Back to School Night: Raising Resilient Kids In An Age of Disasters

How do we raise kids with a sense of safety, calm, joy, and purpose when our lives are full of extreme weather and other disruptions? Join us for an interactive webinar about why and how to address the emotional impacts of collective challenges like climate change, and how to heal through collective action. The event will be recorded for those who cannot join live.

Presented by the Climate Mental Health Network, in partnership with the National Parents Union, American Public Health Association, Science Moms, Children’s Environmental Health Network, Moms Clean Air Force, Capita, National Academy of Medicine Climate Communities Network, National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI), and the Medical Society Consortium on Climate Change and Health.

Moderator: Jason B. Allen, National Director of Partnerships, National Parents Union

Speakers:

• Anya Kamenetz, Advisor, Climate Mental Health Network
• Melinda Wenner Moyer, Author of Hello, Cruel World!
• Dr. Tara Powell, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
• Dr. Lisa Patel, Executive Director, Medical Society Consortium on Climate Change and Health; Member, Science Moms, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine

Support for this webinar is generously provided by ASPIRE Children’s Environmental Health Center at OSU.