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THURSDAY March 21 2013 7-9 PM AT PALACE THEATRE

FREE SHOWING - DOCUMENTARY FILM

HEALING NEEN: WHERE THERE’S BREATH THERE’S HOPE

followed by Q&A with Ms. Tonier Cain

Healing Neen takesviewers on a journey to places and subjects that most find too difficult or uncomfortable to fathom.But it is Tonier “Neen” Cain’s joyous spirit and astonishing inner-strength that leaps through the screen directly into viewers hearts, inspiring renewed hope and compassion for those still living on the fringes.

VIEW TRAILER AT WWW.HEALINGNEEN.COM *film contains adult/sensitive contet. Counselors will be on-site.

This film depicts “One woman’s journey back to a childhood of abuse andforward to a life of healing herself and those still grappling with theconsequences of untreated trauma, including homelessness, drug addiction and incarceration”. (Montreal International Black Film Festival)

FRIDAY March 22 2013 9-4:30 PM AT BETHANY BAPTIST

SYMPOSIUM - TRAUMA INFORMED CARE

KEYNOTE (9-11 AM): MS. TONIER 'NEEN' CAIN

For two decades, Neen hustled on the streets of Annapolis, Maryland, desperately feeding an insatiable crack addiction and racking up 83 arrests along the way. Rapes and beatings were a routine part of life; home was underneath a bridge or inside the locked cage of a prison. In 2004, pregnant and incarcerated for violation of parole, she was provided the opportunity to go to a community trauma, mental health and addictions program.Feeling safe for the first time in her life, Neen confronted the haunting childhood memories that she tried to numb with drugs: filth and chronic hunger, sexual assaults by neighborhood men, routine physical and mental abuse dished out by her drunken mother. Realizing for the first time that she had been a victim, she began to heal and reclaim power over her life, embarking on aremarkable “upward spiral,” that has no limit. Today, she works for the National Center for Trauma-Informed Care, dedicating her life to being a voice for those still lost and still silent. Traveling the country to give speeches and work one on one with women in prisons and hospitals, Neen continues to transform her own life while helping others to embrace her motto “where there’s breath, there’s hope.”

11-12 PM—GIOVAN BAZAN

Giovan Emmanuel Bazan is a national advocate for youth in Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Custody.During the first 21 years of his life, hepersevered through one of the most unusually adverse environments and circumstancesimaginable while growing up in the Foster Care and Juvenile Justice systems.Currently, Mr. Bazan is a consultant at the Department of Family and Children Services and Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice.In addition, he has served as a liaison with the White House Council for Community Solutions.

12-1 PM—LUNCH AND NETWORKING

1-4:30 PM—PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Session A: Dealing with Secondary Trauma

Presented by: Tom Burgess, Onondaga County Protective Services for Adults

Human service agencies sometimes fail to adequately address risks of secondary trauma and of subsequent burnout for fieldworkers. Through sharing personal experiences and allowing for interactive discussion, ways for caregivers to care for themselves will be explored.

Session B: The Power of Language: A Paradigm Shift from Despair to Hope

Presented by: Jennifer Kinzie, Integrative Counseling Services and Eva Dech, Mental Health Empowerment Project, Inc.   Discussion on the language of mental illness versus the language of empowerment and hope.

Session C: Forgiveness

Presented by: Cathy Brochu, Author, Educator, Speaker & Consultant.  Forgiveness is powerful and the ongoing result is unbelievable. Forgiveness of self and how it has had a direct impact on forgiveness as it relates to: family violence, incest, sexual assault and services in our community.

Session D: Effectively Responding to Victims with Disabilities and Deaf Victims

Presented by: Jennifer Shaw, Vera House, Inc. and Lindsay Ryan Anthony, ARISE, Inc.

Provides information on the disability, Deaf Culture/Communication and the unique experiences of a victim with a disability and/or Deaf victim experience.

Session E: Implementing a Crisis Intervention Team Model

Presented by: Katie Backus, Onondaga County Department of Mental Health

Provides information on a local initiative to have a collaborative framework between local law enforcement agencies, community mental health providers, and recipients of services to improve law enforcement interactions in responding to persons in mental health crisis.

Session F: Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP)

Presented by: Martin (Hakeem) White, AVP

The AVP Sessions present conflict management skills that can enable individuals to build successful interpersonal interactions, gain insights into themselves and find new and positive approaches to their lives.

Session G: Developing Resilience in the Face of Trauma

Presented by: Bill Cross, PhD LMFT and Sarah Stanton, Syracuse University

An experiential presentation of the Trauma Resiliency Method (TRM)©, a very effective, somatically based approach to developing skills to reduce the effects of trauma. TRM has been used with significant results in Haiti, Japan, China, and Thailand and in response to Katrina in New Orleans. These skills help to regulate the nervous system, providing those having endured trauma the tools to move beyond the symptoms of posttraumatic stress.

Session H: Shifting to Trauma -Informed Care

Presented by: Lauren Townes, Vera House, Inc., Carol Yaeger-Rosario, Onondaga County Department of Mental Health, Terrence Byrd-El, Trauma Response Team for the City of Syracuse.  Discussion of what is Trauma Informed Care and why it is important. This is an expansion from the panel discussion on providing

Trauma-informed Care, exploring what it is and why it is important.

Session I: Being Held Hostage by Trauma

Presented by: Timothy “Noble” Jennings-Bey, Trauma Response Team for the City of Syracuse.  This presentation highlights the violence that’s going on through the city and the effects it has on the community. Noble states “It’s like being held hostage living in this kind of environment.”

Session J: Implementing Seeking Safety

Presented by: Heidi Effinger and Martha Elhert, Onondaga Case Management Services

This session will look at implementing an evidence based treatment for PTSD and substance abuse and why this type of treatment