Registration for 2024 Northwest prevention leadership academy using liberating structures now open!

The goal of the 2024 Northwest PTTC Prevention Leadership Academy is to engage leaders in the prevention workforce to identify and build upon their strengths to encourage the heart, model the way, inspire a shared vision, challenge the process, and enable others to act effectively in prevention.

The Leadership Academy combines both virtual and in-person sessions to explore leadership principles for prevention coalitions using a set of Liberating Structures. The Northwest PTTC is again collaborating with facilitators from Liberating Structures, Anna Jackson, and Fisher Qua, to present the academy. Liberating Structures is a set of practical methods and tools designed to foster active participation and create innovation among team members, collaborators, and communities. Their use flattens hierarchy and facilitates trust-building and shared commitment to group values and outcomes.

The primary audience is community-level and prevention practitioners representing states and tribes throughout HHS Region 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Individuals who did not participate in the previous Leadership Academies will be given first priority for participation. The Academy registration will be limited to 80 participants. The Northwest PTTC is allocating 15 spaces per state in HHS Region 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, or Washington, for this event. After Monday, July 1, unfilled state-specific slots will be released for broader regional registration.

Virtual sessions:

• Wednesday, July 24, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, September 3, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, September 24, 1 to 2:30 p.m.

In-person sessions:

• Wednesday, September 11, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Thursday, September 12, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Visit the event page to learn more and register!