Presentations
from "Cultivating & Celebrating
Resilience"
On April 25, 2018, the Office of Women's Health and
the Los Angeles Alliance for Community Health and Aging cohosted
Cultivating & Celebrating Resilience at The California Endowment.
Agenda: Cultivating and Celebrating Resilience
There were two Plenary Sessions: the first focused on "Cultivating
Resilience" and the second focused on "Celebrating Resilience."
Welcome and Introduction
Ellen Eidem, MS, Director, Office of Women's Health
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd
Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Aging with Dignity and
Health
Maria Lemus, Executive Director,
Vision y Compromiso
PLENARY PANEL 1: CULTIVATING RESILIENCE
Fostering resilience at the individual, systems and community levels
Moderator: Martin Jones, Jr. LCSW, Chief, Bureau of
Outpatient Services,
Los Angeles County
Department of Mental Health
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Promoting Psychological
Resilience
Haydeh Fakhrabadi, PsyD,
Clinical Psychologist
II, Bureau of Outpatient
Services
Los Angeles County
Department of Mental
Health -
Trauma, Healing &
Resilience Across the
Lifespan
Tiombe Wallace, MFT,
Feminist
Therapist/Trainer/Consultant
Tiombe Wallace Marriage
& Family Therapist, INC -
Community Emergency Preparedness & Resilience
Stella Fogleman, RN, MSN, MPH, CNS
Director, Emergency Preparedness & Response Division
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
TABLETOP ACTIVITY:
Engage
@ Every Age: an interactive activity about resilience – each participant shared 3
words that meant resilience to them, shared with table members and then
reported back to the group
Ideas from Attendees
Facilitator:
Christy Lau, MSSW,
Program Director
Partners in Care Foundation
PHYSICAL FITNESS ACTIVITY
Led by Antonia M. Routt, Physical Fitness Facilitator
PURPOSEFUL AGING IN LOS ANGELES AND THE LOS ANGELES
ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH & AGING
UPDATE
Cynthia Banks, Director,
Los Angeles County Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services
(WDACS)
Laura Trejo, MSG, MPA,
General Manager
City of Los Angeles, Department of Aging
PLENARY PANEL 2: CELEBRATING RESILIENCE
Understanding and learning from various communities' ability to thrive
Moderator:
Viviana Criado, MPA,
LAACHA Coordinator,
Los Angeles Alliance for Community Health & Aging (LAACHA)
Concluding Remarks and Thank You
Ellen Eidem, MS, Director, Office of Women's Health
LA County Department of Public Health
HEALTHY AGING IN LOS ANGELES-
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