A Trauma-Informed Approach to Racial Healing: A Summit for Collaborative Approaches

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A Trauma-Informed Approach to Racial Healing: A Summit for Collaborative Approaches

featuring experts from UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital and its community partners

Registration is now open for "A Trauma-Informed Approach to Racial Healing: A Summit for Collaborative Approaches," which will take place on Friday, September 17, 2021 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Herberman Conference Center at UPMC Cancer Pavilion, UPMC Shadyside. 

Overview. Click here to download the flyer for more more information about the summit and to view the program schedule.

Introduction. The focus of this summit will be:

  • Listening to and centering the history, knowledge, and experiences of community partners who have daily engagement with children and adolescents, especially those from marginalized and minoritized communities.
  • Co-learning around practice-based tools as well as research-informed best practices to share training, tools, and resources. 
  • Strengthening formal, reciprocal, and sustained relationships to best support the children and youth in an ongoing way following the Summit to promote positive mental health and well-being.

Who Should Attend? Community-based agencies and individuals in select geographic areas who have the consistent presence, recognition, and trust of the
community for engagement with children and youth through their daily activities, e.g., youth ministers, counselors, DHS-licensed
agencies, school nurses and health support staff, after-school program staff, juvenile justice, sports organizations, and others.

Learning Objectives. At the completion of the program, participants should be able to:

  • Develop an enhanced, formalized, and reciprocal relationship with UPMC Western Behavioral Health to better serve the communities in the primary service area of UPMC.
  • Develop specific strategies for introducing a healing justice framework into our communities to support healing and recovery, building on examples of individual and community resilience.
  • Expand the ability to guide and support children, youth, and their families through available resources of training, tools, and networking.
  • Identify next steps following the Summit, based on collaborative input, on how to provide on-going support and increase the trustworthiness of UPMC Western Behavioral Health and affiliated institutional partners.

Registration Instructions. There is no fee to attend this event. The event is being held in-person pending any changes to pandemic regulations. click here to register. 

Questions. We encourage participation by all individuals. If you have a disability, advance notification of any special needs will help us to better serve you. Please notify us of your needs at least two weeks in advance of the program by calling Nancy Mundy at 412-204-9090.