{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KMOJCast","title":"5-15-24 Samuel Simmons with Samuel Simmons Consulting talks about the 16th Annual Community Empowerment Through Black Men Healing Conference with Freddie Bell and Chantel Sings on the KMOJ Morning Show ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":536,"description":"16th Annual Community Empowerment Through\nBlack Men Healing Conference\nJoin us on Thursday, June 20, and Friday, June 21, 2024, at Metropolitan State University\nSt. Paul Campus, Founders Hall, for a day and a half of inspiration, healing, and\nempowerment. The theme year’s event is “The Black Family”. This event is dedicated to\naddressing the challenges confronting families and explores practical, culturally sensitive,\ntrauma-informed approaches that celebrate community uplift.\nAt this conference, you can expect engaging workshops, powerful speakers, and networking\nopportunities to connect with national and local educators and community practitioners and\nlearn from each other.\nThe conference is open to men and women of all cultures working with the Black community or\ninterested in the topic. Additional information and conference updates are available at\nwww.brothershealing.com. Thank You\nThe History of the conference:\nWhen discussing the ills and disparities within the Black community, such issues as violence,\ndrugs, poverty, and emotional, physical, and spiritual health are often discussed. When\nsystematic concerns aren’t being questioned as barriers, the personal accountability of men is\nbrought to the forefront. Typically, Black men’s trauma is not discussed or addressed.\nWhen Black men suffer (directly or indirectly), they pass their trauma on to the women and\nchildren in their lives; thus, the cycle of pain continues, and the community suffers tenfold.\nIn response to this awareness, in 2009, the conference called “Groundbreaking and\nVisionary” began with a mission to offer alternative ways of thinking about community building\n\"from the inside out,\" not just \"the outside in\" by addressing the history of trauma, which can be\nbarriers to healing. Also, it provided an opportunity to bring national and local educators and\ncommunity practitioners together for meaningful community engagement to discuss and\nintroduce practical, culturally sensitive trauma-informed...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/zs4eviQ3HE8Pq7ghnmLeQTdy2xaSHm6CKQRTDAMtL7g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEyODEzLzE1OTYw/NjI0NDctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}