dixon

March 31
"Organizational Chronic Stress and Organizational Resilience" with Brett Loftis

March 24
"Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives series: A Life From Black and White to Color" with Yolanda Adams

March 17
"Active Bystander Intervention" with Kellie Bass

March 10
"Trauma, Resilience, and Teen Pregnancy" with Marie Brumfield

March 3
“Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives Series: Because Of, Not In Spite Of" with Ashley Wurth

February 24
“Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives Series: Trauma, Incarceration, ACES Awareness and Now Changing the World" with Micheal Hayes

February 17
“Local Law Enforcement Panel”

February 10
“Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives Series: What's Love Got To Do With It?” with Jordan Edmisten

February 3
“Faces of ACES, Thriving Lives Series: Thoughts from Two People With ACES” with Denise Presnell & Lindsey Sullivan

January 27
“Perspectives on Foster Care” with Emily Greer, Meg Furman, Abigail Swanger

January 13
“Personal Trauma to Professional Racial Justice Advocate: A White Woman’s Journey” with Brandy Bryson

January 6
“The Faces of ACES, Thriving Live Series: Rebuilding After Complex Trauma” With Tom Woodard

January 1
“Human Trafficking 1010” with Danyelle Smith

December 30
HOLIDAY

December 23
HOLIDAY

December 16
"My Story: Impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Ways of Creating Resiliency", Todd Hendley

December 9
"APPHealthCare: Partnering with Businesses to Become Trauma-Informed", with Emily Harwood and McKenzie Hellman

December 2
"Meditation and Restorative Justice - LEAD, Youth programs, and Other Supports", with Marisa Cornell and other staff

November 25
HOLIDAY

November 18
"Foundations of Child Protective Services", with Chad Slagle

November 11
"The Bad: One Family's Story of Meth In The Mountains", as featured in "Fro m The Frontlines of the Appalachian Addiction Crisis" (McFarland Books, 2020), with Susan Weinberg in Conversation with Misty

November 4
"WYN Mentoring: A Resource to Increase Resiliency", with Angela McMann and Charlene Grasinger

October 28
"Appalachian Counseling and Psychological Services", with Heidi Campbell

October 21
"Understanding Mental Opportunity & Preventing Suicide in Your Community" , with Kat Dolan

October 14
"App Health Care - Community Trauma, Resources and Support", with Donna Hill and Elizabeth Kerley

October 7
"Community Care Clinic - Identifying and Supporting People from Trauma" , with Caitlin Massey

September 30
"Hospitality House: How Trauma Increases. Housing Insecurity" , with Tina Krause, Sonya Hamby, and/or Todd Carter

September 23
"A Therapist's Perspective on Trauma and Trauma Treatment , with Ashley Mckinney

September 16
"Whole Brain Learning and Brain Gym", with Beckie Ballard

September 9
"Trauma Therapies, ACES and Resiliency: My Personal and Professional Journey", with Suzi Woodard

September 2
"Trauma Support Outside the Professional Setting", with Laura and JB Birch

August 26
"How WYN Manages and Combats Toxic Stress in an After School Setting", with Kiersten Keene

August 19
"Resilience Care: What Self-Care Really Is and How Relational Care Can Help", with Mary McKinney

August 12
"What's Our Why?", with the WCCI Leadership Team

​"My whole life people have been telling me to calm down and nobody ever told me how."
"As a society that's very black and white, we think you're either okay or you're going off the ledge and we don't recognize a lot of that gray stuff in between and the different variants of needing help"

-Denise Presnell, "The Intersectionality of Trauma, Discrimination, and Motherhood"

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