Annual Conference

The Creating a Resilient Community Conference is an annual initiative that hosts cutting-edge keynote speakers and convenes participants to explore community wellness, positive and adverse childhood experiences (PACEs), and trauma-informed practices that can transform our region into one of prevention, hope, healing and resilience for all.

Next Conference: 7th Annual Creating a Resilient Community Conference

April 3-4, 2025

Past Conferences

2024

Notable Speakers: Dr. Thomas Insel, MD (Former Director, National Institute of Mental Health)

Themes: Community Resilience, Mental Health, Restorative Justice, Trauma Informed Practices, Juvenile Justice

Videos:

2023

Notable Speakers: Dr. Lori Desautels, Honorable Judge Steven Leifman

Themes: Trauma-informed Criminal Justice System, Applied Educational Neuroscience, Punishment vs. Discipline

Videos:

2022

Notable Speakers: Dr. Asim Jani

Themes: Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs), Salutogenesis, Systems Thinking, Intersectionality and Inclusivity, Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), Community Resilience

Videos: Keynote: Dr. Asim Jani – Let’s Make the Shift

2021

Notable Speakers: Dr. Donna Jackson Nakazawa

Themes: Trauma and the Brain, Resilience, Protective Factors, Epigenetics, Neurogenesis, Parenting

Videos:

2021 Conference Highlight Video

2020

Notable Speakers: Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg, Dr. Wendy Ellis

Themes: Pair of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences vs. Adverse Community Experiences), Strengths-Based Community Approaches, Community Resilience, Building Resilience in Adolescents, Positive Youth Development

Videos: