Community Resilience Archives | National Resilience Institute

Sep 2019

6th Annual Resilience Summit: Military Resilience and Well-Being

At the National Resilience Institute, we dedicate ourselves to collaboratively generating solutions to some of America’s greatest psychosocial challenges. One issue has threaded itself through our work from our earliest days as a community resiliency project through our growth as a nonprofit human resilience resource for our nation: suicide prevention. Through rising rates of suicide

Mar 2019

Resilience First Aid Series: Community Crisis Response with David Schonfeld…

Wed, 10 April 2019 – 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CDT Cost: 0$- 25$ Get Tickets Now! LocationCRST International Graduate Center1650 Matterhorn Drive NortheastCedar Rapids, IA 52402 Supporting Children, Adults and Community at Times of Crisis and Loss Crisis and loss are common in the lives of youth, whether due to a death or crisis

Jan 2019

Resilience First Aid with Lisa Cherry, International Trauma & Resilience Trainer

Thursday, February 14, 20199:00AM – 4:00PM CST Location: Mount Mercy International Graduate Center1650 Matterhorn Drive NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402Seating is limited, register today! Meet your trainer Lisa Cherry, MA ED, an author and Doctoral Researcher from Oxford Brookes University, is a leading international trainer and consultant who equips community helpers and crisis responders to work in

Posted by Christa Nelson | Posted in Community Leaders, Resilience Education & Events | Tags: Community Resilience, Crisis, resilience model, Thrive |

Apr 2018

What is resilience and why does it matter?

By: Mollie Marti, PhD, JD In collaboration with Rush University, the National Resilience Institute sat down with some presenters from our 4th annual Resilience Summit to discuss hot topics in human resilience. With perspectives in youth resilience, veteran trauma recovery, and community resilience, we addressed the question: What is resilience and why does it matter?

Posted by Mollie Marti | Posted in Blog, Community Resilience, Mental Health | Tags: Community Resilience, veteran trauma recovery, youth resilience |

Oct 2017

Michele Gay of Safe and Sound Schools to Speak About Community Resilience

The National Resilience Institute understands that crisis is not a matter of if but when. It is our mission to build individual and collective human resilience by providing support to those working in their community each day to heal and strengthen others. We are proud to announce Michele Gay, Co-founder and Executive Director of Safe and Sound: