This event is being brought to you by Triumph Over Trauma: Northern Shenandoah Valley Resilience Initiative and Laurel Ridge Community College. The focus of the event is to bring trauma-responsive education and awareness to the community, with an emphasis on building resilience and turning trauma into triumph! This is an all-day event with registration and a light breakfast starting at 8, opening comments at 9:00 and lasting until 4:00. Our Keynote Speaker is Dr. Adam Starks, author of "Broken Child Mended Man." As a product of the foster care system who broke the cycle, he works to "empowers audiences to uplift at-promise youth by tapping into community resources to convert youth potential into positive outcomes." In addition to our keynote speaker, there will be sessions and activities throughout the day brought to us by a number of engaging speakers.

Registration, breakfast and lunch are FREE thanks to grant funding received by Triumph Over Trauma and our partnership with Laurel Ridge Community College. Each participant will also receive a FREE copy of Dr. Starks autobiography "Broken Child, Mended Man." Dr Starks will be signing books at the summit.

The event location will be the Carl and Emily Conference Center of the Corron Building at the Middletown Laurel Ridge Community College Campus (173 Skirmisher Lane, Middletown VA 22645). 

Prevention and Wellness Services in Partnership with Clarke County Community Services Council Will be holding a FREE Suicide Alert Training on Tuesday, May 28, 2024  9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church

210 E. Main Street

Berryville, VA 22611 

Thank you to the Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church for providing the space.

safeTALK, a LivingWorks program, teaches members of the community to recognize persons with thoughts of suicide and to connect them to suicide intervention resources. 

Learn how to be a suicide alert helper. This training is restricted to those 15 years or older. Space is limited, Registration will close when we reach 30 participants.

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PFLAG Woodstock, in partnership with Northwestern CSB's Prevention and Wellness Services, is providing a Safe Zone training on May 30 from 9:30-12:00. St Paul's United Church of Christ in Woodstock is generously hosting this FREE event.

Safe Zone trainings are opportunities to learn about LGBTQ+ identities, gender and sexuality, and examine prejudice, assumptions, and privilege. 

Why do people attend Safe Zone Trainings? There are a lot of reasons!

One common one is that LGBTQ+ folks sometimes question whether they will feel safe, welcomed, or supported in a new environment. Displaying Safe Zone stickers and demonstrating you went to a training can communicate to others the commitment you’re making to creating LGBTQ-inclusive environments.

Another reason is for people to explore, for themselves, the concepts of sexuality and gender. This goes for people who are L, G, B, T, and/or Q, as well as people who aren’t (straight and/or cisgender people).

We don’t get a lot of space in society to talk about these things, and Safe Zone trainings unique and wonderful because they’re exactly that. A safe place to ask questions, to be vulnerable, and to learn.

There is a pressure to already know how to be LGBTQ+ inclusive. And while many of us want to be we don’t necessarily feel comfortable with the language, with our own level of understanding, and don’t know where to go to learn more. Safe Zone trainings are safe places for people can go to learn more, about their own gender/sexuality and deepen their understanding of LGBTQ+ identity and issues.

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