Agenda
Call to Present Application
2023 Event Agenda
Thursday
November 2, 2023
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Talking/Healing Circle -
Ginger Sunbird Martin
Friday
November 3, 2023
7:00 - 8:00
Vendor/Exhibitor Set Up: Kleo’s Kloset opens
7:15 - 8:15
Registration, Check-in with Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 9:00
Opening Session
Welcome -
Katreena Hayes-Wood
and
Patty Dimitriou
, Event Emcees
Opening Blessing & Prayer - Miss Indian Arizona,
Laney Lupe
Welcome from Gila River Indian Community Leadership
9:00 - 9:45
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Julianna Reece
9:45 - 10:00
Morning Break (Giveaway/Drawings)
10:00 - 10:45
Mid-Morning Session – Native Issues Plenary
MMIP/Human Trafficking -
Valaura Imus-Nahsonhoya
Child Abuse/Safety -
Elisia Manuel
Rainbow Community -
Kristina Padilla
10:45 - 11:30
Luncheon Set-up: Shopping
11:30 - 12:30
Luncheon and Entertainment
Travis Hamilton, Holt Hamilton Films, Touch the Water
• Perci Ami, Guest of Honor, Blessing of the Food
Keli Akimel Basket Dancers
Four Winds Drum Group
12:30 - 12:45
Luncheon wrap-up; Instructions for Roundtables and Breakout Presentations.
12:45 - 4:05
ROUNDTABLES (40 minutes each)
BREAKOUT PRESENTATIONS (85 minutes each)
Dougherty Tsalabutie
- Is your density healing your community
Angel Martinez
- Understanding and identifying the root of trauma
Joanne Miles-Long
- A Stitch in Time
Debi Elder
- Learn to Say “NO” and Build Self-Esteem
Catherine Ornelia
-Journaling to a Healthier You
Zephryn Conte
- Soothing Sounds Journey
Brandi Jackson
& Vicki Tucker - Holistic Nutrition
Jennifer Yeaman
&
Cheryl Miller
- Creating Your Professional Individual Development Plan
Madara Winters
- Empowering Our Voices
Thana Boyd
- The importance of going to the dentist
Kimberly Dutcher
- Employment Enjoyment: 10 Tips for Enhancing Wellbeing at Work
Marisa Cervantes
&
Krystal Bergen-Tsosie
- Victim Advocacy in Tribal Communities
Crystal James
&
Dr. Melanie James
- Walk in Beauty: Suicide Prevention & Intervention in Indian Country
Darcy Cuny, JoBeth Minks, Aya Garton - Diabetes – What You Should know
Louisa Cadman
- Child Abuse & Foster Care
Dr. Brenda Combs
- Embracing your worth: A journey of healing recovery and resilience
LaToya Yarbrough
- Wealth is Health
Celina Garza
- Movement & Music is Medicine (Hula Experience)
12:45 - 1:25
Roundtable, Session 1
12:45 – 2:10 Breakout, Session 1
1:30 - 2:10
Roundtable, Session 2
2:10 - 2:40
Afternoon Break (Drawings/Giveaways)
2:10 - 2:40 Afternoon Break
2:40 - 3:20
Roundtable, Session 3
2:40 - 4:05 Breakout, Session 2
3:25 - 4:05
Roundtable, Session 4
4:05 - 4:15
Break
4:20 - 4:40
Elder draping - A Blanket of Love with Zephryn Conte
4:40 - 4:50
Scarf Dance, wrap-up, announcements for next year’s conference, announce the evaluation drawing winner for the complimentary registration