Join the Northeast & Caribbean Mental Health Technology Transfer Center for a virtual three-session community of practice to re-imagine educational settings to reduce school violence by centering and encouraging joy. This intergenerational community of practice will elevate student voices through staff-student
collaboration. Staff, and the students they select, will learn to reflect on and share their lived school experience, identify and
address challenges that take place in the wake of school violence, and creatively reimagine the school environment through diverse perspectives.

Outcomes
Participants will leave with an enhanced awareness of their school spaces and an actionable plan for transforming them to
reduce school violence and increase joy. Additionally, participants will gain a deeper understanding of joy as a method of recovery and will be able to integrate these strategies directly into daily practices.

Methods
This community of practice series will draw together multimodal art and critical literacy-based methods of inquiry and community building. Using collective inquiry and guided discussions, participants will reflect on their experiences to assess possibilities for their schools.

Talk Back to Joy: A Community of Practice Utilizing Joy and Student
Voice to Address School Violence
Target Audience
Session 1: Accessing A Playful Praxis: Centering Joy for educational transformation

This session is part of a 3- part series. 

Session 2: Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Session 3: Wednesday, April 26, 2023

*The time for sessions 2 & 3 is TBD based on the availability of the participants.*