Faith & Action Fall Event – Pre-Event Webinar
Support Youth in Crisis: Addressing Mental Health and Housing Instability
Join us online on Oct. 29 from 12 – 1 PM, to learn strategies and tools to mitigate the mental health issues for youth facing housing instability, food insecurity, and poverty.
Topics to be addressed include:
- The impact mental health and housing instability has on a young person’s ability to learn and cope
- Best practices for staff and volunteers for cultivating connection and safe
spaces for youth - Effective approaches for creating safe and inclusive spaces for LGBTQ+ youth
- The importance of “warm hand offs” with referrals
Who should attend: Anyone who works with youth – youth leaders, pastors, coaches, volunteers and community organization leaders
Moderator: Nicole Z. Robertson, Assistant Professor of Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at Christian Theological Seminary
Panelists: Joseph Myers, Mental Health Therapist at IYG; Kelly Coker, COO and Program Officer with Brightlane Learning; Ashlyn Douthitt, Supervisor of Mental Health and Clinical Services at Reach for Youth
This webinar complements the Nov. 12 CTS Faith & Action Fall Event: Healing & Hope for our Next Generation, featuring Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III, a veteran pastor and community advocate whose hopeful message will offer insights into ways organizations, faith communities and individuals can partner support low-income youth in their journey for educational attainment, overall well-being and daily stability.
You can watch the recoding of this event here:
