Resilience celebrations in October occur statewide and culminate around bringing people together to learn more and promote resilience. Annually since 2019, the Resilience Project has co-facilitated interactive cross-Peninsula events and multi-cultural presentations using a number of platforms, to reconnect, inform, and introduce neighbors across the Olympic Peninsula.
The month long series of events is designed to offer current wellbeing, hope, and health research and resources to the Olympic Peninsula. Resilience Month Events and Kits provides hundreds of attendees with accessible tips and strategies.
Resiliency Kits are designed to create tangible relational health opportunities to develop knowledge, practical skills, and build connections.
300 Resiliency Kits will be distributed, at no cost to the recipients, by partners and Trusted Ambassadors to help strengthen relationships, and offer tangible forms of connection.
Resiliency Kits will be handed out in various locations throughout October, including at:
NOLS Bookmobile sites, while supplies last (see Bookmobile locations and calendar here)
Oct 7th 3-5 pm & Oct 9th 12-5, at the Forks Food Bank's Marketplace
October 18th, 10am-12pm Autumn Arts at the Rainforest Arts Center in Forks
October 18th, and at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s Celebration of Shadows Fall Festival.
Below are a few examples of Resiliency Kits:
See this year's conversation cards below!
Contact clallamresilience@gmail.com to get more information on the project
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) offers the Four R’s as a helpful way to think about trauma informed care:
“A program, organization, or system that is trauma-informed
realizes the widespread impact of trauma and understands potential paths for recovery;
recognizes the signs and symptoms of trauma in clients, families, staff, and others involved with the system;
and responds by fully integrating knowledge about trauma into policies, procedures, and practices, and seeks to actively resist re-traumatization.”