Trainings & Recordings
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Wildfire Speaker & Workshop Series 2021
Stopping Poverty Before It Starts: Listening, Learning, Advocating and Innovating
Wildfire typically conducts an in-person, 2-day annual conference for our members, allies, and partners. Due to COVID, this year Wildfire will be presenting a virtual speaker and workshop series focused on poverty, how we can take our learnings through this pandemic and understand our communities in different ways. The intent is for speakers to share their experience with poverty, including but not limited to:
- Lived Experience
- Artistic Expression
- Advocacy
- Service Delivery
Our goal is for attendees to walk away with refreshed compassion, new ideas on engaging clients and a better understanding of the impacts of poverty and how we may work creatively and collaboratively on solutions. Additionally, attendees will be inspired to advocate or encourage their clients to advocate for change within the broader system.
The series will run throughout 2021 and allows attendees to participate as their schedule allows. Interested in attending? Sign up here to receive our updates.
May 2021
May 13, 2021 – Barbie Izquierdo, Lived Experience Advocate. Sharing her story, work on food insecurity and impact of programs on clients living in poverty.
Listen in as Barbie Izquierdo shares her story, work on food insecurity and impact of programs on clients living in poverty.
- Click here to access the recording.
- Click here to download Barbie Izquierdo’s bio.
- Click here to download Barbie Izquierdo’s media kit.
- Click here to learn more about having Barbie Izquierdo speak at your next event.
May 18, 2021 – Roger Pavey, Customer Experience in a Post-COVID Community Action Agency
Listen in as Roger Pavey, Community Action of Eastern Iowa Executive Director, shares his insights on a post-COVID world.
June 2021
June 10, 2021 – Maximizing Success: CAA Personnel Policies and Practices Post-Pandemic
Listen in as Veronica Zhang, with CAPLAW, shares best practices for human resource policies post COVID.
June 29, 2021 – Social Determinants of Health with Serena Unrein, Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities
Serena shares the impact of Social Determinants of Health in Arizona.
July 2021
July 8, 10am to 11am – Trauma Informed Care with Shannon Barousse, LAMFT
This workshop explains the rationale for a trauma-informed approach, foundational principles and strategies for case management.
- Click here to access the recording.
- Click here to access the slides: When Smoke Fills the Room.
July 20th – Racial Healing Circles
To respect participant privacy, the Racial Healing Circles were not recorded.
August 2021
August 3rd – Virtual Resource Fair
Thanks to all who presented and attended! It was a great hit. A recording is available here. Some presentations were also shared by the agencies. You can find them below:
Big Brothers Big Sisters Youth Enrollment
APS Limited Income Programs 08-03-21
August 10th – Motivational Interviewing with Melody Hicks
A great review of the basics or refresher for those familiar with Motivational Interviewing.
A recording is available here.
Click Motivational Interviewing (MI) for a copy of the slides.
August 16th – How to Motivate Employees: Essential Skills for Evidence-Based Leadership & Management. Facilitated by David Myers – Professor and PhD Program Director, University of New Haven, author and trainer with the Joyfields Institute.
The recording of this session is no longer available.
To view the slides, click here.
SNAP Day 2021!
SNAP Day 2021!
Wildfire SNAP partners participated in a virtual day of learning, sharing and networking.
