February 2018

Hello- CRI will be hosting its third "Beyond Paper Tigers" Conference June 27-28, 2018, with an opening social/network event on June 26 at the Red Lion Conference Center, Pasco WA. Please find details on our website: Beyond Paper Tigers Conference Schedule Our theme is relational trust and how we can create strong communities with trauma-informed approaches embedded throughout the community, across all sectors and in deep engagement with multiple partners.

Community Resilience Initiative's third Beyond Paper Tigers Conference is now open for registration! A social/network event kicks off the conference on June 26, with two full days of keynotes and breakout session June 27 and 28 at the Red Lion Hotel Conference Center in Pasco, WA. Our conference theme is the power of relationship--“the mutual and interdependent respect that results when people feel safe, believe that everyone has something to offer, and are confident that each person is...

Seated on a child-sized chair, Brooke Martin looks right at home. That’s intentional, she said. Martin is a social worker with the Walla Walla office of Child Protective Services. While her office is under the umbrella of Washington state’s Division of Children and Family Services, she works in the Walla Walla Police Department’s headquarters right next to a child-friendly forensic interview room. That’s the spot where most troubled kids 13 and younger in Walla Walla County end up talking...