Resilience with Debra Cady - Community Conversations by Street Smart Ventures

Introducing Community Conversations

Community Conversations is a quarterly virtual series from Street Smart Ventures focused on strengthening the people who strengthen others. Guided by Michael Scanlon, each session brings together professionals, leaders, and emerging changemakers for interactive dialogue around resilience, direction, and sustainable impact.

These are not lectures. They are facilitated, participatory sessions designed to provide practical tools, structured reflection, and real world strategies for building stronger workplace and community culture.

About This Session

Resilience with Debra Cady

Burnout, emotional labor, and secondary trauma are shaping workplaces across the country. Organizations are asking how to support their workforce while sustaining meaningful impact.

This interactive workshop centers the well being of the workforce and the communities they serve.

Participants will explore how stress and trauma show up in communication, leadership, and team dynamics and how to build healthier, more sustainable environments.

Through guided reflection and small group dialogue, attendees will gain practical tools for emotional regulation, peer support, and sustainable self care. The focus extends beyond individual wellness to strengthening team culture, shared responsibility, and long term sustainability.

Who Should Attend

Ideal for:

• Mental health and social service professionals

• Nonprofit and community leaders

• Educators and youth serving organizations

• Supervisors, managers, and executive leaders

• Young adults and emerging leaders

Cross role participation builds stronger shared understanding and healthier workplace culture.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will:

• Recognize trauma responses such as fight, flight, freeze, and fawn

•  Apply trauma informed principles to workplace communication and leadership

•  Understand how emotional labor and stress impact team dynamics and long term sustainability

•  Create a realistic, personalized resilience plan to support well being and healthy workplace culture

Event Details

• Hosted by: Michael Scanlon, Director of Community and Partnerships

• Guest: Debra Cady, LCSW

• Format: Live Virtual Zoom Session

• Length: 75 to 90 minutes

About Debra Cady

Debra Cady is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, certified Appreciative Inquiry facilitator, and national expert in Transition Age Youth and trauma informed systems change. With over 30 years of experience, she has helped organizations across the country implement strength based, trauma informed practices that improve workforce well being and youth outcomes.

She has presented at numerous national and international conferences, including the International Foster Care Conference, and serves as a consultant and trainer for organizations supporting youth and young adults with mental health challenges.

About Michael Scanlon

Michael Scanlon IV is the Director of Community and Partnerships at Street Smart Ventures and a behavioral health leader with more than a decade of experience supporting transition age youth and advancing integrated, youth driven systems of care.

He currently serves as a Youth Advocate and Peer Support Specialist at Advanced Behavioral Health, where he leads statewide and local engagement and outreach efforts focused on reducing mental health stigma and strengthening access to services for young adults and families.

Michael’s expertise includes partnership development, public speaking, marketing and outreach strategy, and fostering youth and family voice in behavioral health initiatives. He is committed to collaborative, strength based approaches that build healthier communities and create meaningful opportunities for young people.

About Silver Linings International

Silver Linings International integrates trauma informed practices, positive psychology, and appreciative inquiry to foster psychologically safe, growth oriented workplace cultures. The organization partners with leaders and teams to create sustainable systems that empower individuals and strengthen communities.

Join us for this first session in the Community Conversations series and invest in the strength and sustainability of your workforce.

Ticket Options and Pricing

Community Conversations is a ticketed virtual professional development event. * All ticket sales are final. If you are unable to attend live, recording access will be provided according to your ticket type.

• Professional Pass – Standard Rate: $65 dollars

  
  

  (Launch Rate $45 dollars)

  Available March 2 through March 9

  Use code SMARTLAUNCH45 at checkout

  
  

  Full live workshop access, Q and A participation, downloadable slides, reflection log, and recording access.

  
  

• Post Event Recording – $35 dollars

  On demand access to the full session recording and downloadable slides.

  
  

• Organization Access – $900 dollars

  Up to fifteen live attendees, recording access for internal use, executive summary notes, and optional thirty minute internal debrief.

  
  

• Annual Pass – $199 dollars

  Access to all four 2026 Community Conversations sessions, including live access, recordings, and materials.

Tickets become available March 2 at 9 AM on this page.

* Professional Pass Launch Rate available through March 9. Use code SMARTLAUNCH45 to register at $45 dollars.

Invest in your professional growth and workforce impact. Choose a ticket that fits how you want to participate.