Friday | Nov 18 | 8A-4P

Reclaiming Hope

$45 Early Bird; $60 after Oct 21.

The 4th Annual Reclaiming Hope is a conference for anyone who works with or serves people. Whether you help others by serving in education, social services, as a first responder, in the faith community, or anywhere else, understanding trauma and its effects allows you to bring more hope, healing, and tools to your work and community.

Keynote, breakouts, lunch and more!

Breakouts will include subjects such as Understanding Substance Abuse Disorder; Shame; Adverse Childhood Experiences; The Power of Empathy; Trauma-Informed Discipleship; Understanding What Triggers Us; Fostering Safe Places; Becoming an Ally and Advocate for Survivors; Mindfulness; Supporting Youth from Challenging Pasts; Self-Care and so much more!

Join us for a day of inspiring and gifted speakers, community resources, and so much more!

Key speaker

Trevor DeVage

As a speaker, creator, culture disrupter, and storyteller, Trevor longs to help people move their story into the best story. Trevor went to college at Lincoln Christian University and completed his degree in Preaching with a minor in Youth Ministry. He followed this up with a teaching degree from Wheaton University.

He and his family are now serving and leading Pantano Christian Church in Tucson, Arizona. His passion is for people who haven’t quite found what they’re looking for in life. Trevor communicates with a unique blend of humor, compassion, and lived experience that connects with audiences from all walks of life.

Speakers

Hillary Grigel

Hillary Grigel is a licensed practicing architect, however, her experiences with sexual assault and breast cancer led her to freelance writing, blogging, and speaking as well. Hillary feels passionate that we are not defined by past hurts or struggles, but by our identity in Christ.

Workshops

Join us as we learn to effectively and sensitively communicate with trauma survivors that we are their ally and advocate. Together we will explore five phrases and four steps to becoming an ally and advocate. Combined these phrases and steps make the acronym – A.D.V.O.C.A.T.E.E.

Recently campaigns such as Black Lives Matter; Stop Asian Hate; Me too, arose – even amidst the Pandemic. People all around us seek to feel loved and accepted. But how do we create an environment that is welcoming and safe for trauma survivors in our churches, schools, and organizations? When we discuss such difficult topics as abortion, purity, divorce, and more, how do we help trauma survivors to feel loved and accepted rather than further isolating, shaming, and silencing them?

Dr. Sanghoon Yoo

Dr. Sanghoon Yoo, the founder of The Faithful City (TFC) and Arizona Trauma Informed Faith Coalition (AZTIFC), has led ministries and social services for over two decades, holding a master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) and recently a doctor of ministry degree (DMin).

Workshops

This workshop introduces the trauma informed Christian discipleship that Dr. Yoo has recently developed – integrating biblical principles and scientific discoveries to provide a discipleship journey guide with trauma informed companionship. The presenter offers Scriptural bases and themes for trauma informed care and discipleship (such as peace and presence) which are congruent with the importance of safety and relational availability from the scientific discoveries for trauma recovery and resilience.

This workshop provides the introductory steps for building communities of belonging to prevent substance and other harmful behaviors using based on a trauma informed care paradigm. Interpersonal neuroscience asserts that a sense of belonging creates safety and a firm foundation for trauma informed community. Dr. Yoo presents the steps on how to build resilient communities and promote an effective recovery atmosphere, creating communities of belonging.

Tamara Bolthouse

She is a licensed and ordained senior chaplain and a Human Services Board-Certified Practitioner. Tamara holds advanced certifications in Grief and Bereavement Counseling from Regent University, and the Grief Recovery Institute. Envoy helps parents, grandparents, case managers, court officials, and Christian entities find treatment resources for complex requests.

Workshop

In this workshop, we will discuss what grief is and address grief education & myths surrounding grief recovery. We will talk about what to say and what not to say or do when walking with someone who has experienced grief. Finally, we will address actions that help us recover from loss as well as specific ways to help children with grief and loss.

Dr. DaMond Holt

Dr. Holt is a National Trauma expert, Certified Traumatologist, and Licensed and Board-Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner that treat and diagnose the root causes of disease. He is a Licensed Brain Health Trainer through Amen’s University. His work and research are an asset-based approach to trauma with a strong focus on resilience above trauma instead of a deficit-based approach.

Workshops

This course will address the issues of Secondary Traumatic Stress, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout among professionals from educators, social workers, and first responders. You can’t pour from an empty cup. We will discuss the issuers of vicarious trauma and how trauma affects the whole person, mind, and soul. We will conclude with best practices for healing and coping with our stress from the 8 dimensions of wellness.

What is Trauma? We will discuss the different types of trauma, the impact of tauma’s on the whole person and how we heal from trauma.

Denisha Workizer

She worked for twenty years in professional leadership and corporate management before becoming a pastor. She served as a pastor for ten years and most recently followed her passion and founded Reclaimed Story, an Arizona non-profit organization to help women reclaim their story after a painful past. In addition to her work in biblical counseling, she is also certified as a Trauma-Informed Coach and hosts a weekly podcast called, Living the Reclaimed Life.

Workshop

Have you ever been in a conversation where someone shares something incredibly painful and you don’t know how to respond? Perhaps they shared about a traumatic moment in their life, or pain they are currently experiencing. What you say in those moments matter. In this interactive workshop, we are going to equip you to sit in those moments with confidence and ask powerful questions, rather than attempting to fix the situation or simply avoid hurting people all together.

Deb Murphy

Deborah and Katie are both survivors of Domestic Violence. Deborah and Katie are both certified by AZ ACE’s Consortium Trainer of Trainers and AZ Trauma Institute Trauma Support Specialists. Deborah and Katie both speak publicly about Domestic Violence, Trauma Informed Care, Relationship boundaries, red flags, and healthy elements. Additionally, Deborah is a worship leader.

Workshop

Learn how to create Self-Care plans and create & use Boundaries. Discover what are Red Flags & Healthy Elements, and how to identify when someone feels unsafe.

Deborah and Katie will share their testimonies, leading you to learn how to empower individuals who have suffered trauma.

Sandi Cimino

Sandi serves as the Director of Training and Development for the Arizona Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Consortium. In this role, Sandi brings her passion for strengthening and supporting parents, youth, and the communities that serve them to her work through program development, curriculum development, training and community building.

Workshops

This workshop goes behind the scenes with the developers of the Youth Resilience Empowerment training, part of the AZ ACEs Consortium’s Resilience Empowerment Project. Participants will gain insight into how the training was developed in partnership with youth with lived experience. You will learn about the hits, the misses, and the amazing creative process that unfolds when we create environments where youth feel safe, empowered, and powerful.

Research tells us that RELATIONSHIPS are critical to healing and resilience. This is even more critical for youth who rely on adults in their lives to care about them and keep them safe. We know it is relationships with caring, consistent, SAFE adults that help mitigate the negative outcomes of ACEs and trauma. But…do we really know what a SAFE ADULT is? This workshop will help you write your “resume” to get the job of your dreams: SAFE ADULT.

Kelley Meshirer

Kelley Meshirer, MA ADCN, CTP, graduated from Liberty University with a Masters in Addiction Counseling and a doctoral program emphasizing in trauma in January of 2023. She served her clinicals at the award winning Sierra Tucson Treatment Center, working exclusively with veterans & first responders.

Workshop

he sympathetic nervous system calms down your parasympathetic nervous system, i.e. your vagus nerve! When stress, mood and shock kick in it can break down the vagus nerve’s function. When we take care of ourselves, exercise resilience and build post traumatic grnwth our bodies can work to restore balance in our bodies. But what does it really mean to be resilient? And do you have what it takes to bounce back? Join Kelley to learn how to embrace the stressors around us, and overcome & thrive in the process!

Active listening is more than using your ears! In a world where we are bombarded with noise, so much gets lost. We let the most important parts of connection slip through the cracks. When we learn to actively listen, the person we are listening to experiences the power of empathy and connection. Join Kelley and listen in on ways to enrich your relationships – wherever you lead, serve, and live.

Kelly Lilliard

Reaching Resiliency was founded by Kelly Lillard and Milissa Sanchez. Kelly and Milissa both have 14 years of practicing social work in diverse settings which led to deepening their interest in the multi-generational impacts of both trauma and resiliency. Both have earned certifications from the Trauma Resource Institute as Community Resiliency Model Trainers. The vision of Reaching Resiliency is to train and create a community of Trauma-informed, Resiliency focused individuals and groups across Arizona to help rebuild and restore our communities.

Workshop

The community resiliency model is focused on teaching people that human beings respond to stressful and traumatic experiences in a similar way, and also have the ability to bounce back to their best selves after difficult life experiences. This is called the Resiliency zone. CRM teaches a set of six wellness skills to help regulate your body to a natural state of well being after experiencing a distressful time. These skills are so simple that they can be taught across cultures to both children and adults. The model is based on leading neuroscience development about the autonomic nervous system and the ability to create new pathways in our brain.

Milissa Sanchez

Reaching Resiliency was founded by Kelly Lillard and Milissa Sanchez. Kelly and Milissa both have 14 years of practicing social work in diverse settings which led to deepening their interest in the multi-generational impacts of both trauma and resiliency. Both have earned certifications from the Trauma Resource Institute as Community Resiliency Model Trainers. The vision of Reaching Resiliency is to train and create a community of Trauma-informed, Resiliency focused individuals and groups across Arizona to help rebuild and restore our communities.

Workshop

The community resiliency model is focused on teaching people that human beings respond to stressful and traumatic experiences in a similar way, and also have the ability to bounce back to their best selves after difficult life experiences. This is called the Resiliency zone. CRM teaches a set of six wellness skills to help regulate your body to a natural state of well being after experiencing a distressful time. These skills are so simple that they can be taught across cultures to both children and adults. The model is based on leading neuroscience development about the autonomic nervous system and the ability to create new pathways in our brain.

Lisa Hansen

Lisa Hansen is a subject matter expert with over 20 years’ experience as a professional speaker, trainer, and youth care provider. She faced her own dilemma as she was stuck in anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts due to her childhood trauma of sexual abuse, child sex trafficking and domestic abuse. Her mission has been to abolish child sexual exploitation through extraordinary outreach and straightforward prevention education for youth.

Workshops

Youth trauma statistics have gone up exponentially in every major category: abuse, online child exploitation, sextortion, child trafficking, bullying, and self-harm have increased youth suicide rates over 50%. The workshop objectives are to: Formulate prevention education methods, examine the scope and impact of trauma and construct self-care methods, discover community resources, and network to construct a plan for community collaboration. As individuals learn how to execute their role, the expected result is to save children’s lives, prevent further abuse, protect youth and provide tangible therapy for healing. This will decrease trauma statistics across the board in our communities.

Katie Maakestad

Deborah and Katie are both survivors of Domestic Violence. Deborah and Katie are both certified AZ ACE’s Consortium Trainer of Trainors and AZ Trauma Institute Trauma Support Specialists. Deborah and Katie both speak publicly about Domestic Violence, Trauma Informed Care, Relationship boundaries, red flags, and healthy elements. Additionally, Deborah is a worship leader.

Workshop

Learn how to create Self-Care plans and create & use Boundaries. Discover what are Red Flags & Healthy Elements, and how to identify when someone feels unsafe.

Deborah and Katie will share their testimonies, leading you to learn how to empower individuals who have suffered trauma.

Officer Jaime Burnett

A police officer with the Tucson Police Department for over 20 years, Jaime Burnett is currently assigned to the Substance Use Resource Team where she and her team work to address substance misuse in our community through outreach, education, and collaboration. In her tenure with the police department, Jaime has been an academy instructor, a field training officer, and a member of the Hostage Negotiations, Rapid Response, and Community Network teams. She has received training in Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Informed Care, Mental Health First Aid, and Crisis Intervention.

Workshop

The goal of this presentation is to challenge what you think you know about drug use and to challenge you to make an impact! We look at the origins of the opioid epidemic and briefly explore some of the science behind substance use disorders and the addictive nature of opioids. We will discuss the stigma of drug use and how trauma factors contribute to a person’s likelihood of abusing drugs. We will also talk about fentanyl, its many forms, and how easy access to it continues to fuel this deadly epidemic. We discuss Narcan, one of our best tools for saving a life during an opioid overdose. Most importantly, we will talk about what each one of us can do to make an impact.

Jessica Flowers

Jessica Flowers is a dynamic and responsive facilitator and strategic program developer with 20+ years of experience connecting with community members to provide trauma-informed creative opportunities. In 2017 Jessica was selected as one of 22 national Change Leaders through the Ashoka Children’s Wellbeing Initiative.

Workshop

This workshop goes behind the scenes with the developers of the Youth Resilience Empowerment training, part of the AZ ACEs Consortium’s Resilience Empowerment Project. Participants will gain insight into how the training was developed in partnership with youth with lived experience. You will learn about the hits, the misses, and the amazing creative process that unfolds when we create environments where youth feel safe, empowered, and powerful.

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