Episode 40: Teri Barila - Community Resilience Initiative

Susan J Ciminelli posted:

Thanks for this - I just held a Resilience Symposium in my home community and mobilizing the community to attend the event was tough.  This featured the documentary film - Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope.  Those who attended were quite impressed with the film and the discussion (I had 6 panelists).  We were actually fairly well attended with between 50-60 people.  Many commented that this event should have been attended by everyone in our community.  (That was great - the message came through about ACEs and it's impact.)  I found it difficult to help people (outside of social workers) understand what the event was and why they should attend.  How do you mobilize your community when they don't know what the ACEs study is?

Hi Susan,

Thanks for the feedback and question. I passed it along to Teri Barila of CRI (Community Resilience Initiative). I will share her response with you once received. Congrats on the attendance at your symposium. Word is spreading about the impact of ACEs and the power of resilience-building practices in fostering healing and hope. Keep on shining your light!

Peace,

Teri

Thanks for this - I just held a Resilience Symposium in my home community and mobilizing the community to attend the event was tough.  This featured the documentary film - Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope.  Those who attended were quite impressed with the film and the discussion (I had 6 panelists).  We were actually fairly well attended with between 50-60 people.  Many commented that this event should have been attended by everyone in our community.  (That was great - the message came through about ACEs and it's impact.)  I found it difficult to help people (outside of social workers) understand what the event was and why they should attend.  How do you mobilize your community when they don't know what the ACEs study is?