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NW Elders ECHO | April 12, 2022

Date of Presentation: April 12, 2022

The Northwest Elders and Knowledge Keepers ECHO session took place on April 12th, 2022. In this session, Dr. Danica Love Brown (Choctaw) and Chaplain Melissa Bennett (Umatilla/Nez Perce/Sac & Fox/Anishinaabe) present on the need for self, community, and spiritual care practices and encouraging providers to create a care plan for themselves.

The panel members for this session of the Northwest Elders, Knowledge Holders, and Culture Keepers ECHO includes:

  • Jesse Beers – Cultural Stewardship Manager for the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians
  • Melissa Bennett – Behavioral Health Aide Project Director, NPAIHB
  • Dr. Danica Brown – Behavioral Health Program Director, NPAIHB
  • Atwice Kamiakun – Culture Coordinator for the Yakama Nation
  • Marilyn Scott – Vice Tribal Chair for the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe

Recording:

Presented by:

Melissa Bennett, Dr. Danica Brown

Melissa Bennett, MDiv (Umatilla/Nez Perce/Sac & Fox/Anishinaabe) is a writer, storyteller, story-listener, spiritual care provider, and educator. She currently serves the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board as Behavioral Health Aide Project Director where she is able to bring together her experience working in mental/behavioral health and higher education. Melissa is a cat mom, loves plants and plant medicine, reads a lot of books, is learning to cook from the spirit of Julia Child, and engages in regular conversations with her ancestors.

Danica Love Brown, PhD, MSW, CACIII, is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma born and raised in Northern New Mexico. Danica is the Behavioral Health Director at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and has worked as a mental health and substance use counselor, social worker, and youth advocate for over 20 years. Danica is an Indigenous Wellness Research Institute ISMART fellow alumni, Council of Social Work Education, Minority Fellowship Program fellow alumni, and Northwest Native American Research Center for Health fellow alumni. Her research has focused on Indigenous Ways of Knowing and decolonizing methodologies to address historical trauma and health disparities in Tribal communities.

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Date added: April 12, 2022