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
Presenter: Nev Jones Moderator: Shira Collings Webinar Description: Featuring the work of lived experience activists Nev Jones (University of Pittsburgh) and Shira Collings (National Empowerment Center), this webinar will present on current barriers to inclusion
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