Tending the Helper's Fire: Mitigating Trauma and Stress in International Staff and Volunteers

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Programming will begin Thursday night with an opening banquet in the Morris Inn's Private Dining Hall. Mike Wessells of Christian Children's Fund and Randolph-Macon College, and Sister Dianna Ortiz, founder of Torture Abolition & Survivors Support Coalition, will be the evening's key presenters.

During the following day and a half we'll challenge ourselves to go beyond our current knowledge and resources for attending to the welfare of our staff and volunteers. We'll learn, discuss, and gain new insights through plenary sessions and a range of breakouts in various formats (click on each Breakout Session below for more details, or click here to see the whole program). Throughout the conference, we'll brainstorm together about what we need and what we can accomplish as a community.

Friday evening we will dine at the historic Beiger Mansion. This will be a fun and relaxed affair, with great food and socializing.

During the next few weeks, as breakout sessions are finalized, we'll be updating this page with more detailed information.

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Conference Program [pdf]

		Thu 03.04



		3:00p	Registration opens

		6:00 9:00	Dinner/Opening Plenary Opening remarks and welcome - Mike Wessells Keynote speaker - Sister Dianna Ortiz

		Fri 03.05

		7:00a	Morning Yoga (optional)

		8:00	Coffee and Continental Breakfast

		8:30	Plenary session Pre-deployment

		9:15	Small Group Discussions

		10:45	Coffee break

		11:00	Feedback to the Plenary

		12:00p	Lunch

		1:45	Plenary session In the Field

		2:30	Small Group Discussions

		4:00	Coffee Break

		4:15	Feedback to the Plenary

		5:00	Special Interest Groups I

		7:00	Dinner at Beiger Mansion

		Sat 03.06

		7:00a	Morning Yoga (optional)

		8:00	Continental Breakfast

		8:30	Plenary Session Re-entry Issues/Transitions

		9:15	Small Group Discussions

		10:30	Coffee break

		10:45	Special Interest Groups II

		11:45p	Lunch/Final Plenary Feedback to the Plenary on Re-entry/Transitions Where do we go from here - John Ehrenreich

		2:00	Conference ends


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