Events

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ECHO: Navigating Grief and Loss

This session will discuss ways to support people who have experienced loss including a death, the loss of human rights, major life changes, and more. We’ll look at strategies for tapping into our own experiences of loss and translating that into empathetic support. Trainer: Avé Lanett Subject Matter Expert: Jenn Jones About ECHO: The purpose...

ECHO: Visioning an Alternative Future

In this session we’ll talk about the future we’d like to create and what it takes to get there. We’ll flip the script from naming the things we don’t want to naming the things we do, and identify how we can cultivate a future reflective of our values. Trainer: Yaffa AS Subject Matter Expert: KC...

ECHO: Uplifting People Who Use Drugs

This session will focus on strategies to center the voices of people actively using drugs when talking about living experiences and ways to de-center and de-personalize abstinence when discussing substance use focused peer support. Trainer: Jamie Bailey Subject Matter Expert: Amey Dettmer About ECHO: The purpose of this ECHO series is to create the opportunity...

ECHO: Building Community Led Spaces and Services

This session will look at ways to build peer-led spaces and services in partnership with the communities they’re meant to serve. This will include strategies to maintain accountability and integrity, and to build spaces that are by us for us. Trainer: Jose Martinez Subject Matter Expert: Lindsay Kocen About ECHO: The purpose of this ECHO...

ECHO: The Intersection of Peer Values and Human Rights Activism

This session will focus on ways to translate peer support into activism within and beyond mental health and substance use. It will look at why this is important, and the intersection of the peer movement with other struggles for human rights. Trainer: Behryn Hatcher Subject Matter Expert: Bianca Martinez About ECHO: The purpose of this...

ECHO: Blending Peer Values with Practice

In this session we’ll focus on translating peer values such as self-determination, multiple pathways, and de-centering ourselves, into action when providing peer support. This will include concrete examples of how to provide peer support while honoring our movement’s values. Trainer: Christina Carney Subject Matter Expert: Bianca Martinez About ECHO: The purpose of this ECHO series...