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“Strengthening the Roots” LATINO CONFERENCE | Oct 24, 2024, 8:00 AM – Oct 25, 2024, 3:30 PM VISALIA CONVENTION CENTER, 305 E Acequia Ave, Visalia, CA 93291, USA
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  • REGISTRATION

    Lobby

  • GENERAL SESSION I - Opening Ceremony and Welcome

    BALLROOM

  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Mental Health and Trauma Exposure Among Newly Arrived Latinx Immigrants - Laura Vargas, PhD, LMSW, MPA

    BALLROOM
    Mental Health Research
    Social Justice
    Violence

  • Restorative Practitioners Guide Creating a Transformative Learning Environment A. Michael Perez & Kimberly Dillard MEd

    1C
    CBT
    Cultural Competency
    Mental Health
    Restorative Justice
    Youth and Violence

  • Power and Privilege between Latine people - Ámate Pérez

    1D
    Cultural Competency
    Social Justice
    Violence

  • Story-Healing: Utilizing Culturally Based Stories to Release, Heal, and Transform Our Lives. - Maestro Jerry Tello

    1E
    Cultural Competency
    Indigenous Teachings
    La Cultura Cura
    Social Justice

  • The News about Latinos, and Why it Matters for Community Health - Pamela Mejia (she/ella), MS MPH

    1A
    Cultural Competency
    Mental Health Research
    Social Justice
    Violence

  • A Transformational Approach to District Initiatives. ¿Dime Quien Eres y Te Digo Quien Somos? - Karina Y. Vega

    1B
    Behavioral Health
    CBT
    Cultural Competency
    Restorative Justice
    Youth and Violence

  • LUNCH & CULTURAL PRESENTATIONS BY: Las Mariposas De Selma (Chinas Oaxaqueñas) and Ozomatli Folklorico Dancers

    BALLROOM

  • Latinas and Human Trafficking - Yahira DeLeon, LMSW

    2C
    CBT
    Cultural Competency
    La Cultura Cura
    Restorative Justice
    Youth and Violence

  • Before Freud were Tlamatinis: - Esmeralda Zamudio, PsyD

    2B
    Behavioral Health
    Indigenous Teachings
    La Cultura Cura
    Mental Health Research
    Violence

  • Bienvenidos From the Inside Out: The Mental Health Journey of our Newcomers in Schools - Norca Yarborough, MSW

    2A
    Cultural Competency
    La Cultura Cura
    Restorative Justice
    Social Justice
    Youth and Violence

  • Native American Generational Trauma's Impact on Latinos and Cultural Healing - Tino 'The Warrior Poet' Rayos

    2E
    Cultural Competency
    El Joven Noble
    Indigenous Teachings
    La Cultura Cura
    Social Justice

  • Introduction to Mayan Cosmovision and the Cholqij - The Sacred 260 Day Count - Lidia Doniz

    2D
    Cultural Competency
    Indigenous Teachings
    La Cultura Cura
    Social Justice

  • The SANO Method: The 3 Principles of Empowerment - Dr. Leticia Ximénez, PsyD, assisted by Wade Doidge

    3A
    Behavioral Health
    Cultural Competency
    Indigenous Teachings
    Mental Health

  • Remembering, Reigniting, & Restoring Sisterhood through Cultural Indigenous Teachings - Ameyalli Women & Girls Dept.

    3E
    Cultural Competency
    Girasol
    Indigenous Teachings
    La Cultura Cura
    Social Justice

  • Connecting to Mother Tierra and Remembering our Relationship with Plant Medicines - Reyna Toledo

    3C
    Behavioral Health
    Cultural Competency
    Indigenous Teachings
    La Cultura Cura
    Social Justice

  • P.E.A.C.E: Positive Engagement and Action to Cultivate Efficiency - Iran Nazario

    3B
    Behavioral Health
    Cultural Competency
    Social Justice
    Youth and Violence

  • A Herstory of America, You’ve heard “History”- now hear hers - Maria E. Ramirez, MS

    3D
    Cultural Competency
    Indigenous Teachings
    La Cultura Cura
    Social Justice

  • REGISTRATION

    Lobby

  • GENERAL SESSION II - Ceremony

    BALLROOM

  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Gun Violence in our Communities and Beyond - Why it Matters - Refujio. “Cuco” Rodriguez, MSW

    BALLROOM
    Cultural Competency
    Mental Health
    Social Justice
    Youth and Violence

  • Traditional Healing and Leadership in Indigenous Communities - Manuel 'Angel' Galvez, BS, MAOL

    4D
    Cultural Competency
    Indigenous Teachings
    La Cultura Cura
    Restorative Justice
    Social Justice

  • El Método SANO: Los 3 Principios del Empoderamiento - La Dra. Leticia Ximénez, PsyD

    4A
    Behavioral Health
    CBT
    Cultural Competency
    Mental Health
    Social Justice

  • Building Bridges to Heal - Trauma, Resilience, and Solidarity in Black and Brown Communities - Rahsmia Zatar, LMSW, MA

    4E
    Cultural Competency
    La Cultura Cura
    Restorative Justice
    Social Justice
    Youth and Violence

  • metAMORfosis: Co-Creating Dra. Dulce's Love Journal as a Liberatory Practice

    4C
    Behavioral Health
    Cultural Competency
    Mental Health
    MI
    Social Justice

  • From ME to WE: Moving from Community Violence to Community Healing-Laura Tinajero,Alma Cervantes, Efrain BotelloCisneros

    4B
    Behavioral Health
    Cultural Competency
    La Cultura Cura
    Social Justice
    Youth and Violence

  • LUNCH, Mariachi Alas De Jalisco and Distinguished Award Presentation at 12:30pm

    BALLROOM

  • Immigration and the Impact on the Mind, Body and Soul - Dr. Roberto de la Rosa, JD

    5C
    Cultural Competency
    Mental Health
    MI
    Social Justice

  • Seeing is believing; A culturally-based approach to evaluation and research - Heriberto Escamilla Morales, PhD.

    5B
    Behavioral Health
    Cultural Competency
    La Cultura Cura
    Mental Health Research

  • ¡QuÉ Padre! Fathers Connecting with Their Children - Gilberto Rivas, LMFT

    5D
    Cultural Competency
    Mental Health
    MI
    Social Justice
    Youth and Violence

  • Medicinal Drumming Praxis, Medicinal (Therapeutic) Drumming - Maestra Debra Camarillo, MA

    5E
    Behavioral Health
    Cultural Competency
    Indigenous Teachings
    La Cultura Cura
    Mental Health

  • CURATÉ: Healing with Ancestral Knowledge - Felicia 'Fe' Montes, MFA, MA

    5A
    Cultural Competency
    Girasol
    Indigenous Teachings
    La Cultura Cura
    Social Justice

  • Closing Ceremony with Raffle Door Prizes

    BALLROOM
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