Community Partnerships: Cultivating Healing and Resilience 

This year we are excited to co-sponsor this event with Morgan State University. Conference participants will have the opportunity to connect with and learn from graduate and doctoral students from Morgan's School of Social Work.

This conference is open to anyone interested in learning more about the impact of trauma and toxic stress on behavioral health and how to leverage the power of communities to support resilience.  

It will feature presentations from national experts including:

• Michael Sinclair, PhD, MSSW, BA, Morgan State University 
• Dr. Sinclair will discuss how trauma and resilience are interconnected and collective experiences. 

• Michael Brumage, MD, West Virginia University
  
  • Dr. Brumage will discuss ACEs in the addiction and mental health crisis 
• Ross Robinson and Jamar Peete, Holistic Life Foundation
  
  • The Holistic Life Foundation (HLF) empowers communities in Baltimore through mindfulness, self care and yoga. 
• James Gordon, MD, The Center of Mind-Body Medicine 
  • Dr. Gordon will discuss the transformational process of discovering wholeness and healing after trauma.
• Dermell Brunson, PhD, Leaders for Youth Tomorrow
  • Dr. Brunson will discuss how culture and the arts are essential to support healing and resilience. 
• Musical performance by Eze Jackson, EPIC FAM(Every Person Is Coming From A Memory)