Welcome Keynote with Carolyn Hartness – A Reckoning, An Invitation to Healing
Carolyn Hartness will help us set our intentions for the following month of presentations. In this keynote, you will hear examples of lived experience of various indigenous people as told by Carolyn. For 33 years, Carolyn has served Indigenous and non-indigenous communities, in the United States, Canada, Norway, Australia and New Zealand, offering consultation to agencies, schools, families and individuals around cultural diversity and wellness, and prevention/intervention strategies relating to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (F.A.S.D.), wellness and recovery.
- Conference content may be challenging…listen with empathy, compassion and an open mind and heart.
- Hear examples of lived experience of various indigenous people as told by Carolyn
- Healing through songs, story-telling and self-reflection. How did you/we get here?
Carolyn Hartness (she/her), Eastern Band Cherokee/Norwegian, is a consultant committed to a life of service assisting individuals, families, communities and organizations to create holistic, collaborative, evidence and spiritually based wellness for themselves, and future generations.
For 30 years, Carolyn has served Indigenous and non-indigenous communities, in the United States, Canada, Norway, Australia and New Zealand, offering consultation to agencies, schools, families and individuals around cultural diversity and wellness, and prevention/intervention strategies relating to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (F.A.S.D.), wellness and recovery.
Carolyn Hartness conducts training of trainer classes, workshops, lectures, and college courses on diversity, wellness and F.A.S.D. Carolyn works on projects with counties and tribes, designs programs, curricula, intervention strategies and assessment tools.
Featured in “Journeys on the Red Road” recovery video (2021), Carolyn also co-created and co-authored an award winning series of videos, DVDs and books on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, “Journey Through the Healing Circle”, with Dr. Robin LaDue, which was nominated for an Emmy, has won many awards and is printed in several languages. The series has been used to help educate teachers, families and children and providers about the reality of having an F.A.S.D.
LueRachelle Brim-Atkins (she/her) will provide a labor acknowledgement for the conference. She is founder and Principal Consultant of Brim-Donahoe & Associates, a firm that focuses on Organization Development and training in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Since 1988, she has designed customized, comprehensive training and education programs that focus on cultural intelligence, diversity, social change, leadership and management. She is particularly effective in working one-on-one with executives, leaders, and staff to resolve cross-cultural interpersonal issues with the goal of enhancing work performance. She helps organizations improve their culture, actively reflect their stated values and achieve their desired vision.
