Social Justice Summit 2023

Big Conversations: Race, Trauma & Collective Healing

Schedule

The Social Justice Summit 2023 will take place over 2 days, on Friday the 20th and Saturday the 21st of January 2023, with a 3rd day of networking.

Day 1
Friday, January 20

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM - Welcome and Introduction with Licia Sky & Gwendolyn VanSant
8:45 AM - 9:20 AM - Building the Container
9:20 am - 09:50 am - Accountability Conversation
09:50 AM- 10:05 AM - Morning Break & Care Space
10:05 AM - 10:50 AM - Finding Our Voice in the Conversation with Eugene Ellis
10:50 AM - 11:35 AM - Somatics of Being a Racial Being with Dr. Nathalie Edmond
11:35 AM - 12:20 PM - Somatic Collaboration: A Toolbox for Supporting Authentic Creative Community with Bridget McCarthy
12:20 PM - 12:35 PM - Afternoon Break & Care Space
12:35 PM - 1:20 PM - What Somatics Can Offer to Racial Justice, & What Racial Justice Can Offer to Somatics with Prentis Hemphill
1:20 PM - 2:05 PM - Embodied Hope & Grounded Action with Staci K. Haines
2:05 PM - 3:05 PM - Lunch Break & Care Space
3:05PM - 3:50 PM - Psychedelic JEDIs: Ensuring Justice,
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (JEDI) in Psychedelics
with Dr. NiCole Buchanan
3:50 PM - 4:35 PM - The Promises & Pitfalls of Psychedelic Healing for Trauma with Ifetayo Harvey, Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward, Dr. Diana Quinn, & Dr. Dominique Morisano
4:35 PM - 4:50 PM - Conversation
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM - Day 1 - Closing Remarks with Licia Sky & Gwendolyn VanSant

Day 2
Saturday, January 21

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM - Welcome to Day 2 with Licia Sky & Gwendolyn VanSant
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM - In Conversation: Personal Identity and the Embodiment of Racial Trauma, Understanding Journeys with Bessel van der Kolk, Licia Sky, & Gwendolyn VanSant
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM - Liberation Music Therapy
with Dorian Wallace & DeMarisa Steeley
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM - Morning Break & Care Space
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM - Holding the Weight of Whiteness
with Erica Sandoval
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM - The Roles Intersectionality & Cultural Humility Play When Working with Diverse Client Populations with Dr. Gary Bailey
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM - Conversation
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Lunch Break & Care Space
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM - Your Voice Can Change The Score
with Marshall Davis Jones
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM - Moral Injuries of War with
Dr. Jack Saul
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM - Fawning, Appeasement, & the Somatics of Trauma within the Dynamics of Oppressive Systems with Linda Thai
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM - Afternoon Break & Care Space
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM - Beyond Trauma: Healing, Hope, & Inspiration with Susan Burton
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM - Conversation
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - Healing Racial Trauma through Music and Movement with Jeff W. Jones &
Leslie Salmon Jones
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM - Day 2 Closing Remarks with
Licia Sky & Gwendolyn VanSant

Day 3
Sunday, January 22

Presentation Resources

RESOURCES

Tool for Native Land

https://native-land.ca/

Dr. Natalie Edmond

Somatics of Race Handout

Multicultural BRIDGE

Community Values and Container

Eugene Ellis

Handout

Presentation

Dorian Wallace

Liberation Music Therapy

Social Justice Summit Care Space

You are welcome to join the Care Space during the breaks. This space is held and facilitated by the Multicultural BRIDGE team meant for those to come, presence and be with what may arise throughout the conversations. Please return back to this tab and rejoin the summit when the breaks end.

Day 1

Break 1: 9:50 – 10:05 am ET

Break 2: 12:20 – 12:35 pm ET

Lunch Break 3: 2:05 – 3:05 pm ET

Day 2

Break 1: 10:00 – 10:15 am ET

Lunch Break 2: 12:00 – 1:00 pm ET

Break 3: 3:15 – 3:30 pm ET

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87804441606?pwd=Sm5OalZWV0s2RjFEUWVRTFNFVkZXdz09

We Invite You To Explore Upcoming TRF Program Offerings!

Book Club: https://traumaresearchfoundation.org/lp/trf-book-club-2023/

TRF Tuesday: https://traumaresearchfoundation.org/lp/trf-tuesday-overview/