Time: 6-7 p.m. ET / 3-4 p.m. PT / 12-1 p.m. HT (view your time zone)
Fourth Wednesday of Each Month

Come join us for a new opportunity to connect with others who share concern and passion for developmentally appropriate and appealing systems and supports for youth and young adults. Maybe you're a peer support provider or a new professional with lived experience working in mental health advocacy. Whatever your role, if you are a young adult professional seeking to make peer-to-peer connections and develop your professional capacity, this learning community serves as a forum to learn and build skills with other mental health workforce professionals. In addition to the valuable expertise each participant brings, we host guest subject matter experts. In the past, we've hosted presenters from the Center for Law and Social Policy, Youth MOVE National, and the Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation to discuss topics ranging from structural racism to supporting LGBTQ youth to low-barrier services. We look forward to shaping this year's discussion topics together, and we hope you will join us in shared learning, engaging conversations, and young professional networking. 

This September 23rd, at 3 p.m. PT, we will launch our first 60-minute monthly session using the Zoom platform. This kick-off call will be an opportunity to get acquainted with one another and determine what topics we’d like to explore over the coming year. We’ll also work on very important business--like voting on an official name for this learning community and developing a tentative schedule for future calls. Our call will allow for open discussions and will encourage peer-to-peer exchanges to identify best practices and strategies for working with youth and young adults of transition age. 

We'll be using these questions as a framework for our kick-off discussion: Youth & Young Adults Learning Community Thought Questions 

Facilitators
Kristin Thorp and Gwen White
Co-Facilitators
Pacific Southwest MHTTC - Youth and Young Adult Area of Focus

Audience
The target audience for this learning community is young professionals working with youth and young adults of transition age. This is a great opportunity for young professionals to build their capacity to work with youth and young adults and connect to peers doing similar work. As a community, we encourage members to serve as peer facilitators and be engaged to maximize the exchange of ideas and strategies for better serving youth and young adults. We also host guest subject matter experts to support strengthening skills and professional development. 

Please feel free to share this opportunity with other early career colleagues and champions from Region 9 who may want to be involved. We are looking forward to having you join us!