Orcas Community Resource Center to host lecture on building a stable community

||| FROM MEGAN METCALF for COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER |||

The Orcas Community Resource Center (OCRC) invites you to join them for an educational lecture, Building a Stable Community, at the Orcas Island Public Library. This discussion will explore the impact of trauma, systemic barriers, and life challenges that prevent individuals from securing essential resources such as housing, food, and healthcare.

This event will highlight how adversity, including mental health struggles and difficult life events, can disrupt access to these basic needs, affecting physical, emotional, and relational well-being. Through a trauma-informed lens, the lecture will focus on understanding these challenges with compassion and offering approaches rooted in healing, empowerment, and resilience.

Speakers will share insights on how the Resource Center’s services support people on their journey toward stability and well-being, providing compassionate care that honors each person’s experiences.

Featured speakers include:

• Hugh Grant, LICSW, Mdiv, psychotherapist

• Suzette Lamb, LPC-S, LCPC, LMHC, psychotherapist

• Erin O’Dell, Executive Director of the Orcas Community Resource Center

Please join the Resource Center for this important conversation on how we can create a safer, more supportive community for everyone.

Date: October 23rd, 2024
Location: Orcas Island Public Library
Time: Doors open at 4:15pm – enjoy tea & cookies, program runs 4:30-5:30pm.

For more information or to learn more about the Orcas Community Resource Center’s services, please visit orcascrc.org.