30-min Green Bandana Trainings

Here is a list of ALL trainings, both in-person and virtual, starting March 2024 related to the Chippewa Valley Green Bandana Project (www.jonahjustice.org/mental-health and the Facebook group).

The purpose of these trainings is to introduce people to the concept of the project, reduce barriers and reduce pressure to participate, and practice how it might work. We feel these are necessary to fully implement the project the way it is envisioned to work because: people have shared not being “enough” to help someone (we feel that is not true and a societal construct we want to redefine), and it is a new way of engaging with each other as “strangers” – practicing this will be helpful.

This training is available for ANYONE to lead and we also have trainers ready to lead it for you – email cvjonahorganizer@gmail.com to get the toolkit or inquire about trainings.

Also available to show at a training is a 30min locally produced film on what Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are and how to build resiliency in each other. More on that film at: https://cvmentalhealthmatters.org/ace-resiliency-workshop-resources/ 

Training Schedule

  1. VIRTUAL – Saturday March 9, 2024 at 10am
  2. First Congregational UCC – Sunday March 10, 2024 from 11:30am-12:30am in person, also with showing of film “Shaping Destiny”
  3. VIRTUAL – Wednesday March 13, 2024 from 6:30-7pm
  4. Hope Methodist Church – Thursday March 14, 2024, in-person, 6pm
  5. Trinity Lutheran – Sunday March 17, 2024 at 11am-12pm, in-person, also with showing of film “Shaping Destiny” on ACES and Resiliency
  6. VIRTUAL – Tuesday March 19, 2024 from 10-11am, also showing the film Shaping Destiny
  7. Milkweed Alliance in Dunn County – Thursday March 21, 2024 at 12pm
  8. Milkweed Alliance in Dunn County – Monday March 25, 2024 at 5:30pm
  9. Sunday May 5, 2024 at 11am at First Presbyterian Church
  10. May 9, 2024 6:30-7:30 at the EC Public Library, hosted by NAMI
  11. Nov 11, 2024 2pm at the Wellness Shack
  12. April 14, 2025 2pm at the Wellness Shack
  13. May 21, 2025 9am at WD Fresh Start
  14. **NEW! July 24, 2025 4pm Zoom Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdH7iMcv0c8SAP2eNi5A3K_Ju1PR8NfqpSmpupoW6mFQDaBNw/viewform?usp=header
  15. **NEW! July 25, 2025 5pm In person at JONAH Office 2233 Golf Rd. Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdH7iMcv0c8SAP2eNi5A3K_Ju1PR8NfqpSmpupoW6mFQDaBNw/viewform?usp=header

Still want more training? Here are some other local options provided by our partners:

Milkweed Alliance can help you get access to Emotional CPR Trainings! http://milkweedalliance.org/

EC County offers trainings in Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR), Mental Health First Aid, and Aces and Resiliency. None are scheduled at this time but contact brenda.Scheurer@eauclairecounty.gov for questions or to get one scheduled.

National Alliance for Mental Illness offers many trainings. Check out http://namicv.org/ for more info.

At the Roots peer support has a Curious Communities training. Visit http://attherootsllc.com/ to learn more.