Online Webinar
Trauma Informed Approaches (Virtual)
Dates: Tuesday, March 29 and Thursday, March 31, 12:30pm-4:30pm (each day) This two-day participatory workshop is intended to support participants to practice trauma-informed approaches in their work and community relationships. We will: Reflect on Trauma’s impact on: 1) How we view the world, 2) Our mind and body, and 3) How we interact Rethink “symptoms” as survival adaptations […]
Mad Movement Histories Training (virtual)
April 26th and 28th 12:00pm – 4:00pm (each session) When it comes to understanding how we got to where we are and thinking about where we are headed, history is sometimes our best teacher. Come explore mad* movement histories through themes of resistance to oppression and building alternative supports, and through lenses of racial, disability, economic, and gender justice. We will look […]
A Harm Reduction Approach to Psychiatric Drugs
As peer support workers, we are sometimes discouraged from having conversations about psych drugs and are encouraged to leave it to the medical professionals. While we cannot give medical advice or replace the role of doctors, we can offer supportive conversations that explore others’—and our own—relationship to psych drugs. We might also be in a […]
Trauma-Informed Approaches
Date: Thursday May 26th, 12:30pm-4:30pm This participatory workshop is intended to support participants to practice trauma-informed approaches in their work and community relationships. We will: ● Reflect on Trauma’s impact on: ○ How we view the world ○ Our mind and body ○ How we interact ● Rethink “symptoms” as survival adaptations ● Practice basic […]
Conversations About Suicide (in-person Burlington, VT)
As peer support workers, we will sometimes support folks who are thinking of dying by suicide. This participatory workshop is intended to support ourselves, fellow staff, and service recipients to engage in conversations about suicide in ways that prioritize compassion, empathy, and autonomy. We’ll spend time unpacking suicide as a language of pain, then consider […]