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FINALLY -MV's long-awaited FUNDRAISING PRODUCTS page! This is just the start of what we at MV hope will be a strong, revenue generating section that will help keep Many Voices operating at peak performance for years to come. It's our intention to offer items that are beautiful, healing, and fun. We will soon post useful and creative products with the MV logo and other donated artworks, for fundraising purposes, too.
Tell your friends, and keep checking back for more!
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~ Call for Proposals ~
DAVID CAUL GRADUATE RESEARCH GRANT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AUGUST 1, 2010
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15,2010.
The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is pleased to announce the David Caul Graduate Research Grant. This grant is designed to support research that is primarily concerned with dissociation or closely related topics. Graduatestudents and undergraduate honors students are eligible to apply for grants upto $1500. Please note that grants for projects less than $1500 are alsoencouraged.
Application materials will beavailable through the grant webpage from August 1 – September 15, 2010.Applications must be electronically submitted by midnight, Eastern DaylightTime, September 15, 2010 in accordance with the specifications detailed on the grant webpage.
Please direct questions to Dr.Courtenay Cavanaugh or Dr. Eric Vermetten.
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SEPT 16-17, 2010- RISKING CONNECTIONS in FAITH COMMUNITIES:
SPECIAL REDUCED RATE - THIS WORKSHOP ONLY! JUST $100 to the first 35 registrants.
Loyola University Conference Center, Columbia, MD
Email or call Tracy Howard at 410-825-8888
Save $275 off the regular price of $375 for this popular training program. Includes
training manual, continental breakfast and lunch both days. 12 Continuing Education Credits Available for additional $30.00. Risking Connection® uses a new way of thinking and relating to take the fear out of helping trauma survivors. RC makes it easier for you and the survivors in your life.Risking Connection® teaches a relational framework and skills for working with survivors of traumatic experiences. The focus is on the relationship as the active ingredient in healing. Facilitated by Elizabeth Power M.Ed. of EPower & Associates Inc.Open to Individual Registrants and Organizations.
For group rates call 410-825-8888.
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Attn Agencies and others:
September 10th of each year is designated as WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY.
This is accompanied by events at the United Nations and many countries across the globe. Please consider sponsoring a formal educational and/or gatekeeper training by your agency on this day, week or month as appropriate. We hope that at minimum most, if not all sites will post and distribute educational material. Additional information will be forthcoming.
Please feel free to contact me as needed to arrange for a training and/or further discussion about this topic. This is a public health life skill education and awareness and is not intended to be clinical or professional training.
M. Banilivy, Ph.D. or Family Wellness Center
631-920-8039
516-627-9432
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Hollywood Pavilion's WiiT program now has its own E-Newsletter. You can sign up to receive the latest edition at the website.
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Psychotherapy Training in treatment of dissociative disorders and trauma is offered by the ISST-D at more than a dozen locations worldwide. Check the website for details.
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Volunteers Needed by MV -
We are STILL trying to gather top quality site URLs for trauma info for our Public Education site (it's not ready yet!) If you'd like to help us research a trauma topic, please contact me now!
We also would like volunteers to collect names/addresses of your community mental health centers, substance abuse facilities, and homeless or domestic violence shelters. We need local information for future grant-writing projects. We hope to find funding to subsidize subscriptions to counselors who are working within the (often underpaid) public and non-profit systems.
Send your info to Lynn - & thanks!
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RESEARCH REQUESTS
Jane Hyman, PhD, author of "I Am More Than One" and other excellent books on mental health, wants to interview creative people who have dissociative identities. If you are a musician, actor, dancer, theatre director, choreographer, or visual artist, and would consider participating, please contact Dr. Hyman here. You may use a pseudonym. This email address is completely confidential and will be viewed only by Dr. Hyman.
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Mandy Lynch is researching the differences among alters. If you have personal experience or knowledge of different medical or physical aspects of various alters within the same "system" please consider sharing. Confidentiality assured.
Examples might include allergies, addictions, eyesight, pain, medications, etc. You can email Mandy directly, or send contact info to LynnW via email or the postal service at Many Voices, PO Box 2639, Cincinnati, OH 45201-2639.
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Musician and survivor Michael Skinner is available to perform at YOUR event. Contact him and hear his latest CD "Waitin' For A Train" available now at his website.
19 songs, 79-1/2 minutes of music. Check it out! (And please note -above - that Mike has donated several copies of his CDs to MANY VOICES for fundraising purposes. Order NOW!
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William B Tollefson, PhD offers outpatient Life Coaching via phone and Skype for people who are dealing with the aftereffects of trauma and dissociation. His book, Separated From the Light, A Path Back from Psychological Trauma, presents his theories and principles for stopping the haunting memories caused by trauma and abuse. For details on his services and materials, see Dr. Tollefson's
website.
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YOUTUBE animations by MV reader Kate Edwin (aka Katiekay) on topics familiar to those who dissociate:
Where Ever You Go seems to me to show the experience of recovering (also losing time).
It's In the Eyes is a poignant animation of feelings. Check them out!
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PERSONAL STORIES OF RECOVERY wanted.
Kim Kubal, a recovering survivor and workshop leader, has written several articles for Many Voices. She has written a book, Your Strength to Heal: A guide for Survivors, Cargeviers & Clinicians dealing with Trauma, PTSD, and Addiction.
This book will offer stories of inspiration and recovery to survivors of trauma, including physical, sexual, emotional, spiritual, and ritual abuse. It will include healing tools to aid in the recovery process.
Kim would like to add some recovery stories from trauma survivors. You can send your story, anonymously or not, to her here. Visit her website for more info.
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