Join the United for Waukesha Resiliency Center & Uniting to Prevent Targeted Violence in Southeast Wisconsin (UPTV) at Carroll University on April 17, 2025, to gain insight on how mass violence can impact individuals and an entire community over time. Learn how to build resilience and discover the meaning of mass violence prevention from trauma experts. Participants will also engage in experiential workshops focused on wellbeing and emotional healing.
The first 100 registrants will receive a mental health kit!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER* Registrations after Monday, April 14 are not guaranteed a meal during the dinner break. *
Conference Schedule
Participants are welcome to attend the entire conference or register for a specific time. We just ask that you let us know if you’ll be there for dinner so we can have an accurate count.
*Schedule is subject to change.
- 1:15pm: Opening Remarks with Jen Dunn | Director of Victim Witness Assistance Program, Waukesha County DA’s Office
- 1:45pm: Speaker | Dr. Angela Moreland | The Cascade Effect of Mass Violence: Understanding Community Wide Mental Health Impacts
- 2:45pm: Break & Resource Tables
- 3:00pm: Breakout Sessions | Reptiles & Resiliency presented by WPS Reptiles & All About Music Therapy presented by Healing Harmonies
- 3:45pm: Break
- 4:00: Speakers and Q&A | Pardeep Singh Kaleka & Arno Michaelis | A World Where an Unlikely Brotherhood becomes Commonplace
- 5:30pm: Dinner (included for participants who registered on or before April 14) & Resource Tables
- 6:15pm: Speaker: Speaker | Dr. Angela Moreland | Responding to Mass Violence: Best Practices for Immediate and Long-Term Support
- 7:15pm: Closing Remarks, Raffle Ticket Collection & Mental Health Kit Pick Up
Speakers
Angela Moreland-Johnson, Ph.D.
Associate Director, National Mass Violence Center; Director of Preparedness
Angela Moreland, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor at the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Dr. Moreland has significant expertise in mental/behavioral health consequences following exposure to a range of traumatic events among children, adolescents, and adults. She specializes in assessment of mental/behavioral health concerns and delivery of evidence-based, trauma-focused treatments.
Dr. Moreland currently serves as the Associate Director of the National Mass Violence Center (NMVC) and the Director of the Improving Community Preparedness Division of the NMVC. Dr. Moreland assisted in response to the Mother Emanuel AME church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015, including short- and long-term recovery of individuals and the community. In addition, in her role at the NMVC, Dr. Moreland has assisted in response to various mass violence incidents that have occurred throughout the United States over the past decade.
Pardeep Singh Kaleka, MS, LPC
Co-Author of “The Gift of Our Wounds,” Clinical Therapist, Co-Founder of Serve2Unite
As a first-generation immigrant from India, Mr. Kaleka has spent more than 25 years in the public arenas of law enforcement, education, social services, assisting crime survivors and perpetrators across the United States with recovery. With a specialization in understanding the impacts of communal trauma, he has developed policies and practices to help mental health workers, social service practitioners, law enforcement agents, and educators build healthier, safer, more inclusive communities across the US. In 2012, following the death of his father in the hate killings at the Oak Creek Sikh Temple, he founded Serve2Unite, an organization nationally recognized for bridging school and community groups.
Arno Michaelis
Speaker, Filmmaker, Author of “My Life After Hate”, Co-Author of “The Gift of Our Wounds”
Arno draws from his lived experience as a former Neo-Nazi to work as an interventionist at Parents 4 Peace, helping to lead people away from all violent extremist ideologies, and to support their families. He has been a professional public speaker since 2010 and has captivated audiences around the world. His keynotes and workshops leverage noble qualities of compassion, curiosity, and kindness to engage all human beings, building foundations for happiness and success. Uniquely positioned to facilitate healing for people who have been targets of hate, he has dedicated the past 14 years to bringing about a society where all people are valued and included.
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The United for Waukesha Resiliency Center & Uniting to Prevent Targeted Violence in Southeast Wisconsin (UPTV)
