October 2021

The Dibble Institute is pleased to present an introductory webinar by Rev. Dr. Bryant T. Marks Sr. of the National Training Institute on Race and Equity , which will provide foundational information on implicit bias. It will focus at the individual level and discuss how implicit bias affects everyone. Strategies to reduce or manage implicit bias will be discussed. Broadly speaking, group-based bias involves varying degrees of stereotyping (exaggerated beliefs about others), prejudice...

Please join us for a new series entitled: Trauma-Informed Criminal Justice. This monthly series will feature conversations facilitated by Porter Jennings-McGarity, PACEs Connection Midwest and Tennessee community facilitator and criminal justice consultant, with special guests to discuss the need for trauma-informed criminal justice system reform. Using a PACEs-science lens, this series will examine the relationship between trauma and the criminal justice system, what needs changing, and...

The Community Resilience Initiative (CRI) started ORM in 2013 and it has become an annual tradition that supports our efforts at community engagement and resilience building. Both the City Council and County Commissioners sign annual Proclamations to kick off ORM. ORM anchors us to our community and is a month dedicated to celebrating and strengthening both our inner resilience and community resilience. For Walla Walla’s ninth annual ORM celebration, three local organizations - Blue Zones...