Events & Training Opportunities

Use Eventbrite Link to Register: 2024 Office of Resilience Ministry and Community Connections Tickets, Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite The Office of Resilience (OOR) seeks to endorse strengthening collaborations, expanding local resources, and building the capacity to provide resources and supports to communities through faith-based efforts. The OOR intends to engage statewide faith-based leaders in the hopes of exploring and fostering potential partnerships. The goal of the...

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DCF Documentary, Truth to Transformation , to Screen at Garden State Film Festival Documentary Short Follows the Stories of Three People Affected by the Child Welfare System as They Work with the Department to Co-Design the Future of Child Welfare in NJ ASBURY PARK, N.J. – Over the last six years, the New Jersey Department of Children and Families has been actively working to change the narrative of child welfare in the state, to promote a vision of a family-serving system that helps all...

NJDCF Office of Resilience is inviting anyone that may be interested in learning about Resilience. Executive Director of our Office, Dr. Rebecca Bryan, will be conducting a virtual "Lunch & Learn." The Topic will be: Everyday Resilience Attitudes

Historical Trauma: Two Workshops in October , for the Healing New Jersey Together and Understanding ACEs: Building Self-Healing Communities NJ network, and anyone interested in this work: October 6, 1-4 , Linsey McMurrin will present on Historic Trauma focusing on the Native American experience. You can register for this session here . October 20, 1-4 , Sam Simmons will present on Historic Trauma focusing on the African American experience. You can register for this session here . Both...

Our Pow Wow celebrates the culture and socializing of American Indians. It is a “living event” and not a “reenactment.” Public Pow Wows invite non-American Indian people to learn and enjoy the celebration, while also respecting the culture. The Pow-wow is located on Route 40, just west of Sharptown in Pilesgrove Township, about 3 miles west of Woodstown in Salem County, NJ, and about 8 miles east of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. The Basics of Pow Wow Etiquette: 1. Dress and act...

Please join us on June 28 from 1:30-3:00 p.m. ET for a virtual conversation with best-selling author Bruce Perry. Ingrid Cockhren , CEO of PACEs Connection; Mathew Portell , PACEs Connections’ director of communities, and Perry, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, will engage in a conversation concerning historical trauma and Perry’s best-selling book " What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing, " which he co-authored with Oprah Winfrey. Please share this blog...

Join 16 Strong Project co-founder, Samantha Wettje , and ACEs educator, Dr. Torie Williams for this youth mental health movement as we lead the fight against the youth mental health crisis. This fully youth-led peer-to-peer discussion is an initiative to talk about adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), the biggest public health threat facing our nation’s youth and a major contributor to the stark rise in mental health challenges among young people. "UNITE FOR THE FIGHT" AGAINST CHILDHOOD...

This will be an online event only. Please register to have a viewing link emailed to you Tuesday, 5/17, at 3pm and again at 4pm. Register Now About this event Some 58% of New Jersey adults or someone they know has experienced mental health problems, and 68% of those respondents said their problems have gotten worse during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Stockton University poll on public health and other issues released in April 2022 . Despite statistics indicating greater public...

CANCER PREVENTION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN Thursday, May 19 | 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. ET Hear the perspectives of two states about their state plans to address Adverse Childhood Experiences, implementation strategies and coalition building. Register Now

with Dr. Peter Levine, Thomas Huebl, Jan Winhall, Dr. Albert Wong, Steve Hoskinson, Dr. Arielle Schwartz, Staci Haines, Lisa Dion, Dr. Angela Grayson, Dr. Ameet Aggarwal, Zeebha Khan, Kai Cheng Thom and Dr. Scott Lyons LIVE & ONLINE JUNE 18TH & 19TH, 2022 This two-day summit can be attended live or via the on-demand recordings. All class times are posted in Eastern Time / New York time zone. Click here to register and learn more ABOUT THIS SUMMIT Empower your healing journey and...

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Diversity, Equity and Inclusion + Social Emotional Learning in K-12 Virtual Program Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 7:00-8:30 pm The session will provide the audience with a greater understanding on the role of a Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer. The program will focus on how diversity, equity and inclusion and social emotional learning intersect and why both are important as well as how school districts can strengthen partnerships with parents and its community in...