Webinars
Webinar Recording Now Available: Creating Sustainable Community Partnerships
Presenter: Alisha Rojas Harrison Moderator: Shira Collings Webinar Description: Effective community partnerships help to support youth and teens, especially those that have adverse living experiences. Partnerships should be based on mutual respect and strengths based
Webinar Recording Now Available: Supporting Neurodivergent Students in Higher Ed & Challenging Discrimination: Human Rights & Social Justice
Presenters: Nev Jones and Bowen Cho Moderator: Shira Collings Webinar Description: Featuring the work of three lived experience activists, including Bowen Cho (founder of Neurodivergent U), Nev Jones (University of Pittsburgh), and Shira Collings (National Empowerment Center),
Webinar Recording Now Available: A Taste of Wonderland – Birthing a New Story of ‘Best Life’ for All
Presenters: Hilary Van Welter and Bret Warshawsky Webinar Description: What If..... the epidemic of crisis, pain, hopelessness and powerlessness are natural responses to the world we consider ‘normal’? those who are deemed to have a
Webinar Recording Now Available: LGBTQ+ Youth Leadership Panel
Presenters: Laura Yakas and Zen Q “Zenni” Muhammad Moderator: Shira Collings Webinar Description: Join us this Pride Month for a panel discussion with two LGBTQ+ youth peer leaders, Laura Yakas and Zenni Muhammad. Laura Yakas
Webinar Recording Now Available: Increasing Occupational Resiliency for Peer-Run Respite Staff & Volunteers
Presenters: Stephen Valdez, Marilyn Michelle Thomas ("Chelle"), and Joana Arcangel Moderator: Kim Ewing Webinar Description: Peer-run respites offer unique and invaluable types of support and resources to people experiencing mental health crises. Staff and volunteers
Webinar Recording Now Available: How to Build Peer Support Ecosystems: Peer Services Offered in Communities Make a Difference in People’s Lives
Presenters: Cherene Caraco, Vesper Moore Webinar Description: Cherene Caraco, CEO of Promise Resource Network (PRN) in North Carolina, and Vesper Moore, COO of Kiva Centers in Massachusetts, will present on the services their organizations offer