Learn what process that is activated when a victim seeks support after abuse and what the CCRT is, how it works and who is involved.

Placing bias in context and provide tools to address personal bias en route to equity, access and advocacy.

Domestic violence advocates provide evidence-based research coupled with strategies to better serve survivors disproportionality impacted by implicit bias and COVID-19.

A panel of shelter and supportive housing professionals talk about the regional resources available to support victims of domestic violence and other trauma.

Hear a practical definition of implicit bias and be exposed to stories demonstrating the impact that implicit bias has on victims/survivors in our region.

A discussion of the negative sequences that complicate the quest for basic needs, and how victims can move from healing to functional living.

Participants will be provided information on victimization in the LGBTQ+ community as well as honorable ways to see and serve the needs of this population.

An introduction to the seven dimensions of wellness and the levels of healing and support for victims of domestic violence.

Coupled with resources to be a part of the solution, participants will be provided with the realities of domestic violence amongst youth in Wisconsin .

Participants will be exposed to information from health care/infectious prevention experts on how variants work and how herd immunity is achieved.

Health care leaders will address how the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the way they care for patients. Participants will hear from hospital executives about the organic lessons that brought them back to the heart of their missions.

Prevea’s blueprint garnered national attention as a seminal community testing site. Participants will get a behind-the-scenes look at Prevea’s playbook for community vaccination centers.

Health care experts will answer the question, How is long COVID diagnosed?, address how insurance is covering it and why it’s taking longer to recover.

Participants will be provided with statistics of the recent pandemic in contrast to historic pandemics, and government responses across people groups.

This workshop looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic revealed inequities resulting from implicit bias and systemic racism. It answers questions related to lopsided death rates in underserved communities and offers information that may save lives the next time.

Participants in this session will hear from health care experts about the creation of COVID-19 vaccines, dispel safety myths and help diminish barriers that are preventing lifesaving vaccination.

Get an insider’s looking into how communities worked together to design and execute their broad strategies to keep the public informed.

What happens when parents and youth disagree about vaccination? Participants will learn about state statues on children’s rights and body autonomy and get tips to navigate other challenging conversations about youth health care.

Participants will take a comprehensive look at the costs of COVID-19 two years later, and how death tolls and economic reversals changed lives forever.

Victor Wilburn, PhD. discusses information about how rural communities function and contextualize life-saving vaccination information across race, ethnicity and socio-cultural backgrounds.

The most vulnerable in our communities have faced a double impact of health disparities and now, COVID-19. During this session we discuss the loss of connection and mental health issues across a broad spectrum, and the impact the pandemic had on populations suffering from Substance Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorders.

Geoffrey R. Swain discusses how everybody has stress. But some people have the resources to mitigate that stress, while others experience chronic, “toxic” stress. This workshop focuses on how chronic stress (like social and economic circumstances) “gets under the skin”, and how it drives the likelihood that people – as individuals and as groups – will have healthier, or less healthy, lives.

Sarah Lulloff, MD, debunks myths, provides facts backed by science and encourages discourse related to a variety of vaccinations. Participants gain an understanding of how safe and important vaccines are for the general health of humanity. Additionally, clear answers to questions like, “What is herd immunity?” and “How does it function?” are answered.

Victor Wilburn, PhD, discusses how late in 2021 the CDC approved vaccinations for children five to 11 years old. Some communities rushed to have their children vaccinated while others were alarmed and angry. Watch this session and gain perspective related to the thinking and impact that adding children to the vaccination discourse had on the pandemic.

The CDC defines social determinants of health as conditions in the places where people live, learn, work and play that affect a wide range of health and quality-of-life-risks and outcomes. Presenter Eddie Moore provides real life examples of what this means.

Bill Cayley, Jr, MD, presents information about rates of vaccination according to religious self-identification, common themes in religious objection and general recommendations for responding to objections. The discussion focuses on general categories of objections in different faith communities.

A variety of new and excellent conventions for serving underserved populations emerged from the pandemic. Watch this session and gain useful information about the experiences of three organizations that received Department of Health funding to support vaccination efforts targeted to culturally specific groups.

Katrina Severance, DO, discusses COVID-19 and its impact on our lives. Images of masks and memories of being away from loved ones will live in our collective conscience for years. Some people who were infected have lingering symptoms after they begin to recover. You might know this as “long COVID.” Watch and learn about long COVID symptoms and resources.

Participants share their agency learnings and efforts to eliminate barriers related to health care access during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alonzo Kelly, MBA, discusses how implicit bias creates barriers to health equity, access and advocacy while giving participants permission to become a part of the solution.

This panel discussion features regional housing experts and advocates. Participants learn about the barriers and realities low-resourced individuals face when securing housing against the backdrop of victimization, mental health concerns and barriers that sometimes come from helping professionals.

LeKecia L. Lovett discusses the African American to White ratio for infant mortality. Babies born to African American mothers are three times more likely to die before their first birthday than babies born to White mothers. This workshop centers this reality against the backdrop of implicit bias and poses answers for how we do better.

Beverly Scow discusses how deeply entrenched implicit bias takes time to change. This work is not for the faint of heart. It requires skilled facilitation uncovering the root of the bias and offering strategies for moving forward differently.

Sarah Inman presents regional data that tells a story of residents from different races, socioeconomic status and other status. Their experiences suggest something is impacting all social determinants of health. Participants learn about ALICE families and the Brown County LIFE Study.

This panel of social work educators and advocates explore the realities of implicit bias across a variety of practice disciplines and life experiences. Decolonization and facilitative methods offer strategies to counteract implicit bias in education and advocacy.

This panel discussion features individuals from several industries who share experiences and practical strategies for hiring practices that add diversity and eliminate implicit bias.

Every week victims show up in hospital emergency rooms and victim advocates are called to support them. SANE Nurses are on the front lines reacting to the trauma of sexual assault, collecting evidence, providing victims medical care and alerting survivors to options that empower them and connect them to advocacy and other support resources.

Kristin Welch discusses how across the United States and Canada, Native women and girls are missing and/or being murdered at an unparallel rate. Where is the public outcry? Participants are provided with a shocking answer.

Andrea Huggenvik discusses social justice work that aims to eliminate racism and negative thinking that impacts poverty, homelessness and mental health outcomes. Building intercultural competence creates safety for challenging conversations. The YWCA offers the Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®), a premier cross-culturally valid assessment for building cultural competence in organizations.

Trauma affects people differently depending on numerous factors (i.e. resiliency, history, base health, etc.). Jeneile Luebke, PhD, RN, presents information that helps health and other support providers gain an understanding of different experiences and reactions to trauma. This session also provides tools to stop the re-victimization of survivors of gender-based violence.

This panel brings to light how trauma is connected to deeper conversations about systemic racism and a variety of negative individual and community health outcomes. Connecting the realities of poverty, homelessness, racism and negative mental health outcomes make an outstanding contribution to our efforts.

A panel of experts shares their knowledge related to health disparities in Wisconsin, COVID-19 vaccinations, a new normal and health inequities the pandemic has revealed.

In 2021 we witnessed the onslaught of attacks of Asian Americans. Stereotypes and bias fueled this behavior. Once you know Asian stereotypes, you can avoid perpetuating them, stop prejudicial and biased behaviors and statements, and ultimately stop implicit bias.

Widespread disparities exist in health outcomes and care in Wisconsin. Although Wisconsin ranks high in overall health care quality nationally, the state performs poorly with respect to disparities and ensuring that excellent care is provided to all people equally.

Experiences accessing care are not the same for everyone. Hear the stories and lived experiences of a cross-section of community members affected by social determinants of health.

During intense times, it is imperative for those providing care to care well for themselves. Deb Franckowiak, PhD, shares skills that build resiliency in the midst of pandemic fatigue and the hyper-vigilance necessary to calibrate from the regular, dark headlines.

The Hippocratic Oath is an ethics oath historically taken by physicians. It suggests clarity of thought and consciousness around matters of life and death. Can health care workers have implicit bias that may impact their ability to fulfill the Hippocratic Oath? Is it possible for limited exposure to blur a health care provider’s lens?

Whoever communicates best, wins. In sports, at work, in families and in every industry, clear communication is the most important tool related to the flow of information, goals and rewards. What happens to access when a language barrier exists?

Informed by a nurse, researcher and survivor, learn about valuable research exposing the barriers native survivors of sexual violence experience while receiving care. This session promotes the expansion of health provider’s capacity to communicate with patients in “survivor language.”