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To view the full agenda and session descriptions, including speaker bios and additional information on their work, please view the event program.
View event programGathering Welcome
Join us for the opening session where we will welcome attendees, introduce the vision and themes for this event, share the event acknowledgments and group agreements, provide an overview of More Resilient Minnesota and the Tribal NEAR and Community Wisdom Project, and orient attendees to the upcoming sessions, webpage, and join links for the event.
Breakout Session 1 — Connecting Indigenous Cultural Practices to Community
Hear from a panel of leaders in a variety of fields who are integrating Indigenous cultural practices into healthcare, workplace wellness, language revitalization efforts, and community work. Speakers include Ashlee Jallen and Sarah Andersen from the Native American Community Clinic, Kortni Bidinger from Lower Sioux Indian Community, and Jaylen Strong from the Bois Forte Heritage Center & Cultural Museum.
Breakout Session 1 — Grounding our Work in Community Voice: Creative Evaluation and Research Methods
This one-hour presentation is designed to focus on alternative forms of data collection beyond the traditional survey, interview, and focus group approaches. Wilder Research staff will present approaches to collecting data from community members including community engagement methods like bead voting, dot voting, and harvest boards. The presentation will include descriptions of these approaches, step-by-step guidelines for carrying out these methods, and detailed examples of previous projects that have utilized these methods. This presentation has been designed for coordinator staff who have minimum to extensive experience with collecting, analyzing, and utilizing public health data. Speakers include Melissa Adolfson, Jackie Aman, and Kyla Goux from Wilder Research.
Breakout Session 2 — Coming Together Around Issues that Matter
Coalitions and efforts across the state are addressing major public health issues. Learn how each initiative has acted on the idea that we are stronger when we work together. Speakers include Meghann Levitt from the Minnesota Suicide Prevention Taskforce, Reba Mathern-Jacobson from the Lung Mind Alliance with the American Lung Association, and Jamie Bonczyk and Leo Howard III from the 80×3 Initiative at Greater Twin Cities United Way.
Breakout Session 2 — Community Engagement – The Power of Stories
During the pandemic, Lowell Johnson and Karen Johnson of the Crow Wing Mental Health Alliance attended a 100 Cups of Coffee workshop sponsored by MDH and Family Wise. They decided to implement the project, changed the name to 100 Community Conversations, trained ten interviewers and held one hundred and five, one-on-one interviews with marginalized people in Crow Wing County. Marginalized was defined as people with lived experience of mental illness, addiction, disability, incarceration, black and brown skin, or being in the LGBTQ+ community. Sometimes family members of these people were interviewed. The interviewers had an experience of empathy stretch during interviews. The idea surfaced that maybe we could increase empathy and compassion in our community by telling some of these stories. This has resulted in the publication of a book and video series, Bold Yet Seldom Told: Crow Wing Community Stories. Speakers include Karen and Lowell Johnson from Crow Wing Energize.
Breakout Session 2 — Parent Leadership Matters! Parent Leadership Panel
Parents from around the state are taking the lead on strengthening their communities and changing systems. Join this session to hear from several of these parent leaders. FamilyWise Services Prevention Initiative Directors will be facilitating this panel of Parent Leaders: Tonya Long, Levi Chapman and Lana Morrow.
Keynote Speaker and Gathering Closing
Keynote:
For over 15 years partnerships have been growing between Indigenous Persons/Communities and The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM). CMBM has been teaching an evidence-based model worldwide for 30 years, focusing on population-wide trauma relief. The foundations of this model arise out of numerous wisdom traditions. Many individuals have woven this work into culturally specific settings with a natural synergy. With the support of dozens of funders over the years and with more than 800 persons from more than 25 tribes trained, the movement to further spread the work continues.
This presentation will overview the model, history of the work, science of stress/trauma, and opportunities to support others to learn and creatively share the practices within their families, workplaces, and communities. The positive impact that occurs intergenerationally is a central tenet of the learning experience. The approach supports learning and healing for children, adolescents, adults, and elders.
Objectives: Explain the practices and basic science of stress and trauma; practice mind-body tools for enhanced awareness and self-expression.
Closing:
Join us for the closing session where we will share the FamilyWise Family Wellbeing Index, share a participant photo slideshow and survey, create a word cloud, and offer closing words.