THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE HEALING INJUSTICE A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS!
From incredible plenary sessions to the Idea Exchange Breakout Sessions to remembering what it was like to be a child playing around in the New Children's Museum, Healing In/Justice created a rare and empowering space for human connection, imagination and community healing. Thank you for your vulnerability, participation and commitment to building a more healthy, inclusive and welcoming world for all of us. We look forward to continuing to collaborate with all of you for many years to come and are grateful for your work and partnership.
ABOUT HEALING IN/JUSTICE
Unlike traditional conferences, Healing In/Justice aims to inspire attendees to tap into their childlike wonder to imagine a new world together. The two-day experience will be highly interactive and create an empowering space for human connection, imagination and community healing. Healing In/Justice is a play on words - a rallying cry that speaks to the need for us to center self-care as we heal from injustice in a growing community of leaders and organizations on the frontlines of societal transformation.
Since our founding in 1992, The California Wellness Foundation has been committed to building a movement to prevent violence. In partnership with many of you, we have accomplished much, including building public awareness that violence is a public health issue, reducing gun violence in California by more than 50%, and creating effective community-led violence intervention models.
Together, we have shown that violence is not inevitable – it is preventable. We have done much, but more is needed. We must take our movement to the next level by stretching beyond our comfort zones to explore how we can better work together to create authentic partnerships and campaigns that will result in healthier and safer communities. As such, the purpose of Healing In/Justice is for attendees to take a journey where they will be inspired to tap into their childlike curiosity to re-image and re-create a world of healing, justice and love.
2019 Healing In/Justice Convening
venue: The New Children’s Museum
200 West Island Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
REP. KAREN BASS
United States Congress Member
POET & MC
Opening Convening Plenary
IDEA EXCHANGE session facilitators
The Future of Violence Prevention
DEBORAH B. PROTHROW-STITH, MD
Dean, College of Medicine
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Youth and Women at the Forefront of Social Change
IGNITE TALK SPEAKERS
AGENDA
(THURSday) November 21, 2019
6:30 pm-7:30 pm
WELCOME RECEPTION + COCKTAIL HOUR WITH EXHIBIT EXPLORING
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
WELCOMING REMARKS
Fatima Angeles, VP of Programs, The California Wellness Foundation
7:45 pm - 8:30 pm
CLOSING + MUSIC WITH DJ KUTTIN KANDI
(Friday) November 22, 2019
8:00 am - 9:00 am
NETWORKING + BREAKFAST
9:00 am - 9:15 am
CONVENING WELCOME
MC: Melinna Bobadilla
Alex Johnson, Program Director, The California Wellness Foundation
Arnold Perkins, Board Member, The California Wellness Foundation
9:15 am - 9:30 am
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
United States Congressmember Karen Bass :10 am - 9:15 am
9:30 am - 9:45 am
HONORING THE SACRED: HEALING CENTERING BLESSING
Rebecca "Maggie" Magdalena Escobedo-Steele, founder of Seventh Generation Warriors for Peace, an organization dedicated to working with communities and youth to prevent violence, gang conflict, and to promote healing and empowerment, will be providing the healing centering blessing.
9:45 am - 9:55 am
OPENING ARTISTIC PERFORMANCE
Alyesha Wise is a poet, teaching artist and TEDx speaker from Camden, N.J. As a 2-time Women of the World Poetry Slam finalist, Alyesha has been featured on various platforms and publications such as Huffington Post, Bustle, Afropunk, PBS, POPSUGAR, Buzzfeed, Free Speech TV and more.
9:55 am - 10:55 Am
OPENING CONVENING PLENARY
Issues of gun violence, immigration and violence prevention are intrinsically linked together. In this interactive session, Norma Chavez Peterson, Executive Director of ACLU San Diego and Imperial, Ramla Sahid, Executive Director of Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans, and Alex Sanchez, Executive Director of Homies Unidos, will discuss the interconnectedness of gun violence, immigration and violence prevention and the necessity for movement leaders to learn and practice self-care.
10:55 am - 11:05 Am
LETTERS OF LOVE TO KIDS: CARTAS DE ESPERANZA
TODEC Legal Center seeks to empower disenfranchised immigrant communities to become economically, socially, educationally, and civically self-sufficient while enhancing individual self-esteem and community health. In May 2018, TODEC's Youth Groups launched the #LettersOfLoveToKids campaign to support children who have been separated from their families across the United States-Mexico border.
Although #LettersOfLoveToKids began as a localized campaign, it has now become a national initiative with over 10,000 letters being delivered to Immigrant Prisons in San Ysidro, California, Arizona and Brownsville, Texas. Given the overwhelming success of the campaign, the youth leaders from TODEC have stated that #LettersOfLoveToKids will continue until every child is reunited with their parents.
11:15 Am - 12:30 pm
IDEA EXCHANGES: PRACTICAL SKILL-SHARING AND ACTION SESSIONS
Healing In/Justice will have six skill-sharing and action breakout sessions where attendees will learn and share practical ways to address trauma and how to best support existing violence prevention efforts across California. Internationally–renowned healers and community leaders, including Aqeela Sherrills, Survivors Network for Safety and Justice, Ashley Wilkerson, Brother Breathe, Nane Alejandrez, Barrios Unidos, Maggie Escobedo-Steele, Seventh Generation Warriors for Peace, Brian Malte, Hope and Heal Fund, Sandra Rodriguez, Impact Justice, and Mark Anthony Johnson, Frontline Wellness Network, will be facilitating.
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
SECOND PLENARY: THE FUTURE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION
A plenary moderated by The California Wellness Foundation President and CEO Judy Belk with Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Dean and Professor of Medicine for the College of Medicine at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and Jerry Tello, co-founder of the National Compadres Network highlighting the visionary leadership of California in violence prevention efforts nationwide and discussing what the future holds as activists, organizers and researchers face uncertain times.
2:30 pm - 3:40 pm
THIRD PLENARY: YOUTH AND WOMEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF CHANGE
Youth and women continue to play a critical role in violence prevention movements across California and beyond. In this interactive plenary, Tia Elena Martinez will moderate a panel with Kanwarpal Dhaliwal, co-founder of RYSE, Jessica Nowlan, Executive Director of the Young Women’s Freedom Center, Anthony Robles from the Youth Justice Coalition, and Amber Rose Howard from Californians United for a Responsible Budget who will discuss how the leadership of young people and women has been critical to moving statewide violence prevention efforts forward.
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm
IGNITE TALKS
Ignite Talks are quick 3-5 minute presentations, similar to a TED Talk, where speakers talk about driving themes of the convening and share the latest work in the field to inspire attendees to act. Speakers include Elle Hearns, Executive Director of The Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Hector Sanchez, Executive Director of the National Compadres Network, Jason Alvarez and Khamal Iwuanyanwu, Get Lit Poets, and Pastor Michael McBride, Executive Director of the LIVE Free Network.
4:00 pm
THANK YOU + CLOSING
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
AccomModations & Reimbursements
RSVP & Logistics
Q: WHEN IS THE CONFERENCE?
November 21, 2019, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
November 22, 2019, 8:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Q: WHERE IS THE CONFERENCE?
The conference will be hosted at New Children's Museum, 200 W Island Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
Q: WHAT IS THE COST TO ATTEND?
There is no fee to attend the conference. However, attendees must pay their own travel and accommodations. A limited number of stipends are available to help cover the cost of travel and accommodations for those outside the San Diego Area.
Q: HOW DO I REGISTER?
Registration for Healing In/Justice is by invitation only. Invitations are not transferable. To request an invitation, please contact conference organizers at info@healinginjustice.com.
Q: I RECEIVED AN INVITATION BUT WOULD LIKE SOMEONE FROM MY ORGANIZATION TO ATTEND IN MY PLACE - WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Please email info@healinginjustice.com. Invitations are non-transferrable without prior approval.
Q: WHO SHOULD I CONTACT ABOUT A SPECIAL NEED?
If you have a dietary restriction, accessibility or other need (ASL interpreter, assisted listening devices, etc.), please indicate it on your registration form or contact the conference organizers at info@healinginjustice.com so that we can make the appropriate arrangements.
Q: HOW DO I CANCEL MY REGISTRATION?
If after registering you find that you are unable to attend the program, please contact the conference organizers at info@healinginjustice.com as soon as possible, but at least one week prior to the event. As space is limited, this will allow other guests to attend in your place. Thousands of dollars are wasted on no-shows and last-minute cancellations. Please help us ensure that dollars are put to good use. Thank you!
Q: HOW DO I APPLY FOR A TRAVEL STIPEND?
You may apply for a travel stipends when you register. The deadline to apply for a travel stipend is December 6,2019.
Q: HOW DO TRAVEL STIPENDS WORK?
Travel stipends will be awarded on a reimbursement basis to those who attend the conference from outside of the San Diego area. Original receipts for all expenses are required for reimbursement. Please note that stipend awards are not transferable. Only the person awarded a stipend may request reimbursement.
REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS
Each attendee will submit 3 documents to info@healinginjustice.com
SUBJECT LINE: Travel Reimbursement Request (NAME)
1) The form should be completed for each person, including the full mailing address for the attendee.
2) Receipts should be assembled in the same order as listed on the report, and into one PDF file (be careful of the scanning, as some settings might make the file huge).
3) We require a W-9 for each attendee receiving a reimbursement.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD REIMBURSEMENT FORM
PLEASE NOTE: Each reimbursement submission should be compiled into ONE PDF document in the following order:
1) Cover Sheet (the spreadsheet that lists the expenses in order)
2) W-9
3) Backup documentation in the same order as listed on the cover sheet
Q: WHAT DO TRAVEL STIPENDS COVER?
Stipends are available for travel and accommodation expenses only. Meals, per diems and other costs may not be expensed. We will cover costs only for coach-class tickets. For the best available fare, we recommend purchasing a nonrefundable ticket at least 30 days prior to your departure date.
We will reimburse mileage at $.58 cents per mile. We strongly encourage carpooling to reduce cost and the impact on the environment. If carpooling, only the driver should apply for a travel stipend (passengers may apply for hotel stipends, as needed).
Generally speaking, stipends cover one night in the conference hotel (November 21st). If you are sharing a room with another conference attendee, only one attendee should request a hotel stipend (the other attendee may apply for a travel stipend, as needed).
We make every effort to offset the cost of attending the conference, however depending on the number of stipend applications received, your stipend award may not cover the full cost of travel expenses.
Q: WHAT IS THE AGENDA FOR THE EVENT?
The event will span two days, with the main conference program taking place on Friday, November 22nd. The conference will include keynote presentations, facilitated conversations, and ample networking opportunities. The full agenda is posted on the Agenda section of the convening website.