Greater Gallatin United Way has announced “Cultivating Resilience in Our Community,” a forum set to take place Wednesday, May 11th through Friday, May 13th. This is a conference designed for cross-sector appeal to encourage true collective conversation and learning environment promoting awareness of and support for trauma informed practices and resilience in our community–with emphasis on youth, their families, and their support network. This is the first of its kind in our community and spearheaded by Greater Gallatin United Way and The Resilience Project. The Resilience Project is a workgroup of the Gallatin Early Childhood Community Council, Graduation Matters Gallatin, and other Greater Gallatin United Way partners that include nonprofits, schools, government agencies, businesses, faith organizations, foundations, and other individuals. The Resilience Project recently co-hosted two showings of the film Paper Tigers which were attended by more than 500 people in total. Paper Tigers is an intimate look at a year in the life of the students of Lincoln High School, an alternative school in Walla Walla, WA that specializes in educating traumatized youth. A survey of film attendees showed strong interest for learning opportunities and training on Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACES), resilience, and self-care to support professional work with clients (in mental health, healthcare, education, non-profit, juvenile justice, and other sectors), as well as to support themselves as individuals, parents, caregivers, and employees/employers. The Resilience Conference agenda is designed around these community training needs.
Screenings of the films Paper Tigers and A Place to Stand will take place during the conference. Tigers will be screened Wednesday, May 11th at the Procrastinator Theater in the SUB from 6:30-8:30pm. Stand will screen Thursday, May 12th in the SUB Ballroom A from 6:15-8pm. Screenings are open to the public, but will include an admission fee. Learn more at greatergallatinunitedway.org/. Conference registration is $100 per attendee. Special pricing and scholarships are available for youth. Registration is now open! A conference agenda is located at greatergallatinunitedway.org/. Contact Danica Jamison at admin@greatergallatinunitedway.org or (406) 587-2194 for futher information. •
