Did You Miss Our Last Meeting?
On April 24th, we hosted our April General Meeting, Rooted in Resilience: Fostering Trauma-Informed Sectors & Systems. During this session, we explored Trauma-Informed Workforce Development, Training, and Trauma-Informed Systems. Five regional coalitions shared their initiatives and strategies for building more trauma-informed and resilient workforce sectors.
Check out the Zoom recording here for an opportunity to catch up on the insights and connections shared!
Agenda Coming Soon
Presentation Coming Soon
Follow Up Document Coming Soon
Speakers
Our Speakers
Resilient Coastal Georgia
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Molly Lieberman, Executive Director, Loop It Up Savannah
Resilient Communities of East Georgia
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Rebecca Best, Executive Director, Resilient Communities of East Georgia
Resilient Northeast Georgia
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Christina Lennon, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Wellroot Family Services
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Jill Alexander, Reaching Teens Manager, Wellroot Family Services
Resilient North Georgia
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Stephanie Mann, Vice President, Strategies & Operations, Athens Area Community Foundation
Resilient Southwest Georgia
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Jade Ragin, Special Projects Coordinator, United Way of Southwest Georgia
Resilient Georgia
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Audrey Idaikkadar, Regional Program Director
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Nikki Warner, Regional Program Manager
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Alex English, Senior Regional Program Coordinator
November General Meeting
The Resilient Georgia Team is excited to extend an invitation to our next General Meeting: Growing Georgia’s Trauma-Informed Workforce: People, Pathways & Partnerships
Building a trauma-informed Georgia requires a strong, diverse workforce across sectors, communities, and every stage of the mental and behavioral health career pipeline. This General Meeting will explore innovative approaches to growing that workforce—from engaging youth and developing career pathways to strengthening mental and behavioral health workforce expanders and licensed professionals. Resilient Georgia will highlight successes from the Mental Health Career Accelerator and showcase how Resilient Georgia's regional coalitions and partners are advancing trauma-informed workforce strategies across the state. Together, we’ll explore how stronger pathways, partnerships, and practices can expand access to mental and behavioral health services and build a more resilient Georgia.
Meeting Agenda (coming soon)
General Meeting Slides (coming soon)
Speakers
Our Speakers
Opening Remarks and Workforce Pipeline Overview
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Andrea Meyer Stinson Ph.D. LMFT, Resilient Georgia
“Career, Technical, & Agricultural Education (CTAE): Mental Health Professional Pathway”
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Sandra Martin Ed.S., Georgia Department of Education
“Community Health Worker Agential Learning: Transforming Knowledge into Culturally Meaningful Practices for Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Mental and Behavioral Health”
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Kevin Crawford MDiv, ThM, PhD, Emory University
"The Workforce Between the Workforce"
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Nikki Gibson, Technical College System of Georgia
"A Framework to Advance Georgia's Behavioral Health Workforce"
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Wendy Tiegreen, University of Georgia
"A Replicable Model Program to Expand the MBH Workforce Using Trauma Informed Microcredentials"
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Allison Garefino Ph.D., Kennesaw State University
"Mental Health Workforce Accelerator: A Statewide Initiative to Support the Pathway to Clinical Licensure"
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Andrea Meyer Stinson Ph.D. LMFT, Resilient Georgia
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Liza Cuevas LMSW, Wellroot
Looking for Past Meetings?
FOLLOW UP DOCUMENTS
These follow-up documents include a wealth of topical state and national resources shared by our partners.
March 2021 Meeting
Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (also includes a compilation of all attendees’ favorite 0 to 5 childhood books)
June 2021 Meeting
Teen Mental Health (also includes a Spotify playlist of all attendees’ favorite songs as a teen)
March 2022 Meeting
Young Adult Mental Health (also includes Word Art image of all attendees’ most memorable or unique job from ages 19-26)
August 2022 Meeting
Rounds 1 and 3 Regional Coalition Showcase (also includes visual representations of attendees’ childhood heroes and visions for the future)
December 2022 Meeting
Rounds 2 and 4 Regional Coalition Showcase (also includes visual representations of attendees' favorite places to visit in Georgia and self-care activities to combat compassion fatigue)
April 2023 Meeting
Trauma Informed Innovations in Healthcare (also includes ‘chalkboard’ image with sources of daily joy shared by attendees)
November 2023 Meeting
Uniting Physical and Mental Well-Being (also includes a word cloud of all attendees' favorite physical activities and how they make them feel)
April 2024 Meeting
Food, Mood, and Mental Health (also includes a word cloud of all attendees' favorite fruits and vegetables)
November 2024 Celebration
Happy 5th Birthday, Resilient Georgia!
April 2025 Meeting
Fostering a Trauma-Informed Workforce and Systems (also includes a word cloud that reflects the attendees' vision of healed leadership)