Childhood Adversity & Poverty: Creating a Collaborative Response

The links between childhood adversity and poverty and violence are undeniable. Learn how a trauma informed approach creates opportunity for healing.

Keynote speaker: Dr. Roy Wade, pediatrician from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia who specializes in the connection between adverse childhood experiences and urban issues such as poverty, violence and health problems.

Schedule
3 p.m. Welcome
3:30 p.m. Opening Remarks, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett
3:45 p.m. Keynote by Dr. Roy Wade
4:30 p.m. Milwaukee Response Panel Discussion
5:30 p.m. Q & A
6 p.m. Dismissal

There will also be a panel of Milwaukee leaders talking about how a trauma informed approach can — and needs to — be implemented here. They include:

• Hendriel Anderson, Mobile Urgent Treatment Team Member, Wraparound Milwaukee
• Tim Grove, Chief Clinical Officer and Trauma Informed Care Trainer, SaintA
• Dr. David Pate, Associate Professor, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare and University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty
• Terri Strodthoff, PhD, Founder and Executive Director, Alma Center
• Judge Mary Triggiano, Presiding Judge, Milwaukee County Children’s Court

Co-sponsored by the City of Milwaukee and SaintA.