Agenda

WORKSHOP
What We Carry: The Impact of Adversity and Trauma on Learning, Connection, and Communities

• Shelby Lopez (Director)
• Kerri Jones-Fonnesbeck (Executive Director)
  Trauma Informed Utah

WORKSHOP
Language is Culture: The Enduring Legacy of the Navajo Language

• Charlotta Lacy (Faculty), USU Blanding

WORKSHOP
Vābuilding: Reading Relational Space Before Acting—A Pacific Framework for Community Conflict and Care

• Michael Ligaliga (Faculty), BYU-Hawaii

WORKSHOP
The Indigenous Policy Institute at Fort Lewis College: A Case Study in Reconciliation

• Rosalinda Linares-Gray (Director of Reconciliation)
• Trisha Hamilton (Language Reclamation)
  Fort Lewis College

WORKSHOP
The Pocket Museum: Tips and Techniques for Meaningful Storytelling

• Josi Russell (Faculty), USU Blanding 

PRESENTATION
Restoring Balance: Indigenous Pathways to Healing and Violence Prevention

• Kayla Atcitty (Indigenous Community Coordinator), Seekhaven Family Crisis & Resource Center

PANEL
Reframing the Rural: Critical Rural Pedagogy and the Communities We All Carry

• Shanda Winget, San Juan High School
• Jeremy Ricketts (Faculty), USU Eastern
• Jeff Winget, San Juan School District
• Deanna Allred (Faculty), USU Logan

WORKSHOP
Branching Out, Staying Rooted: A First-Gen Journey of Action and Value Alignment

• Amber Reed (Graduate Student), USU Logan

WORKSHOP
Diné Voices: Sharing Your Story with the Media

• Erin Cox (Faculty), USU Logan

WORKSHOP
Return from War: A Calling and Return of Spirit, Integration, and Wholeness in Clinical and Community Practice

• Willow Abrahamson (Clinical Behavioral Health Specialist), Shoshone Bannock Tribes

PANEL
Expanding Local Campuses to the World: Unlocking Study Abroad Opportunities for USU Statewide Students

• Julie Stevens (Faculty), USU Nephi/Ephraim
• Rosa Thornley (Facuty), USU Logan
• Sunshine Brosi (Faculty), USU Eastern
• Millie Mortensen and Sophie Arrieta (Students), USU Eastern

WORKSHOP
Using Children's Books and the Arts to Honor the Past and Create a Better Future

• Yvette May
• Brenda Beyal
  BYU Arts Partnership Native American Curriculum Initiative

PRESENTATION
The Art of Being Seen: Creating Spaces Where People Feel Truly Seen

• Sarah Navarre (Mediator and Founder), Wise Mediation Group / (Co-Owner and Creative Director) REFRACTION

WORKSHOP
Musical Performance and Cultural Memory: Authentic Creation and Audience Connection

• Aurora Wallis Durfee (Graduate Student), USU Logan

WORKSHOP
Weaving Relationships: Fostering Belonging Through Appreciative Advising, Waymaking, K'é, and Reflective Practice

• Tylan Dee (Academic Advisor), USU Blanding

WORKSHOP
What We Carry: Our Capacities for Reinforcing Resilience, Caring for Ourselves, and Acting on Hope

• Shelby Lopez (Director)
• Kerri Jones-Fonnesbeck (Executive Director)
  Trauma Informed Utah

WORKSHOP
Turning Adversity into Action: A Journey of Resilience, Education, and Service

• Toniee M. Lewis (Graduate Student), USU Blanding

PANEL
Honors Education as Community-Based Strength: Expanding Agency and Experiential Learning Across Campuses

• Sandra Benallie (USU Honors Student)
• Gustavo Ovando Montejo (Faculty), USU Blanding
• Katlyn Casagrande (Faculty), USU Tooele
• Sunshine Brosi (Faculty), USU Eastern
• Kris Miller (USU Honors Executive Director)

WORKSHOP
Land Grant Reflections: A Discussion of USU's Indigenous History and Future

• Keri Holt (Faculty), USU Logan
• Nate Straight (Faculty), USU Tooele

PRESENTATION
My Land, My People!

• Jean Holiday (Community Member)

WORKSHOP
Cultural Activities and Other Aspects of the National Science Foundation Funded 'DRUMM' Program: Developing Rural Utah Teachers Into Teacher Leaders

• Eric Rowley (Faculty), USU Blanding
• Adam Rowley, Monticello High School

WORKSHOP
Mobile Crisis Response: Rural and Tribal Considerations

• Rachael Holiday (Therapist), Utah Navajo Health System

WORKSHOP
Humanities Grant Opportunities for Preserving Memory, Honoring Present Realities, and Building Resilient Futures

• Emily Grubby, Utah Humanities

PRESENTATION
Self-Care as a Foundation for Reframing and Community Strength

• Brenda Beyal
• Lorna Loy