Webinar: Fostering Equity in Community Wellness and Peer Support Programs

DESCRIPTION

As leaders in community wellness and peer support services, we each have a responsibility to ensure that we are building and sustaining diverse and culturally responsive relationships that enhance the well-being of the individuals and families we serve. We each navigate the world with our “backpacks” filled with various cultures, customs, history, childhood and adult stories, traumas, and experiences shaping how we enter spaces and interact with others. However, if we do not take the time to unpack and self-reflect, we can easily find ourselves contributing to the problems instead of the solutions. Join us for an interactive learning exchange to increase your self-awareness and gain critical skills to assist you throughout your equity journey!

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Participants will enhance their understanding of the impacts of implicit and explicit biases, prejudices, and racism on engagement and behavioral health outcomes.
2. Participants will engage in self-reflection and self-awareness strategies, to identify the ways in which they may be personally contributing to equity and inequity.
3. Participants will learn strategies to improve their decision-making processes, inclusivity, and interactions with others.

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March 12
2:00-3:30 p.m. ET / 1:00-2:30 p.m. CT / 12:00-1:30 p.m. MT / 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT / 9:00-10:30 a.m. HT

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MEET THE PRESENTERS

Evelyn Clark, CPC

Evelyn is a new member of the Change Matrix team. She is a Mexican-Native American woman who is passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Leadership. In her previous role as Youth Liaison for Washington State Health Care Authority, The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, she was able to build leadership networks for young professionals working in community behavioral health and for consumers who were system involved. She was appointed by the Governor as a member on the Washington State Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice.

Tonicia Freeman-Foster, EdD, CDP, CHES

Dr. Tonicia Freeman-Foster is a Certified Diversity Professional and Certified Health Education Specialist with nearly 20 years of experience in restoring hope, resiliency and wellness through her work with underserved persons and marginalized communities, as well as managing and directing local, state and federal funding. Dr. Freeman-Foster is very passionate about the health and well-being of all individuals. She is also extremely passionate about advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and justice. Dr. Freeman-Foster possesses extensive knowledge of the challenges related to child welfare, HIV/AIDS, substance use, mental health, as well as the unique experiences of LGBTQ2, re-entry, youth, young adults, women and BIPOC populations.