Communities Helping Communities
Communities Helping Communities
Third Thursdays at Three
Greenbush is proud to introduce Communities Helping Communities – a yearlong series packed full of live virtual presentations on a wide variety of ways you can help support and improve your community. Join us on the Third Thursday of every month at Three as we meet with experts in grant writing; Social Emotional Learning; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives; creating safe spaces for members of the LGBTQ+ community; and much more! Learn more about each session and the presenters below. We can’t wait to see you there!
Raising Awareness about Suicide Prevention in Your Community
During this workshop, participants will learn how to identify the risk factors and warning signs for suicide, have a better understanding of helpful intervention strategies for individuals at risk of suicide, how to share this information with others and identify positive factors and resources for helping people who may be at risk of suicide.
About Your Presenters:
Joy Schwartz, Community Support Specialist, has worked with DCCCA for more than six years. Joy provides technical support to coalitions and task forces in Southwest Kansas working on community prevention efforts. Joy also is a trainer for CPR, QPR, and Substance Abuse Prevention Training.
Dena Kemp, MSW and Community Support Specialist, has worked with DCCCA since 2018. She is a Certified Prevention Professional and is a certified trainer for Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training and Ethics in Prevention. Dena has worked in social services for more than 20 years supporting communities.
Fostering and Promoting Inclusion in Your Community
Many people have never had the opportunity to experience culture outside of where they live. This workshop will assist community members in how to have an open dialogue about differences within a comfortable setting.
About Your Presenter:
Deatrea Rose is currently promoting inclusion and diversity through a number of interactive workshops that allow students, faculty, staff, and administrators to utilize critical thinking, problem solving and sound decision making.
Faculty, staff, and administrators will leave her sessions armed with a toolkit to assist in the daily challenges they face working with diverse student populations.
40 Developmental Assets in Your Community
During this workshop, participants will learn about The Developmental Assets Framework developed by the Search Institute. The Search Institute has identified 40 positive supports and strengths that young people need to succeed. Participants will learn how to leverage these assets to support youth in their community.
About Your Presenter:
Crystal Dalmasso, Prevention Specialist and Training Consultant, has worked with DCCCA for over 4 years. She provides support for community organizations with their substance misuse prevention and mental health awareness efforts and offers topic specific training for community members and families throughout the state of Kansas. Crystal has a Master of Arts in Communication from Wichita State University, a Diversity and Inclusion Certificate through Cornell, is a certified trainer for Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training, a certified trainer for youth and adult Mental Health First Aid, and is also a Nonviolent Crisis Intervention trainer.
Connecting Prevention of Substance Use at the Community Level to School Investment in Social and Emotional Learning
Communities care about kids. The people in those communities may have similar goals and efforts, but not know of the connections. This session connects community level prevention work with efforts already being made in Kansas Schools.
About Your Presenter:
Monica Murnan, Director of Community Support Services at Greenbush, has a 25-year history of working with communities in Southeast Kansas to develop projects that serve kids and families. A licensed teacher and school administrator, Murnan brings her experience in health care and education to this session to support others in their efforts to build strong communities.
January 19, 2023 | Unlocking Bias in Your Community
This session will walk you through the four types of unconscious bias, help you identify what biases you may have, but most importantly how to combat unconscious bias and transform your environment into one of respect and acceptance for all.
About Your Presenter:
Deatrea Rose is currently promoting inclusion and diversity through a number of interactive workshops that allow students, faculty, staff, and administrators to utilize critical thinking, problem solving and sound decision making.
Faculty, staff, and administrators will leave her sessions armed with a toolkit to assist in the daily challenges they face working with diverse student populations.
February 16, 2023 | Let’s Talk About How Stress Impacts Your Community
The pattern of stress in our lives determines its impact on us. Stress isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In this session we will discuss how our brains and bodies experience stress and ways in which we can support ourselves and others.
About Your Presenter:
Jennifer Taylor, Education Behavior Consultant at Greenbush, is a licensed classroom teacher and special educator with over 12 years of experience. Jennifer has a great passion for bringing compassion and resilience to communities through a better understanding of the human experience.
March 16, 2023 | How Crisis Prevention is Shaping Up in Your Community
In today’s environment, any public gathering location is susceptible to a crisis situation. Being PrePared is a must to mitigate the impact of any given crisis that may arise. The PrePare Model allows entities to formulate and implement a crisis response plan. PrePare includes the review and revision of existing plans or the development of new plans.
About Your Presenter:
Kenny Massey, Crisis Consortium Coordinator, is a 30+ year veteran of law enforcement, past school board member, and city council member. Kenny brings an understanding and passion related to the importance of safety and security within any public entity. Utilizing outcome-based processes from the National Association of School Psychologists (PrePare Model) we can begin the process of preparing for, preventing, responding to, and recovering from an emergency situation.
April 20, 2023 | Creating Safe Spaces
Many community members refrain from talking about sexual orientation and gender identity or expression because it feels taboo, or because they’re afraid of saying the wrong thing. This session will introduce a glossary of words, phrases and open the dialogue on how to create a safe space for our students who are exploring their sexuality. A toolkit of ideas and best practices will be shared, including defining gender and sexuality identities, identify resources, and define advocacy.
About Your Presenter:
Deatrea Rose is currently promoting inclusion and diversity through a number of interactive workshops that allow students, faculty, staff, and administrators to utilize critical thinking, problem solving and sound decision making.
Faculty, staff, and administrators will leave her sessions armed with a toolkit to assist in the daily challenges they face working with diverse student populations.
May 18, 2023 | How to Use Data to Create Great Communities for Kids
Finding data that supports your community efforts can be overwhelming. This session will narrow down data sources, provide strategies about how to use data, and provide a basic framework for a needs assessment process that will support your community’s efforts.
About Your Presenter:
Monica Murnan, Director of Community Support Services at Greenbush, has a 25-year history of working with communities in Southeast Kansas to develop projects that serve kids and families. A licensed teacher and school administrator, Murnan brings her experience in health care and education to this session to support others in their efforts to build strong communities.
June 15, 2023 | How to Fund Great Projects in Your Community Through Grant Writing
Your community projects are important and finding funding can be overwhelming. Let us help break the process down into manageable parts. Needs assessment, goal setting, action plans and budgets will be discussed, along with tips and tricks for successful submissions.
About Your Presenter:
Bonnie Houk, GPC, Director of Grants Management, Southeast Kansas Education Service Center has been instrumental in the awarding of 361 proposals totaling more than $93 million for school districts, community organizations, and foundations.