Changing the Story: From Trauma to Hope Empower Missouri’s 115th Annual Conference

Thursday, October 6 and Friday, October 7, 2016 Held at the Country Club Plaza Holiday Inn, Kansas City Hosted by our Kansas City Chapter and Board of Directors

Sponsors Community Council of St. Charles County Sponsored by ally organizations who join us to build knowledge about trauma and the trauma-informed movement – including: Community Council of St. Charles County Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City Lutheran Family & Children’s Services of Missouri Missouri Children’s Leadership Council Missouri Foundation for Health Missouri Health Advocacy Alliance Missouri Jobs with Justice Operation Food Search Places for People St. Louis Center for Family Development Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service StratCommRx (list in formation)

Luncheon and Keynote speaker – 11:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. Thursday Agenda Registration 9 a.m.-noon Pre-Conference Institute – 10-11:30 a.m. – “Rewriting the Trauma Narrative” with Nancy Spargo of St. Louis Center for Family Development – an introduction to the way social injustices create and perpetuate trauma Luncheon and Keynote speaker – 11:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. Featuring Tonier Cain, author of Healing Neen, who speaks internationally as a trauma survivor

Workshop Selections – 2:15-3:30 We Are Worth More – led by fast food, home health, and child care workers (Economic Justice Task Force) Before, Behind, and Beyond Bars: Incarceration and Trauma – speakers from Let’s Start, Aim4Peace, and the U.S. Probation Department, Eastern District (Criminal Justice Task Force) Life at the Intersections: Trauma-Informed Care with Diverse Populations– led by PROMO & SAGE (Human Rights Task Force) Evictions and Housing Trauma – led by reStart, NLIHC, & EHOC (Affordable Housing & Homelessness Task Force)

Workshop Selections – 3:45-5:00 The Lifelong Trauma of Childhood Hunger – by Operation Food Search & STL Regional Health Commission (Hunger Task Force) 2GenThrive Collaboration – by Operation Breakthrough  & Children’s Mercy Hospital (Economic Justice & Human Rights task forces) Conversations about Intimate Partners Violence, Sexual Violence and Trauma in LGBTQ and HIV+ Communities – by SocialScope Productions (Health/Mental Health Task Force) Statewide Trauma-Informed Schools – led by MO Kids First & Francis-Howell School District (all task forces)

Thursday Awards Banquet Networking & Cash Bar Silent Auction A delicious meal (vegetarian option available) Keynote Speaker – Dr. Andrea “Andy” Blanch, consultant, National Center on Trauma Informed Care Awards – Aber and Johnson to be announced by Sept 1 Rory Ellinger Award for Public Interest Litigation to Jay Angoff, lead attorney in St. Louis Effort for Aids v. Huff

Thursday Awards Banquet Networking & Cash Bar Silent Auction A delicious meal (vegetarian option available) Keynote Speaker – Dr. Andrea “Andy” Blanch, consultant, National Center on Trauma Informed Care Awards – Aber and Johnson to be announced by Sept 1 Rory Ellinger Award for Public Interest Litigation to Jay Angoff, lead attorney in St. Louis Effort for Aids v. Huff

Friday Morning Classic Breakfast Buffet – 8:00-9:30 a.m. Business Session & Board elections – 8:30-9:30 a.m. 30-minute break to allow hotel check-out 10 a.m. Closing Panel – The Role and Responsibility of the Media In Reporting Trauma – with Katherine Reed of UM School of Journalism, Nancy Cambria (Post-Dispatch), Mary Sanchez (Kansas City Star) & Brittany Ruess (tentative, Columbia Daily Tribune) Calls to Action & Thanks for attending, 11:30 a.m.- noon

Register Online To register or apply for financial assistance, please visit: http://empowermissouri.org/register-for-our-annual-conference/ You may pay online or mail a check to our main office Questions about registration? Contact Susan Cook at (573) 634-2901 ext 303 or susan@empowermissouri.org

Thanks to the Planning Committee Vickie Riddle, Chair Ramona Quinn Rachel Cramsey Ann Johnson Nancy Spargo Glenn Koenen Susan Cook Christine Woody Jeanette Mott Oxford