Overview:
The CARE TA Center is excited to announce Anti-Racism in California’s Crisis Continuum of CARE: Action Learning Workshops. Each 3-hour workshop will offer a 60-minute pre-recorded presentation combined with facilitated discussion and action planning. Instructors will guide participants through aprocess to create individualized plans for implementation. Moving fromlearning to action, participants will gain competencies and walk away with skills, templates, tools, and resources to apply to their daily work in the crisis continuum of care.
Understanding Urban Trauma from a LivedExperience Perspective
Friday, September 17, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PT
The intersections of intergenerational and urban trauma are among the most misdiagnosed or undiagnosed forms of trauma, and many are not fully aware of how it impacts their lives. Instructor Daryl McGraw shares his lived experience and research from the Adverse Childhood Experiences study to explore the complex intersections of intergenerational trauma, racism, and criminal justice involvement. This workshop will include live viewing of a presentation, (originally part of the CARE TA Center virtual conference in June 2021) and facilitated discussion focused on applying insights from the presentation to your daily work. Action planning will focus on implementing strategies that acknowledge and address the impact of intergenerational and urban trauma and improve access to crisis services.
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Supporting Justice-Involved People in the Community
Wednesday, September 29, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PT
People who are reentering the community after incarceration face numerous barriers and challenges. Instructor Daryl McGraw shares his own lived experience reentering the community after incarceration and providing peer support to other returning citizens. His presentation examines the challenges of reentry and strategies for connecting with, engaging, and supporting justice-involved people. The workshop will include live viewing of a presentation (originally part of the CARE TA Center virtual conference in June 2021) and facilitated discussion focused on applying insights from the presentation to your daily work. Action planning will focus on implementing strategies to support people reentering the community, lift up people with lived experience of the justice system, and break cycles of disconnection, hopelessness, and recidivism.
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Meet the Presenter
In 2010, Daryl McGraw was released from prison with a GED and six composition notebooks filled with his own personal blueprint for reentry. Within six years, he became Founder and President of Formerly Inc., Connecticut’s first criminal justice consultant agency, which primarily employs formerly incarcerated individuals. Mr. McGraw has over 10 years of personal and professional experience in urban trauma, addiction recovery, and community reintegration and is an expert in criminal justice reform. He is a Senior Manager, Racial Justice and Equity at C4 Innovations and is part of the Crisis and Recovery Enhancement (CARE) technical assistance team. He also serves as Senior Reentry Analyst for the Institute for Municipal Policy and Research at Central Connecticut State University.
Previously, Mr. McGraw served as Program Director for the Yale University Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Office of Recovery Community Affairs for the State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. He holds a B.A. in Human Services and a M.A. in Organizational Management and Leadership fromSpringfield College, as well as state certifications as an Addictions Counselor, a Recovery Support Specialist, and a Criminal Justice Professional.
Mr. McGraw regularly speaks nationally and internationally at university campuses, correctional facilities, behavioral health organizations, and national conferences. Daryl’s personal journey through addiction and incarceration has prepared him to be a voice and an advocate for those who still find themselves caught in the vicious cycles of addiction and recidivism. When he is not trying to make the world a better place, Daryl is a devoted father of three and a youth basketball coach.
Continuing Education Credits
Attend CARE webinars and receive continuing education units (CEUs)! CARS is an approved provider for the CA Board of Registered Nurses (#CEP16303), California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (#131736), and the California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (#4N-08-923-0722). Certificates are available for the following credentials: ASW, BRN, LCSW, LEP, LMFT, LPCC, PPS, CADC, and CCPS.