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The Onsite Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity, has announced Hope And Healing For Heroes, a special event for educators and staff across Metro Nashville.
The night of community and unity will take place on May 1 at 6 p.m. at the Fisher Center at Belmont University, and is designed to equip, encourage, and uplift Nashville's school educators, staff, and administrators following the recent tragedy at The Covenant School.
Tickets to Hope And Healing For Heroes will be free and open to educators and staff across Metro Nashville Public Schools, Private schools, and Universities in the Nashville area and surrounding communities on a first-come-first-served-basis. Hope And Healing For Heroes will provide attendees with an opportunity to connect in community and gain tools for navigating stress, fear, trauma, and grief. With essential resources and moving musical tributes, the evening is offered to help restore hope as schools continue leading children with resilience and hope. Programming will include musical performances by Nashville and Grammy Award-winning artists including Lauren Daigle, Tyler Hubbard, CeCe Winans, Trisha Yearwood, and more.
The event will be emceed by Miles Adcox, chairman at Onsite, who will share words of inspiration, plus moderate a panel of experts in trauma-informed education and counseling services. These experts and leaders will share their experience, strength, and hope in navigating traumatic grief and coping with secondary or vicarious stress from teachers’ roles in supporting and reassuring students, parents, and colleagues.
Other guests speakers include:
- Sissy Goff, M.Ed, LPC-MHSP, CCATP – Director of Child and Adolescent Counseling, author of twelve books including a book on anxiety, and co-host of the popular podcast “Raising Boys and Girls”
- David Thomas, L.M.S.W. – Director of Family Counseling at Daystar, author of ten books including the best-selling “Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys” and “Raising Emotionally Strong Boys: Tools Your Son can Build on for Life”, and co-host of the “Raising Boys & Girls” podcast
- Madison Lawn, MSCMHC, CET-II – Group leader at Onsite, crisis counselor with experience facilitating groups for grieving children and providing weekly therapy to students in a university counseling center
- Carlos Martinez, M.Div., MSMHC, LPC, ACS, CET-II – Lead Clinician at Onsite and Onsite Foundation’s Triumph Over Tragedy workshop, the nation’s first trauma-informed program for survivors of mass shootings
- Carlos Whittaker – Author, speaker, host of the Human Hope podcast as well as People’s Choice Award winner & social media storyteller
- Crystal Woodman Miller – Columbine survivor, inspirational speaker, author of “A Kids Book about School Shootings”, and Survivor Advisory Council chair for The Onsite Foundation
Teachers from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Mass Shooting in Parkland, Florida will share words of hope and healing for Nashville educators including Felicia Burgin, Diana Haneski, Amy Kenny, Stacey Lippel, as well as Brittney Thomas, a student survivor of The Heath High School Mass Shooting in Paducah, Kentucky.
Local therapeutic groups and those who are providing teachers and students with funding for therapeutic services including Daystar Counseling Ministries, Green Hills Family Psych, Onsite Workshops, and more will also be onsite to share information and ongoing resources.
Educators and staff can claim a free general admission ticket starting Friday, April 21 at 10 a.m. at here. Doors for the event will open at 5 p.m. and programming will start at 6 p.m.