“The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet.”
- Dr. Naomi Rachel Remen
Are you a tribal child welfare professional in a program that receives Title IV-B or IV-E funding? Join the National Native Children’s Trauma Center (NNCTC) for a virtual peer group offered through the Capacity Building Center for Tribes, a training and technical assistance center funded by the Children’s Bureau. Meeting biweekly on Zoom over the course of six months, the group will provide a safe space for members to connect, share, and support one another while learning strategies that promote personal and professional wellness.
Each one-hour session will aim to build a community of peer learning and support, united through our work in tribal child welfare. NNCTC staff members Lisa Stark, MSW, Alan Rabideau, and Kimee Wind-Hummingbird will engage participants in conversations, activities, and wellness practices grounded in cultural teachings and practices that support our minds, bodies, spirits, and emotions.
Group members will:
Build relationships and learn from tribal child welfare professionals across Indian Country
Increase knowledge of culturally based self-care activities
Build self-awareness of burn-out, secondary stress, and stress responses
Develop skills that will support your whole well-being
Meetings will be held every other Wednesday beginning January 5, 2022, from 2–3 pm EST | 1–2 pm CST | 12–1 pm MST | 11–12 pm PST | 10–1 am AST
Preregistration is required to participate. To increase the comfort of participants, membership is currently limited to those who directly work within tribal child welfare programs that receive Title IV-B and/or IV-E funding. Registrants will be asked to share the tribal child welfare program they represent.
Click here to learn more and register today!
Questions?
Contact Tracy Haney, the Center for Tribes’ Peer Group Coordinator, with questions or suggestions for future peer groups: Tracy.Haney@du.edu.
We hope to see you in a peer group soon!