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Empowering Native American Students Presentation

Date:

Apr. 23, 2024, 12 - 1 p.m.

Location:

SIER 108, Dandini Campus

Contact:
775-673-7131
Sponsored by:
Equity, Inclusion and Sustainability Office
Categories:
Workshops
Description:

UNR Police Department: Victim Services Coordinator - Daela Gibson
UNR Police Department: Community Relations Specialist - Madison Eifert (Weeks), M.S.
TMCC EISO Coordinator and Native American Student Advocate - Michelle McCauley Bobadilla, M.M.E.
TMCC Counseling Department - Dr.Olga Mesina and Skyler Cruz LMSW

This presentation is going to focus on empowering Native American students who face specific challenges around the issue of safety due to intergenerational trauma brought on by colonization. Information provided in this presentation will include action items on how to navigate hard circumstances that may arise suddenly while a student is on their education journey. Participants will be introduced to coping skills they can readily utilize and resources available to them through TMCC and the larger community. 

Food will be served.