CELEBRATING

Healing, Hope & Post Traumatic Growth

from trauma to transcendence

Hello Lovely Community:

It has been a few months since I have written to you. Remember the good ole days when I used to send out a newsletter each month? I find that each year my little company gets a little bigger and time seems to swim away....

What have I been up to? Training and Technical Assistance!

Projects on my table:

-I am helping a large homeless shelter improve their trauma informed response.

-I am helping a state coalition of child advocacy centers as they struggle with diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

-I am helping another state coalition of child advocacy centers to train new employees on how to self-regulation so they can co-regulate and de-esculate.

-I am helping another state coalition in helping their first responders understand commercial sexual exploitation of children.

-We updated the DEIB tool, the TIRC tool and the Holistic Self-Care plan (see below)

-We almost finished the death notification companion booklet (see below)

Places I have recently been:

-I have been to Louisiana (where I got to provide training to people living in Angola prison and Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women)

-I went to Florida for the America Outdoors Conference

-I have been to Ohio twice!

-I have been to Colorado twice!

-I have been to Germany and to France.

-I also went to Arizona for some much needed self-care.... that was not for work-just warmth.

I have a lot more travel on the calendar including several more trips overseas. Time seems to swim away.

I know that you all are working hard to change the world for both individuals and the community. I hope that you are thriving in that endeavor and are wrapping yourself in healing and growth. Please let me know if I can be of service to you-

Warmest of all the regards-

Myra Strand

Trainings for the Outdoors community- spread the word!

Will we be able to connect at

either of these conferences? I hope so...

CCAW is an annual in-person conference that convenes the leading experts from across the country to educate and train first responders and community stakeholders on best practices regarding the identification, investigation and prosecution of crimes against women.

Offering more than 200 workshops, case studies and hands-on computer labs, CCAW creates an interactive learning experience for professionals to help them best serve women in need of their support.

Join us in Dallas, Texas May 22-25, 2023 for the 18th Annual CCAW.

NOVA’s 49th Annual Training Event is scheduled for July 31 – August 3, 2023, in New Orleans!

This year, our theme is the Power of Connection.

NOVA’s premier training event will be attended by approximately 1,700-2,000 victim assistance professionals from around the world! By engaging with your colleagues and community during this event, you will invest in yourself and the amazing field of victim services.

Choose from almost 100 different workshops, hear from dynamic keynote speakers, earn up to 19 CEUs and network with allied professionals.

Certain groups experience social

marginalization that leads directly to victimization.

It is so important for us to approach out work through an intersectional lens.

These social dynamics

increase crime victimization:

The Supreme Court and the Indian Child Welfare Act: What’s at Stake in Brackeen Case

Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs

The Trevor Project Releases New State-Level Data on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, Victimization, & Access to Support

Human Trafficking and youth with disabilities

ACLU tracking bills that would negatively impact the LGBTQ community

How Violence against Asians has grown and how to stop it...

The Latino face of human trafficking and exploitation

Violence against black women in L.A. remains high, even as serious crime drops

We have a lot of work to do.

Do you or your team need tools?

Professional Wellness is an ethical obligation. This tool is for you to explore holistic self care.

Navigating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) waters is not easy. There are so many ways in which inequity is woven into the very structure of the system and it is a

big job to unravel and rebuild. This tool was developed to help.

The current standard of practice is to be trauma informed. This tool was developed to help.

Download the tools

Coming soon!!!! In just a couple of weeks....

We have been working hard to pull together a death notification companion booklet. This process has taken us a LONG time to complete! It is currently in editing and we could not be more pleased. As soon it is done, I will send it out immediately- so look for another newsletter in just a couple of weeks.

So what exactly am I talking about?

For those of you who are death notifiers, this is a booklet that has a lot of information useful to people who have just lost a person.

-You can download the booklet and have them printed.

-You can use our QR code or upload to your own QR code system.

-You can give people a link to our website where it will be available to download.

-You can ask us to work with to localize the tool to your specific community.

When I heard this song, I thought of you all!

You all are making such a huge difference in the world and I am so inspired to be a part of this community!