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

2. 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

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Register Online
To register or apply for financial assistance, please visit:
You may pay online or mail a check to our main office
Questions about registration? Contact Susan Cook at
(573) ext 303 or

11. 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