In this 90-minute webinar, you will learn more about trauma-informed care principles, cultural humility and partnership development to promote wellbeing for communities who have experienced forced displacement. This engaging webinar will include large-group discussion and will highlight practical approaches and strategies for providing culturally responsive community-based mental health and substance abuse supports for refugees, asylees, and other immigrants who have survived highly stressful and traumatic experiences.
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Bios: Jessica Dalpe is a licensed social worker who has worked in the international social work field for over a decade. She currently works as the Senior Technical Advisor for Safety & Wellness at the International Rescue Committee where she also manages the Center for Adjustment, Resilience and Recovery (CARRE). Jessica’s work focuses on generating and integrating evidence-based practices related to gender-based violence and mental health and psychosocial support for refugees, asylum-seekers, and other immigrants in the U.S. who have faced forced displacement. Her previous experience includes direct service provision, program management, and capacity building in a variety of nonprofit organizations within the U.S.
Leena Zahra is a Program Officer for the IRC, and a Syrian American social impact bridge builder. With over seven years of strategic humanitarian community outreach, program management and advocacy experience, she has worked with small to large scale Nonprofits, NGOs, and government agencies like the World Food Program (WFP), International Rescue Committee (IRC UK), Karam Foundation, and U.S. Senate. She has a master’s in international development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the London School of Economics (LSE), with a specialization and interest in amplifying community voices and shifting the narrative for globally displaced persons.
