March 2023 CPS & CPPS Community of Practice
March 14th, 2023 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm CT
Nze (they/them) is a queer, Black, Nigerian writer & peer supporter located in Madison, WI. Nze is currently the program director of Solstice House Peer Run Respite & Peer Run Warmline. Nze facilitates dialogue and advocates alongside others navigating crisis and emotional distress.
As an outspoken voice promoting culturally responsive peer-led crisis alternatives, Nze provides support around experiences of harm related to the intersections of psychiatric medications, generational grief and trauma, systemic violence and institutional racism. They believe our stories hold power, community is our home, and pride is our path to liberation.
Tara leads a grassroots community recovery and wellness organization, EOTO Culturally Rooted. She is a Certified Peer Specialist (CPS), Certified Parent Peer Specialist (CPPS) and state trainer of Certified Peer Specialists and trainers. She provides support to individuals navigating mental health, substance use and trauma recovery.
Driven by her passion for positive social change and thriving, healthy communities of color she enjoys acting as a connector and seed planter working on several impactful collaborations throughout Wisconsin.
As a Certified Peer Specialist and lived experience public speaker Tara subscribes to a “each one teach one” knowledge and skill sharing ideology that she believes is key to challenging systemic injustice. She has presented and trained on topics such as valuing & integrating the voice of lived experience, implicit bias and understanding culture/power/privilege to audiences on a national, state, and local level. Her unique approach and compassionate delivery make conquering these difficult conversations an act of bravery and not an exercise in guilt, shame, or fear.
We all have work to do to create a safer, more just society – Tara believes that together we can!
Chrysalis, EOTO, LLC. & SOAR Case Management Inc. will present an overview of past learning communities previously offered to the peer support workforce. The presenters will describe upcoming opportunities for collaboration and explore how this might be helpful for both experienced peers and those who are new to the workforce.
General information about upcoming opportunities will be given with space for Q&A at the end.
We invite you to please fill out the evaluation survey link (click here) if you attended this community of practice gathering or if you watch the recording. The survey will close at 4:30pm on Tuesday, March 28th. Certificates of Participation will be sent to those completing the evaluation form by 4:30pm on April 4th, 2023. No evaluation surveys will be accepted for CEH credit after the evaluation survey’s closing date/time.
This website is managed and maintained by staff at Access to Independence working on the Wisconsin Peer Specialist Employment Initiative. The words, views, and values presented herein are not necessarily representative of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
February 2023 CPS & CPPS Community of Practice
February 16th, 2023 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm CT
Lynn Maday-Bigboy
Lynn Maday-Bigboy is a Certified Parent Peer and Peer Trainer. She is from the Bad River Nation, located on Lake Superior, and she is passionate about advocating for youth and families that are historically marginalized in systems of care.
Healing Layers of Trauma in a Collective Society During Pandemic Times: Through the lens of a collective society, Lynn will be looking at the layers of trauma and the impacts of the pandemic on historical traumas. Together, with participants, she will also explore the healing that can occur when we slow down during these times to process, reflect, and move forward.
We invite you to please fill out the evaluation survey link (click here) if you attended this community of practice gathering or if you watch the recording. The survey will close at 4:30pm on Thursday, March 2nd. Certificates of Participation will be sent to those completing the evaluation form by 4:30pm on February 16th, 2023. No evaluation surveys will be accepted for CEH credit after the evaluation survey’s closing date/time.
This website is managed and maintained by staff at Access to Independence working on the Wisconsin Peer Specialist Employment Initiative. The words, views, and values presented herein are not necessarily representative of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
January 2023 CPS & CPPS Community of Practice
January 19th, 2023 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm CT
Gaochi Vang – WIPSEI Peer Specialist Program Manager at Access to Independence
Marguerit Galindo – WIPSEI Peer Specialist Workforce Development Coordinator at Access to Independence
Acienda Yang – WIPSEI Peer Specialist Community Engagement Coordinator at Access to Independence.
Join us as we take time to connect, discuss, and network together as a community of peers in CPS and/or CPPS roles. For this Network & Gathering, we will specifically share information about the recertification process, missing the recertification deadline, and review the continuing education opportunities on our website.
There are no CEH/CEU provided for this Community of Practice as it is a network & gathering and does not meet the criteria of a focused learning session in which CEH/CEU’s are generally provided.
This website is managed and maintained by staff at Access to Independence working on the Wisconsin Peer Specialist Employment Initiative. The words, views, and values presented herein are not necessarily representative of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
November 2022 CPS & CPPS Community of Practice
“Healing Trauma through Hmong Shamanism and our Ancestor’s Perspective” with Billy Lor
November 17th, 2022 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm CT
Facilitators:
Tub Ntxawg Billy Lauj
Tub Ntxawg Billy Lauj (he/they/nws) is a Master Hmoob Shaman with over a decade of experience in holistic healing and cultural consulting. Billy has performed hundreds of ceremonies throughout the United States and assisted HMoob communities in France, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
Billy has keynoted and given numerous workshops on Hmong Shamanism, cultural practices, and cultural competency. He sat on multiple advisory boards and consulted on films about Hmong culture and beliefs. In addition, he teaches Hmong culture classes and is a content creator on his social media platform called “Hey Billy” where he educates on Hmong traumas, culture, art, and spirituality. Billy enjoys rigorous hikes, attending music events, and going on food ventures in their free time
Description:
Billy will share stories from his own experiences of self-healing as a Hmong Shaman. They will closely examine how Hmong shamanism is used to process and heal traumas and broaden our perspective on the connection of body, mind, and spirit.
We invite you to please fill out the evaluation survey link (click here) if you attended this community of practice gathering or if you watch the recording. The survey will close at 4:30pm on Thursday, December 1st. Certificates of Participation will be sent to those completing the evaluation form by 4:30pm on December 8th, 2022. No evaluation surveys will be accepted for CEH credit after the evaluation survey’s closing date/time.
This website is managed and maintained by staff at Access to Independence working on the Wisconsin Peer Specialist Employment Initiative. The words, views, and values presented herein are not necessarily representative of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
September 2022 CPS & CPPS Community of Practice
“HEART at Esperanza: Healing Ethno- And Racial Trauma From the Inside Out” with Evelyn Cruz and Dr. Alyssa M Ramírez Stege
September 15th, 2022 from 1:30 – 3:00 pm CT
Facilitators:
Evelyn Cruz
Evelyn Cruz is currently the Director for Program Planning and Evaluation at Centro Hispano, Inc. where she provides leadership for Esperanza: Nuestra Cultura de Salud, a community and academic partnership funded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program to promote equity for Latine mental wellbeing and wellness. Evelyn has over 20 years of program design, development and implementation focused on improving the health of racial and ethnic populations in Wisconsin.
Dr. Alyssa Marie Ramírez Stege
Dr. Alyssa M. Ramírez Stege is a counseling psychologist from Cholula, Puebla, México. She is the Director of the Esperanza Bilingual Psychological Services Certificate in partnership with Centro Hispano of Dane County and housed in Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work focuses on understanding and developing culturally-affirming Latinx-centered psychotherapeutic training and practices through a decolonization framework that integrates indigenous knowledge in community-based approaches. For more information about Esperanza, visit: https://esperanza.wisc.edu/
Description:
Presenters will review the HEART (Healing Ethno- And Racial Trauma) Model (Chávez-Dueñas et al., 2019) created to address trauma in immigrant Latine populations, provide an overview of the theoretical frameworks foundational to begin addressing this concern in a Latine-centered community-based workforce, and facilitate dialogue on how participants can bring “lessons learned” into their own practice.
We invite you to please fill out the evaluation survey link (click here) if you attended this community of practice gathering or if you watch the recording. The survey will close at 4:30pm on Thursday, September 29th. Certificates of Participation will be sent to those completing the evaluation form by 4:30pm on October 6th, 2022. No evaluation surveys will be accepted for CEH credit after the evaluation survey’s closing date/time.
This website is managed and maintained by staff at Access to Independence working on the Wisconsin Peer Specialist Employment Initiative. The words, views, and values presented herein are not necessarily representative of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.