On Thursday, October 3rd, the New Jersey State Library will be welcoming the New Jersey Office of Resilience for their upcoming presentation, “Strength Through Healing”. The conversation will be held virtually on Zoom from 12pm to 1pm. The upcoming webinar-style presentation is free to attend, however, advanced registration is required. For those interested in tuning in, please complete the following enrollment form, linked here: Register – Strength Through Healing.
Your host for the afternoon will be Kenneth Fowlkes, a Supervisor with the NJ Office of Resilience. By the conclusion of the afternoon’s discussion, guests should walk away with a clear picture of the agency’s critical mission and programs. Guests will also have the opportunity to learn more regarding how New Jersey has established itself as a trauma-informed and healing-centered state, creating opportunities to prevent, and empower healing from, individual, transgenerational, and community trauma.
Kenneth Fowlkes, the afternoon’s featured speaker, serves as a Supervisor in the Office of Resilience, Department of Children and Family Services. Mr. Fowlkes has worked in the field of child welfare for over 40 years and has held a number of positions including, Clinical Director of Juvenile Sex Offender Programs, Director of Residential Services, District Office Manager for the Camden local office, as well as in different capacities within the Department of Children and Families. He has a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University Camden in history and a Master’s degree from Morehead State University in Adult Education Counseling.
The NJ Office of Resilience offers New Jersey residents throughout the Garden State a powerful resource for healing and strength. A division of the New Jersey Department of Children & Families, this carefully curated ecosystem of healing has been developed as “an incubator and advocate for community-developed solutions, grounded in positive and adverse childhood experiences science, that help to create a healing-centered ecosystem where all NJ residents thrive.” To date, the NJ Office of Resilience has provided over 801 hours of support to NJ residents, including agency consultation, community outreach, technical assistance, and training. For more information on the services offered by this vital resource, please visit their website, linked here: NJ Office of Resilience.
To learn more about this and other upcoming events at the New Jersey State Library, please visit their website, linked here: NJSL. You can also follow along with the New Jersey State Library across social media, including Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube. If you have any questions or would like any help enrolling for the upcoming webinar, please contact NJSL staff at (609) 278-2640 for further assistance. A brighter future waits ahead, so enroll today to take advantage of this tremendous resource.
