The goal of this on-demand webinar is to get people to start thinking about how people can make policy/decisions in workplaces or organizations that can be alienating or ineffective in terms of addressing Indigenous needs.
Cassandra J. Opikokew Wajuntah led this webinar. She is from Canoe Lake Cree First Nation and was raised in Meadow Lake in northern Saskatchewan. She has a Certificate in Indian Communication Arts and a BA in Journalism (’09) from the U of Regina where she received the James M. Minifie Award for being the most distinguished graduate in her class. In 2012, she completed her Master’s of Public Administration where she focused on Aboriginal PSE and analyzed the Post-Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP). She is now a 3rd year PhD candidate and was recently awarded a CIHR Award worth $108,000 to fund her doctoral research entitled The Indian Solution to the Policy Problem: Developing an Indigenous Policymaking Model to Address First Nations Health and Education Disparities. In addition to her studies, Cassandra has served as a board member with a number of organizations including YWCAs Canada and Regina, Planned Parenthood, Co-Chair of the FSIN Youth Council, Chairperson of the National Aboriginal Caucus (CFS), and founder/President of the U of R Indigenous Students’ Association. She is also the Associate Director of the Indigenous Peoples’ Health Research Centre (IPHRC) in Regina, SK.
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Musical Engagement in Language Impairment, Autism, and Williams Syndrome (American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)
This on-demand webinar discusses current research into musical engagement in individuals with developmental disabilities, with an emphasis on behavioral and brain correlates of music perception and production in individuals with specific language impairment, autism spectrum disorder, and Williams syndrome. The study of musical engagement can clarify phenotypic characteristics, provide opportunities for community involvement, and elucidate the active ingredients of music-based interventions in these populations. Future directions for this research, including current music-based intervention programs at the Program for Music, Mind, and Society for Vanderbilt, were discussed.
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Supporting Individuals with Autism in Grief and Loss (American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)
This on-demand webinar highlights grief as an unseen stressor and additional needs and issues for individuals with I/DD. It also discusses strategies for support. It provides a self-advocate perspective discussing communication differences in individuals with autism as they relate to grief and grieving. It focuses on emotional processing differences and alexithymia, as well as ways to look at cognitive strengths; such as love of ritual, sensory profiles, etc., as tools for coping with grief.
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Do You Really See Me?: Pastoral Care and Disabled People SERIES (Association for Clinical Pastoral Education)
Do You Really See Me? “See me! Touch me! Feel me!” sang Tommy in the great rock musical by the Who. Intellectual and developmental disabilities are a diagnostic category but not an illness or disease. People with labels such as cerebral palsy, autism and intellectual disability also get sick and deal with other life threatening diseases. However, they and their families and/or caregivers often experience typical acute care hospitals as risky and dangerous places because of assumptions about disability, issues in communication, and judgments about quality of life, grief, and loss. Pastoral caregivers thus have the opportunity to combine sensitive care of individuals, families, and staff with advocacy that addresses stereotypes, assumptions, and gaps in their care and support.
This three-part on-demand webinar series includes:
- An Introduction to Understanding of Models of Disability and Terminology
- Dimensions of Grief and Loss in the Lives of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Pastoral Strategies for Addressing Them
- Pastoral Care and Advocacy Beyond the Hospital Walls
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Immortal Diamond: A Study in Search of the True Self (Center for Action and Contemplation)
This media-rich, self-paced online course is based on Richard Rohr’s book,Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self. The course explores new themes each week through reflections, discussion, expanded commentary, additional articles, videos, and audio clips, including exclusive teachings from Father Richard.
Course Objectives
- Discover a vision of your True Self through reading, reflection and engagement with Fr. Richard’s book, Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self.
- Deepen your enjoyment of divine friendship by opening spaces for God’s love and life to flow through you.
- Develop your contemplative practice(s) to form an alternative consciousness on the path towards spiritual maturity.
- Connect and learn with others on the journey toward unitive consciousness.
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Men, Grief, and Solitude (Spiritual Directors International)
This on-demand webinar explores why the process of grief may be especially important for men. Additionally, presenter Dan Duggan examines how to be helpful to men working through loss, as well as how men can affirm and understand a way of grieving and healing that is common for many men.
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Emotional Intelligence for a Compassionate World (Charter for Compassion Education Institute)
This online course is from the Compassion Education Institute and was created in partnership with the Charter for Compassion International. This engaging, informative, online course is the beginning of your personal journey to a more compassionate world—an opportunity to understand and nurture your own emotions and develop your ability to empathize and act with compassion.
In this online course, you’re invited to explore opportunities to use that compassion for creating a better world—for making a difference where you live. Whether you’re a child of the sixties or a forward thinking member of the X, Y, or Z generations, if you have dreamed of making a difference in the world, this course is for you.
The course structure follows the five major aspects of Emotional Intelligence as defined by the Success Model of Emotional Intelligence. It includes a self-assessment of Emotional Intelligence skills and a final Action Plan for using those skills for a more compassionate world.
How Does This Course Work?
- The 7 lessons of Emotional Intelligence for a Compassionate World are completely online—with easily downloadable exercises and reflections
- You can access lessons from anywhere and at any time as long as you have an internet connection. Simple!
- You work through each lesson at you own pace during the week, adding comments and questions
- This is a self-paced course, so if you get behind, you can catch up at any time and review past lessons at your convenience.
This online course includes:
- Access to content, activities, and downloadable exercises in 7 online lessons
- 30-item self-assessment in Emotional Intelligence
- More than 50 practical, easy-to-implement techniques you can begin using today
- Action Plan guide and Plan for Compassionate Action guide
- Certificate of Completion from the Charter for Compassion International
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Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.
The Recovery Journey: Resources and Practices for Spiritual Directors (Spiritual Directors International)
This on-demand webinar explores specific practices, tools, and resources for spiritual directors companioning people with addiction and their loved ones, such as prayer, meditation, ritual, and embodied practice. Spiritual direction with people in recovery also includes commitment to social justice issues that directly affect addiction and codependency. Come and explore resources from a variety of faiths and cultural traditions utilizing specific case examples.
Important Note: Participants in this webinar should have a basic understanding of addiction and twelve-step recovery programs.
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Clergy Renewal/Sabbatical Webinar (Metropolitan Community Churches)
This on-demand webinar discussed renewal leaves that are both self- or church- funded, as well as the Clergy Renewal Grant program through the Lilly Foundation. Questions were received and responded to during the webinar.
PANEL:
Convener: (Rev. Joe Cobb)
Reverend Joe Cobb is Pastor of MCC of the Blue Ridge in Roanoke, Virginia, having served since 2009. In anticipation of my fifth year in ministry we began exploring options for a sabbatical and decided to apply for the Clergy Renewal Grant through the Lilly Foundation. We were awarded this grant on our second application, and it allowed for funds to underwrite my renewal leave and the church’s renewal activities while I was away. My adventure took me to the Camino Frances’ (The Way of St. James or Santiago de Compostela), to Italy (for explorations in the heart of St. Peter’s Square, a week of cooking Italian food, and Northern Italy where we spent time in Assisi), and to Taos (an enchanted and deeply spiritual place for soul-centering.)
Rev. Terri Echelbarger
Rev. Terri Echelbarger is the Founding Pastor of Many Journeys MCC in San Mateo, CA. The Board of Directors implemented a sabbatical plan with their first budget and her first contract. She’ll reflect on how that sabbatical time has enriched not just her ministry but the church as a whole.
Rev. Tom Emmett
Originally from Colorado, Pastor Tom Emmett has been with MCC Omaha for over 10 years and is preparing for his second sabbatical. He loves the mountains, traveling to central Mexico, the Spanish language, isolating retreats, books, history and playing the cello. (All of these interests are integrated in his sabbaticals.) Having both written a successful grant to the Lilly Endowment as well as working with his Congregation to fund his upcoming sabbatical, Tom is pleased to share his insights about the sabbatical experience. A good sabbatical offers possibilities not only for clergy, but for the Congregation. Intensive and intuitive planning are critical as is the integration of experiences and learnings.
Rev. Lori Hatch-Rivera
Rev. Lori Hatch-Rivera has been the Senior Pastor of MCC of the Spirit in Harrisburg, PA for 6 years. Prior, she served as the Associate Pastor of Administration at SunCoast Cathedral MCC in Venice, Florida for 6 ½ years. She currently attends Lancaster Theological Seminary where she is working on a DMIN degree, the project focused on Pastoral Care in our own voice for the LGBTQ community.
View this on-demand recording at https://vimeo.com/mccchurch/review/223826934/f3b0522854
Equity Matters: Developing Empathy (Southern Poverty Law Center)
Source: Teaching Tolerance
Educators will learn about the impact of teaching and modeling empathy in their classrooms in this on-demand webinar. Participants responded to real-life scenarios and gained strategies for building empathy into their own classroom practices—and for teaching students to empathize with others. Guest speaker was Ronald Smith, director of New Way.
Learn more about this on-demand webinar and other Teaching Tolerance webinars (registration and login required)
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