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Keynote Speaker
Kara Robinson Chamberlain
Abducted at gunpoint and held captive at just 15 years old, Kara Robinson Chamberlain’s daring escape and collaboration with law enforcement led to the identification and capture of a serial killer. Leveraging her extensive experience as a survivor, former law enforcement officer, advocate, and media professional, Kara provides practical applications for empowering victims and fostering resilience.
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Robin Afinowich
Robin’s work is rooted at the intersection of her background in Justice Studies, Clinical Psychology/Mental Health Counselling and Mind-body Wellness. She is a licensed trauma therapist and specializes in somatic interventions for trauma resolution. Robin is a nationally recognized presenter on trauma, resilience and victim advocacy and has created trauma healing programs that incorporate alternative healing modalities such as trauma-informed yoga, mindfulness, nature-therapy, art, music, cultural heritage projects, and peer support programs. With over 22 years of coaching, consulting, and wellness program development, Robin provides organizations with the best integrative practices for maintaining healthy and resilient individuals, families, and communities.
Workshop Title: Resilience Response
Workshop Description: This comprehensive workshop will provide greater insight into how to manage and mitigate toxic stress and vicarious trauma through mind-body health perspectives. We will explore simple and effective somatic and integrative practices that will help cultivate personal and professional resilience.
Angie Burleson
Angie Burleson, APP, is a Polarity Therapist and Executive Director of the AZ ACEs Consortium. She is committed to changing the conversation surrounding trauma and ACEs by empowering individuals and connecting communities to become recovery ready through a trauma informed lens. Angie’s own struggle with addiction, family experiences, and education gives her a multi-faceted and unique perspective.
Workshop Title: Neurobiological Impacts of ACEs & Trauma
Workshop Description: An in-depth overview of how toxic stress and trauma have an impact on our brains and bodies with a heavy focus on neurobiology and behaviors that are expected in a dysregulated system. Understanding the connection between unresolved trauma and risky behaviors and coping mechanisms is crucial when working with populations who have experienced adversity. Also, understand the impacts of trauma work including vicarious trauma and the impact work has on our bodies and brains.
Jerald Monahan
Jerald Monahan has served the public safety community for over four decades, In June of 2021, Chief Monahan became the Program Director of the Administration of Justice Studies (AJS) program at Yavapai College. As the AJS program director he serves as a faculty member teaching Administration of Justice Studies courses. He is also the Director of the newly created Yavapai College Justice Institute.
Professor Monahan is a certified Protective Factors Framework and Mandated Supporter Trainer and has presented on both topics at various locations in Arizona. He also is a Peace Lecturer, certified by the International Women’s Peace Group.
Chief Monahan holds a Master’s degree in Leadership and a Bachelor’s degree in Public Safety Administration both from Grand Canyon University. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, the 230th Session.
Workshop Title: Considering Yourself a Mandated Supporter
Workshop Description: The ‘Considering Yourself a Mandated Supporter’ Training is an initiative of Prevent Child
Abuse Arizona and the DCS Office of Prevention. Through this training, participants will
examine how they can protect children from adversity by considering themselves not just
mandated reporters, but mandated supporters.
The strategies and techniques explored are rooted in the Strengthening Families™ Protective
Factors Framework, an approach that recognizes when families have access to the supports
and tools needed to deal with life's stressors, children thrive.