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Gathering of Good Minds - Native Health Summit
The goal of this summit is to build alliances for healthy Native American communities throughout New York State and create pathways for the wellbeing of our future generations.
Our objectives are to:
- Celebrate and honor our traditional knowledge, wisdom, and strengths.
- Explore and share perspectives on the current state of health and wellbeing of our people.
- Provide opportunities for sharing current practices that positively impact our communities.
- Understand how communities are dealing with the intergenerational issues related to historical trauma and related factors.
- Re-establish a "Culture of Health" in our communities.
- Develop collaborative strategies for creating an action plan to engage your community, establishing and strengthening an Alliance for health across the communities, and planning a 2016 conference for our people.
It is within our traditional Native belief systems that everything is interconnected. From this, we know that embracing the connections between body, mind, spirit, and land is of fundamental importance to our understanding of health and wellness. This four day summit will explore these dimensions for our Native people as we create a pathway for our future generations.
The gathering provides the time and space for Native people from across the territories - on-Nation and in urban areas - who are working with Good Minds for the betterment of our people. The gathering offers an opportunity to increase knowledge and awareness, share information and practices, so that communities can incorporate these ideas to better define issues and develop approaches to address them.
IMPORTANT: Attendance at this Summit is available by contacting us at Native American Community Services (NACS). Please call us at (716) 874-2797, ext. 334 and ask for Laurel, or leave a message so we can send you more information about registering. Or, you can email us at: lmark@nacswny.org. We greatly appreciate your interest and support, and encourage you to contact us if you are interested in learning more and attending.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are traveling by train to Buffalo, the preferred Amtrak train station to use for arrivals and departures is the Buffalo - Exchange Street Station. The code for this station is: BFX.
Let's gather with Good Minds and see the future we can make for our people! Nya-weh! (Thank you!)
TENTATIVE AGENDA:
Thursday, 3/26:
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*Opening Reception at 5:00 PM with welcome, icebreakers and networking
*Elders Storytelling from 7:00-8:00 PM (or longer if they want to keep going)
Friday, 3/27:
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*Breakfast buffet from 7:30-8:30 AM
*Opening, Welcome and Intent, Michael Martin at 8:30 AM
*General Session with Tom Porter at 9:30 AM
*Panel Discussion on Historical Trauma at 10:45 AM
*Sit-down lunch with keynote by Bev Cook at Noon
*Community Breakout Sessions in afternoon from 1:30-2:30 PM
*Topic Area Breakout Sessions 2:45-4:00 PM and 4:15-5:30 PM
*Dinner buffet available 6:00 - 7:00 PM
*Optional Evening Program - Facilitated showing of "Unseen Tears", and a discussion on historical trauma impacts, with talking circle to process - Pete Hill
Saturday, 3/28:
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*Breakfast buffet from 7:30-8:30 AM
*Topic Breakout Sessions from 8:30 AM-9:45 AM, 10:00 AM-11:15, 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
*Lunch buffet from 12:30-1:30 PM
*Afternoon breakout sessions from 1:45-3:00 PM, 3:15-4:30 PM, 4:45-5:45 PM
*Sit-down dinner w/keynote speaker Rick Hill from 6:00-7:30 PM
*Evening Program TBD
Sunday, 3/29:
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*Breakfast buffet from 7:30-8:30 AM
*Final breakout sessions from 8:30-10:30 AM
*Wrap-up/Closing, Next Steps Session from 10:45 AM - Noon
*Box Lunch available after closing session
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LocationAdam's Mark Hotel (View)
120 Church Street
Buffalo, NY 14201
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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