Connect > Learn > Grow

Join us for the opportunity to connect and network with over 100 TFC partner staff and 30 organizations. Learn, practice, and begin applying your knowledge and ideas to your work before the conference ends. Grow your skills, knowledge of technique, and resources while strengthening meaningful relationships with others throughout The Family Collective.

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Schedule of Events

As a community member, you are able to register for the sessions listed below. Please note: you will need to register for each session individually.

Wednesday, October 27th, 2021

TIME TITLE PRESENTER(S)
1:30 to 2:30 Session 1:  A Systems Thinking Overview
Elevate Consulting:
Amy Campbell
Consultant & Co-Founder

               and

Hannah Wohltjen
Consultant & Co-Founder
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS
You have the option of choosing one of these three sessions to attend during this hour.

Session 2.1: Trauma-Informed Motivational Interviewing in Practice

Session 2.2: Legal Support Resources
Session 2.1: Trauma-Informed Motivational Interviewing in Practice

Matthew Bennet, MBA, MA
Trainer, Author, & Researcher

Session 2.2: Legal Support Resources

Ann Pruitt, J.D
Attorney & Executive Director
Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services (TALS)


Thursday, October 28th, 2021

TIME TITLE PRESENTER(S)
10:30 AM to 11:30 AM Session 4: Collective Impact 101
Elevate Consulting:
Jessica Gibbons-Benton
Consultant & Co-Founder

&
Amy Campbell
Consultant & Co-Founder
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Keynote Speaker: Mercedes Frierson
Mercedes Frierson, MSW, ASW
DEI Consultant, California State University Northridge Professor, Social Worker
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1:30 PM to 2:30 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS
You have the option of choosing one of these three sessions to attend during this hour.

Session 5.1: Supporting Clients of Interpersonal Violence 

Session 5.2: Trauma-Informed Leadership & Supervision

Session 5.3:  A Closer Look - Austin 2Gen Coalition 

Session 5.1: Supporting Clients of Interpersonal Violence

Jaimie Riccitelli
Coordinated Entry Specialist & Community Outreach Educator

Session 5.2: Trauma-Informed Supervision

Matthew Bennet, MBA, MA
Trainer, Author, & Researcher

Session 5.3:  A Closer Look - Austin 2Gen Coalition

Paola Silvestre Porras
Director Family Pathways
United Way for Greater Austin


Friday, October 29th, 2021

TIME TITLE PRESENTER(S)
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
You have the option of choosing one of these three sessions to attend during this hour.

Session 7.1: Courageous Conversations & Leadership
 


Session 7.2: Applying to Different DHS Assistance Programs

Session 7.3: Kids Home Initiative

Session 7.1: Courageous Conversations & Leadership

Dawn Stone, MBA
The Conflict Chick: Speaker, Consultant, Coach

Session 7.2: Applying to Different DHS Assistance Programs

Lisa Cowell
SNAP/EBT Director for the Tennessee Department of Human Services

and
 
Lakecia Peterson
TANF/FF Program Director for the Tennessee Department of Human Services

Session 7.3: Kids Home Initiative

Amy Barrow
Senior Director of Homelessness, United Way of Greater Atlanta