Multnomah County Health Department is partnering with Lines for Life’s Equity Team to host our second annual Healing Summit on Saturday, February 11, 2023, at the PCC Cascade Campus.
The 2023 Healing Summit: Coming Together – Community & Youth Empowerment aims to provide a safe space for youth and community members of color to express themselves and talk about the experiences that we face daily.
The 2023 Healing Summit is an opportunity to connect with individuals and communities of color through workshops, a culturally responsive resource fair, and a town hall with prominent panelists from Portland’s Black and Brown communities.
By joining us to get Portland’s youth of color the support they deserve, you’ll get FREE access to resources, food, gifts, and more.
Here’s what you can look forward to:
- Enjoy FREE Atlanta-style soul food catered from Erica’s Soul Food
- FREE childcare provided from 10:30am-5:00pm by Pocket Full of Posies
- Get your blood pressure checked by NxNE
- Win one of three $100 Visa gift cards
- Take home FREE gifts, including backpacks, t-shirts, and more
- Enjoy FREE snacks and refreshments throughout the day
If you have any questions about this event, please email the Equity Team at [email protected]
Workshops
Town Hall
The town hall will host a panel of prominent leaders in Portland’s Black and Brown communities. This platform will allow leaders to come together with community members to express concerns, grief, and trauma, and will uplift community voices to make lasting change.
Racism and Economic Trauma
Beyond slavery, colonization, and segregation, economic policies continue to disproportionately affect Black and Brown communities through gentrification and redlining. This workshop will address the trauma faced as a result of economic and systemic racism and will highlight attainable strategies to promote healing.
Conflict Resolution
Attendees will look at conflict and conflict resolution through a cultural lens. By changing our approach to conflict, we can work together to build communities that are powerful enough to attain significant change.
Suicide Prevention
Suicide is the 12th leading cause of death in the United States, and suicide rates continue to rise across many different demographics. This workshop will look at current suicide prevention work with a cultural lens and discuss solutions that are being used to help communities of color.
Racial Trauma
Racism is present and persistent in our communities – and many people of color are impacted by their experiences of racism. This workshop aims to address and acknowledge the racial trauma that affects people of color daily.
Self-Love/Self-Care
Self-love and self-care in communities of color continue to be essential practices in the process of working through trauma. Art, culture, family, community, and dignity are among the ways Black and Brown communities spread joy despite common stressors. This workshop will discuss and encourage self-love and self-care as it pertains to communities of color.
Gun Violence
Gun violence is incredibly harmful in under-resourced communities and has been on the rise in Portland’s city neighborhoods. Community gun violence further perpetuates the cycles of concentrated poverty, structural disadvantage, and health inequity that already exist within these communities. This workshop will address the impacts of gun violence on the health and wellbeing of the youth, young adults, and families in our communities.
In partnership with Multnomah County Health Department, the Coalition of African and African American Pastors, Providence, and Portland Community College Cascade Campus.