Healing from trauma in Native communities and ethics training in social work are among the topics Friday, April 22, at the annual Lewis-Clark State College Trauma and Resilience Symposium.
The free online event, from 8:50 a.m. to 2 p.m., will be streamed at bit.ly/LCSCTraumaSymposium. The cost is $25 for those using the event for continuing education unit certification or school district-approved in-service training certification.
Keynote speaker J. Luke Wood, vice president of Student Affairs & Campus Diversity at San Diego State University, is slated to present from 1-2 p.m., discussing racelighting, the process whereby people of color question their own thoughts and actions because of their experiences with racism.
Lucilla Mendoza, Rebecca Lehman and Ryan Oatman, licensed social workers in Idaho and Washington, will kick off the symposium from 9-9:50 a.m. with “Healing in Native Communities,” followed by a talk from 10-10:50 a.m. by Tai Simpson on “Whose America? Who’s America?” Simpson, a member of the Nez Perce Tribe who lives in Boise, is a direct descendent of Chief Redheart.
Katie McPherson, a licensed social worker from Moscow who specializes in abuse survivors therapy, will talk from 11-11:50 a.m. about “Ethics in Reunification (Ethics training for Social Work).”
Wood will give the keynote address after a lunch break.
Registration is available by emailing symposium co-chairperson Christina Brando-Subis at cjbrandon-subis@lcsc.edu.
