Hosted by the CAFO Global Network
Collaborate brings together CAFO Global Network leaders from around the world to share expertise, make new connections, learn best practices and add your voice to joint projects and objectives that are key to vibrant, locally-led vulnerable child and family care networks. This year’s in-person Collaborate event is in Nashville and we will be learning and discussing the theme of Church Engagement.
The goals of the Collaborate forum are:
- To gather member networks of the CAFO Global Network and other global advocates to share and collaborate on strategies to develop movements and engage local churches in family and community-based care.
- To understand foundational building blocks of best practices and the latest research to wisely guide regional/national networks.
- To gather working groups to collaborate on CAFO Global Network projects and objectives to benefit the global movement.
- To continue developing attendees’ leadership skills to better serve their emerging/growing networks.
The Collaborate Global Forum will be a hybrid of in-person, virtual and locally hosted Collaborate+ events. All connected via online sessions!
Details
Date:
- Tues, Sept 17: 8:00am –5:00pm
- Wed, Sept 18: 8:00am – 2:30pm (includes the OVC Symposium)
Location:
Brentwood Baptist Church, Nashville, TN
Cost
- $199 – Non-Member
- $149 – Member
Ideal Audience
Collaborate is designed for national Christian leaders from countries outside of the United States. CAFO Member organizations that are serving and supporting networks of local churches and NGOs in countries outside of the US are encouraged to send representatives from their global staff.
Presenters
Julie Cooper
Julie Cooper has worked with vulnerable children for 25 years both nationally and internationally. As the SVP of Training and Curriculum for Trauma Free World, she creates and delivers curriculum focused on helping adults be the safe person in the life of a child from abuse, neglect, or trauma. Julie and her husband have 6 children.
Ann Smith
Ann has been working with vulnerable populations for more than 15 years and has a passion for helping people find healing from trauma. She
spent 10 years in East Africa working together with national caregivers to care for vulnerable populations. Her focus was on holistic development using a trauma informed approach to provide community development, trauma sensitive education, and family style care where
needed.
She especially loves equipping people to become Affiliate Trainers in Trauma Competent Care and encouraging them as they minister to others in their own culture, language, and context. Over the last three years, she’s seen the Affiliate Trainer program grow from 60 trainers to more than 200 trainers, serving in more than 25 countries!
In her spare time, she can be found drinking coffee with friends and enjoying nature.
