SFIC WEEKLY ONLINE BRIEFING FOR FAITH LEADERS
SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON COMMUNITY CHAPLAINCY
FOR THE TRAUMATIZED AND FIRST RESPONDERS

Thursday, March 25, 2021
8:30 am - 9:45 am

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In these times of the COVID-19, a widely acknowledged concern is the amplified impact the pandemic is having on overall mental health, especially in times of crisis. Of equal concern is secondary trauma and its impact on first responders. The San Francisco Police Department Community Chaplaincy program provides care for community members and first responders (law enforcement, fire, emergency management and medical examiners) during emergencies.  Many of these call-outs were for grief and trauma care after tragic deaths of children, pedestrians and overdoses.  Community chaplains have provided support for city employees and residents on the streets, in homes, at businesses, in tent encampments and on merchant ships in English, Spanish, Tagalog, Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese. This week's "Online Briefing for Faith Leaders," hosted by the San Francisco Interfaith Council and supported by the COVID Command Center's Joint Information Center Virtual Outreach Team, welcomes Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer, who will speak to the work of the chaplaincy, free trainings for community members (of all faiths and education levels) and how individuals can get involved as Community Chaplains or part of Community Response Teams that provide support to diverse communities and nonviolence support at protests.  

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY ONLINE BRIEFING MODERATOR

Michael G. Pappas, M.Div.
Executive Director, San Francisco Interfaith Council

WELCOME & READING OF SFIC STATEMENT

Kaushik Roy
Executive Director, Shanti Project

REFLECTIVE MOMENT

Rev. Trent Thornley
Executive Director / Director of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
Certificate in Buddhist Chaplaincy from Institute of Buddhist Studies

(Introduction of Guest Presenter and Presentation
by SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas)
The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer
Pastor, Grace Lutheran Church and
Community Chaplain Coordinator for the
The Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer (they/he) is the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in the Sunset and the Community Chaplain Coordinator for the San Francisco Police Department. Serving as a chaplain in San Francisco since 2002, Megan trained at the Sojourn Chaplaincy at San Francisco General Hospital, in Somatic Experiencing, Compassion Fatigue, Critical Incident Stress, Psychological First Aid, Alcohol and Drug Counseling and is a PhD candidate at the California Institute of Integral Studies. A distinguished alum from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley (DMin, MDiv), Megan was a finalist for the Lambda Literary award in transgender non-fiction, received an honorable mention as an Unsung Hero of Compassion by Wisdom in Action, with His Holiness the Dali Lama, was featured on Netflix’s Queer Eye and in Cosmo.
FAITH PANELISTS

Pastor Sonya Brunswick

Pastor Monique Ortiz
Director of Community Programs at the

Father Michael Quinn
SFPD Chaplain and Pastor, St. Brendan Church

CLOSING REMARKS

SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas

The SFIC extends special thanks to the COVID Command Center's Joint Information Center Virtual Outreach Team for facilitating technology support 
for this weekly series of Online Briefings for Faith Leaders.

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