Keynote Presentation/ Building Resilience: Connection, Communication
3 hours of presentation providing a background understanding of how people, cultures and systems build and foster resilience, and stand in that resilience while being open to connection with others who hold different experiences.
Originally provided to the Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA.
Emphasizes the critical importance of safety and connection in allowing humans of all ages to learn and grow.
Experiential learning: creating safety within our space/room/body (depending own what’s accessible).
Open-ended questions in discussion and breakout groups allows participants to identify their own strengths, methods of finding and creating safety, and opportunities connect with our resilience as we step into the discomfort of allowing others space to grow.
Discussion and information on how to return to resiliency after adversity, and how to grow resiliency in our communities and families.
Building Resilience: Connection, Communication, and Community
Meg Rogers
Abstract
Centering post-modern therapy values, feminist theory, and Quaker concepts of respect and honoring the knowledge and experience of ourselves and others, this presentation provides methods, information, and actionable steps to put community members in touch with their own resilience, and the resilience of those around them. Emphasis on using resilience and respectful space to engage in conversation to build meaningful connection around topics where people do not, or will not, see eye to eye, without losing hope of creating safety, wellness, peace, and meaningful experience for larger communities, and smaller groups. Breakout groups and reflective questions as well as experiential exercises provided throughout the presentation.
Building Resilience/
Connection, Communication, and Community
