Whole Health Strategies: Integrating Behavioral Health, Criminal Justice and Indigenous Culture for American Indians and Alaska Natives

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Join us on May 17-18, 2022 for a free, virtual conference looking to integrate behavioral health, the criminal just system, and indigenous culture for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN).

AI/AN are over-represented in our Federal, State and local prisons and jails. While the understanding of trauma in our criminal justice system needs substantial development, the understanding of historical trauma, particularly as it impacts the AI/AN community, is minimal. Failed recovery and rehabilitation while in custody leads to re-incarceration and rippling negative impacts on the individual, family, and community. This webinar will help you develop strategies to incorporate indigenous culture into the recovery and rehabilitation process that may help decrease incarceration for AI/AN. The duration of the webinar is a day and half.

Audience:  Staff who work with incarcerated AI/AN in criminal justice or behavioral health settings, in Tribal or urban communities; All who are interested in having the criminal justice and behavioral health systems better support and serve the needs of AI/AN individuals and communities; All who are interested in integrated health.

Speakers:

• Robert Yazzie, Chief Justice Emeritus of the Navajo Nation Supreme Court, will speak on Restorative Justice.
• Michael Yellow Bird, Ph.D., author of Decolonizing Pathways Towards Integrative Healing in Social Work, will speak about his work.
• Patti LaBoucane-Benson, author of The Outside Circle – a valuable resource to anyone working with justice-system involving AI/AN.
• Five additional speakers, four panel discussions, and three presentations of traditional dance, music, and drumming.
• Full agenda and speaker list available at Registration link.

Registration: https://www.cvent.com/d/j8q6gx

This event is free and open to all. Some sessions will be recorded and freely available online after the event.

 

Questions: WholeHealthStrategiesConf@gmail.com

 

Flyer – WholeHlthStrategies.pdf