Panelist for Empowering Youth to Lead Peacebuilding, Social Change, and Cohesion. Paris Peace Forum. (2025, October 28).
Presentation on MHPSS and peacebuilding panel. 2024 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, Stockholm, Sweden. Co-presented with the Well-being Project, Humanity United, and Green String Network. (2024, June).
Ustawi (Thrive) - Harnessing the Power of Collective Strength: Virtual Peer Support Circles. Flash talk presented at the Society for Digital Mental Health: 2024 Conference. (2024, June 17).
Well-being Hearth Summit for Universities. Presented FSU's Healing-Centered Organizational Framework. (2024, July 19).
Healing-Centered Approaches to Peacebuilding in Somalia: Unveiling the Hidden Variable of Trauma. Presented at the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS) Annual Forum for Ideas, Djibouti. [Included in Annual Forum for Ideas (AFI2023) conference proceedings] (2023, December).
Mental Health: The Neglected Dimension of Conflict, Public Health, and Health System Resilience. Panel presentation at the Ethiopian Public Health Association Annual Conference. (2022, March 15).
The impacts of COVID-19 in transitional justice and peacebuilding in Africa. Presented at the 5th Edition of the African Transitional Justice Forum, African Union. (2021, October 20).
Healing-centered peacebuilding. Presented at the online conference Blended Voices: A traumatized Africa. Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR). (2021, January 25).
Wellbeing and Resilience: A Healing-Centered Peacebuilding Framework. Poster presentation at the Peace and Conflict Studies Journal Conference 2020. (2020, October 2).
Healing-centered peacebuilding: A grounded theory using a trauma-informed lens. Poster presentation at the Institute for Violence, Abuse and Trauma (IVAT) Annual Conference. (2020, September 1).
Growing Connection, Resiliency, and Agency: The impact of community-led trauma-informed peacebuilding in response to violent extremism in Kenya. Presented at The Tony Blair Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya. (2019, November 19).
Kumekucha results and the new trauma-informed policing program. Panel presentation: “The Practice of Trauma-Informed Peacebuilding: What Has Been Learned?” Alliance for Peacebuilding Annual Conference. (2019, October 6).
When police and youth talk. Presented at European Development Days, Brussels, Belgium. (2019, June 14-15).
Embodied Resilience: A Grounded Theory of a Trauma-Informed Approach in Conflict Resolution. Presented at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Annual Peace Practitioners Research Conference, Siem Reap, Cambodia. (2018, December 7).
Kumekucha – It's a New Dawn: Integrating Trauma-Informed Approaches with Traditional Methods for Healing to Break Cycles of Violence. Presented at Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, Queens College, New York City, NY. (2018, October 30).
Trauma-informed approaches to countering violent extremism: Case Studies from Somalia and Kenya. Presented at the Conflict Research Society Annual Conference, Birmingham, UK. (2018, September 17).
The Trauma-Informed Resilience Framework as an approach to preventing violent extremism. Presented at the Alliance for Peacebuilding Annual Conference, Washington D.C. (2017, October 12).
Art as Medicine: Healing Through Visual Storytelling. Florida State University. Link. (October 24, 2025).
Ustawi - The Power of Connection. Guest lecture in Steven McDowell's Diffusion of Innovation course, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. (2024, July 7).
Healing-Centered Approaches to Peacebuilding. Guest lecture in Lu Hanessian's Foundations in Trauma-Informed Fieldwork, Section 001, New York University, New York. (2023, October 26).
Healing-Centered Approaches to Violent Extremism. Guest lecture in Lisa Shrick's course Approaches to Violent Extremism (Master-level), University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana. (2023, March 30).
Healing-Centered Peacebuilding. Guest lecture at Tangaza Annual Summer School on Islam and Christianity in Dialogue in Africa (TASSICDA) (Master-level), Tangaza University, Nairobi, Kenya. (2022, July).
The Nervous System of Voting. Guest lecture for Peaceful Elections and Tangaza Annual Summer School on Islam and Christianity in Dialogue in Africa (TASSICDA), Tangaza University, Nairobi, Kenya. (2022, April).
Healing-Centered Peacebuilding Approach. Guest lecture for the course Identity Politics, Inclusion, and Peacebuilding (Master-level), University for Peace (UPEACE), San Jose, Costa Rica. (2022, May).
Designing Healing-Centered Peacebuilding Interventions. Guest lecture for the course Introduction to Elicitive Conflict Transformation (Master-level), University of Innsbruck, Austria. (2022, January).
Trauma Resilient Communities. Guest lecture for the module Sustaining Peace at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS) (Master-level), Siem Reap, Cambodia. (2021, November 24).
Healing-Centered Peacebuilding: Theory and Praxis. Guest lecture for the Global Mental Health Systems Innovation course (Master-level), Western University, Canada. (2021, February 26).
Community Reference Partner for Youth Mental Health Project in Baidoa, Somalia. Graduate seminar course “Global Mental Health Systems Innovation” (Master-level), Western University, Canada. Working with 5 students to co-create social innovation addressing mental health system challenges. (2021, September - November).
Community Resilience and Trauma Healing: Experience from Africa. Guest lecture for the module Sustaining Peace at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS) (Master-level), Siem Reap, Cambodia. (2020, November 15).
Healing-Centered Peacebuilding: Theory and Praxis. Guest lecture for the Global Mental Health Systems Innovation course (Master-level), Western University, Canada. (2020, October 29).
Community Reference Partner for Youth Mental Health Project in Kwale, Kenya. Graduate seminar course “Global Mental Health Systems Innovation” (Master-level), Western University, Canada. Working with 6 students to co-create social innovation addressing mental health system challenges. (2021, January - April).
Guest Lecture Series. Center for Cognitive Diversity (Master-level). (2020, October 17).
Guest lecturer at Manchester University. Taught in two Intro to Peace Studies classes and university-wide Convocation (Undergraduate-level). (2017, October).
(Lead Author, Co-Developed with Community Teams and Institutional Partners)
Green String Network. (2025). Circle Keepers 12-month Applied Community Mental Health Certification and 18-month Applied Community Mental Health Diploma Programs. Co-developed with Tangaza University partnership. Lead instructor and curriculum developer.
Yoder-Maina, A. (2022, July - October). Virtual Peer Support Healing Circles Program Curriculum and Training Materials. Instructor, Peer Supervisor, and Curriculum Development & Design for 14 Circle Keepers and 115 staff members working for the International Organization for Migration (IOM)'s Nigeria Field Office Hubs in Northeastern Nigeria.
Green String Network. (2019 - 2020, July - March). Trauma-informed Policing Curriculum: Muamko Mpya: Healing the Uniform. Lead instructor and Master Trainer curriculum for Kenyan National Police Service.
Yoder-Maina, A. (2018, July - October). 10-day Wellbeing and Resilience (WebR) Training of Trainers Curriculum. Lead instructor and Master Trainer for Ethiopia program.
Yoder-Maina, A. (2017). 10-day Kumekucha Trauma-Informed Resilience (TIR) Training of Trainers Curriculum. Lead instructor and Master Trainer for Kenya program.
Our Nervous System Votes. Online workshop with SambaSports Youth Agenda Mental Health Tuesday. (2022, August 2).
Social Healing and Resilience: How systems are designed, an organization's function, and practitioners engage. Learning session with USAID Ethiopia. (2021, September 21).
The global inequity of COVID as viewed from the Global South. Presentation on the panel COVID-19: Inequity, International Responses, and Responsibility. International Violence, Abuse and Trauma 25th San Diego Summit. (2021, August 31).
Trauma-Informed Practice in Africa. ITAC Collaborative workshop. (2021, July 30).
The Healing Centered Peacebuilding Approach. Common Threads Webinar. (2021, May 22).
Trauma-informed, social healing approach. Webinar with team members of USAID's Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization. (2021, May 4).
Trauma Sensitive Programming. USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives Community of Practice webinar. (2021, April 2).
Wellness for Human Rights Defenders. Training for Amnesty International Kenya members. (2021, May 20).
Wellbeing and Resilience, Self-care and Community Care. Presented to Amnesty Kenya Members Annual Conference Meeting. (2020, June 20).
Well-being Session. Virtual training for Amnesty International staff. (2020, July 10).
Families, kids, Covid-19 and ACEs. Virtual training for Nairobi Chapel. (2020, May 15).
What is trauma-informed Conflict Transformation? Presented at online conference on Trauma and Mental Health in Conflict and Migration. (2019, November 5).
Trauma-Informed Conflict Transformation. Presented through the Peace Exchange Youth, Conflict, & Peacebuilding (YCP) Campaign. (2018, December 20).
Healing-Centered Peacebuilding. Presented at the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers Africa Working Group Meeting. (2023, November 16).
Wellbeing and Resilience (WebR) Framework Overview. Presented to Finn Church Aid's Global Peacebuilding Community of Practice. (2023, October 6).
Wellbeing and Fintech: The Power of Community. Presented at the 5th Peace Now Conference, Chemnitz, Germany. (2022, November 6).
Integrating MHPSS and Peacebuilding. Invited speaker on panel at the Fifth Conference on National Dialogues and non-formal dialogue processes. (2022, June 15).
What decolonizing mental health looks like in our programs in East Africa. Morning coffee hour speaker position at Camber Collective. (2022, March 10).
Mentorship session for Generation Mental Health Virtual Conference. (2021, November 20).
Trauma and Mental Health Panel. Panel participant for Generation Mental Health Virtual Conference 2020. (2020, November 14).
Co-trainer: Wellbeing and Resilience training at Urgent Action Fund-Africa's Feminist Republik Festival in Senegal. (2021, March 28-30).
Conflict Prevention, Peace, and Economic Opportunities for the Youth in Kenya. Presented at European Union Kenya's Youth Programming Conference Consortium Lessons Learned Conference. (2019, June 11).