TRANScendence: Rising above Binary Bias
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Live Webinar via Zoom
FRIENDS WAY invites you to our annual professional development conference. FRIENDS WAY is a unique organization that provides peer support bereavement groups for children and teens who have experienced the death of a significant person in their lives.
Supporting trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming youth to uncover and transform spoken and unspoken messages allows them to reauthor and reclaim their challenging narratives of grief and loss. Participants in this webinar will be able to discuss the impact of intersectional oppression, including transphobia, homophobia, heterosexism, sexism, and racism on the process of mourning, and identify justice-oriented therapeutic modalities for specific populations in community-centered settings . Professionals will be equipped with the tools and resources needed to create spaces that affirm and empower Trans, Non-Binary, and Gender Diverse youth in their journeys through grief.
The presentation will be followed by a panel of community professionals who work closely with the LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults.
Presenter
Adam D-F. Stevens (they | them), MA, RDT is a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT) who works primarily with adolescents in the Tri-state area. Adam's role includes supporting queer, POC, and neurodiverse youth in transforming their loss, grief, and trauma into unapologetic, abundant joy and empowerment.
They were recently awarded the NADTA Raymond Jacobs Memorial Diversity Award and the NADTA Performance Award for their work with the CollideOscope Repertory Theatre Company in New York City in recognition of their outstanding dedication to diversity in the field of drama therapy, through advocacy, championing a diverse membership, and working to increase skill, awareness, and cultural humility.
Adam D-F. Stevens, MA, RDT
Their research focuses on offering space for Black clients to reclaim racialized roles and deconstruct stereotypes connected to generational and historical trauma and grief. Adam's superpowers are rooted in the fantastical forces of creativity and love.
Register Online Below
Registration fee is $75 per participant; groups of four or more can register for $65 each. Online registration closes November 13 at noon. If you would like to register a group of 4 or more, please call 401-667-6792. For more information about this event, please email Kristen.Steiner@Lifespan.org. CEUs applications are in process for CME, APA, and NASW.
