Helping Our Youth Heal
Virtual Leadership Gathering 2024
February 8, 2024 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST
Cost: Free
Join Us Topics:
Sound the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Trauma
How Can the Church Help Our Youth to Heal?
Presenters:
Dr. Christin J. Fort
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA
Dr. Ricky Walter
Senior Pastor & Licensed Psychotherapist
Lifeline Fellowship Church
Corsicana, TX
Dr. Dianne Robinson
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD
Renewal Counseling Center, Dallas, TX
Brandi Williams
African American Church
Evangelism Institute
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
Jacob Garcia
Worship Leader
Session One: Sound the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Trauma
Black youth are experiencing social pressures, grief, racism, and gun violence at an all-time high. These stressors are causing youth to spiral into depression, anxiety attacks, and even suicide. What can parents, pastors, educators, and mentors do to help our youth? Come and learn interventions to support our youth.
Presenter: Dr. Christin J. Fort, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology,Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA
Session Two: How Can the Church Help Our Youth Heal?
Research tells us our black children are twice as likely to die by suicide than their white peers, and black teen suicides are growing at shocking rates. What's going on, and what can be done to help save young black lives? Let's talk about it with a psychotherapist and licensed professional counselors of color.
Panelists: Dr. Ricky Walter, Dianne Robinson, and Brandi Williams
Moderator: Sherrye Willis, Founder and President, Alliance for Greater Works
Virtual Leadership Gathering Registration
The Resilient Church Collective is a statewide initiative in Texas designed to help leaders of churches serving African Americans and other people of color through trauma-informed healing. The collective is an initiative of Alliance for Greater Works™.