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If you need assistance
contact: ndlgbtq.info@gmail.com for info

Friday, 10/3/24 - NDSU Memorial Union - 8:30am to 5pm

2nd Floor Ballroom & adjacent rooms

PDD REGISTRATION

CONTINUING EDUCATION HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR WITH THE

FOLLOWING LICENSING BOARDS & ORGANIZATIONS:

NDBPE & NDBACE

SBAND has approved 7.5 ND Ethics credits or 7.5 ND CLE credits for Professional Development Day: Event #20251003SBWLS

NDBSWE has approved 6 General CE hours and 2 Ethics CE hours (max hours 7.5) for PDD

NDBACE has approved 6 General CE hours and 2 Ethics CE hours (max hours 7.5) for PDD

Professional Development Day Speakers
(All Summit Speakers are included in they link)

Professional Development Day is focused on topics that are relevant to a wide range of professionals and lay individuals who work or interact with the LGBTQ+ community.

Now in it's 3rd year, PDD'25 is offering an expanded selection of topics and presenters.

If you are in a role where you provide care or support to LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, this full-day seminar addresses issues on a variety topics including:

- Mental & behavioral health. - Access to affirming care and resources.

- Civil rights & legal landscape. - Youth, education, and school environments.

- Health equity and clinical practice. - Advocacy, policy, and systems change.

- Cultural competency and intersectionality.

Skills trainings will support a focus on resilience, and well-being to improve outcomes to empower both professionals and the LGBTQIA2S+ community.

Full day cost - $125.00 - Lunch and snacks will be provided.

----- PDD registration does not include Summit registration -----

A discount is available to attendees of both PDD and the Summit.

Scroll down for presentation information.

Faye Seidler

Faye Seidler is an award-winning suicide prevention advocate that specializes in LGBTQ+ populations. She was born and raised in North Dakota and has a decade of experience in education, public speaking, and community organizing. She is known for connecting and uplifting others, bringing communities together, and always keeping hope in focus.

Registration opens at 8am

NDSU Memorial Union - 2nd floor

Oćeťi Śakowin Ballroom - Hitatsa & Sahnish rooms

8:00am - Oćeťi Śakowin Ballroom

Breakfast snacks/Coffee

Level Setting - Setting Expectations

9:00am - Oćeťi Śakowin Ballroom

Navigating Conflict: Facilitating Connection and Healing

with Curiosity and Relatability

Naomi Tabassum, New Story Counseling Services

Interactive session on understanding root causes of conflict through the lens of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) Model, exploring conflict with curiosity, compassion, and an understanding that all beings hold value. Participants will learn a brief overview of the IFS model and walk away with several communication strategies to improve unity and assist self and others out of stuck points and into collaboration.

10:15am - Oćeťi Śakowin Ballroom

Creating Inclusive and Affirming Environments for Transgender

and Gender Diverse (TGD) Patients

Baer Karrington and Danial Sturgill, healthcare providers

This session will focus on presenting different ways for healthcare providers and clinics to create inclusive and affirming environments for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) patients. Using this foundation, this session will then be used as a workshop to help each other identify concrete actions that participants can bring forward into their own practices. Finally, the session will end with a discussion and reflection on carrying this work into our community advocacy.

10:15am - Hidatsa

Queering the Labrinth: Navigating HR

Creighton Brown, consultant

A session for LGBTQIA+ workers and allies regarding the unique challenges the queer community faces in the current workplace.

11:30am - Oćeťi Śakowin Ballroom

Research and Data as Resistance

Cody Ingle, Inclusive Care Collaborative

2SLGBTQIA+ lives are erased by policy and bad data in South Dakota, and the Inclusive Care Collaborative (ICC) is fighting back. With growing attacks on gender-affirming care - fueled by pseudoscience and bad data - the ICC is building the first 2SLGBTQIA data source in the state, led by queer researchers. We are developing curricula to teach affirming care and creating an affirming provider network. This session will explore how research becomes resistance, how data can be ethically collected, and why showing up in hostile spaces matters. In North and South Dakota, being visible is radical - and we're turning the visibility into change..

11:30am - Hidatsa

Restorative Justice

Elizabeth Hilt, Consensus Council

Restorative Justice (RJ) is a powerful framework for building understanding, addressing harm, and strengthening community. This session will introduce the basics of RJ and show how its shared values of respect, empathy, and accountability create safe spaces for meaningful and sometimes difficult conversations. We will explore how these values connect with the work of providers and organizations serving LGBTQ individuals, helping to build connection and trust. Participants will also consider practical ways RJ can be used to address conflict, repair harm, and promote healing in ways that honor each person’s dignity, lived experience, and place within the community.

12:30pm - Oćeťi Śakowin Ballroom

Lunch & Networking

1:00pm - Oćeťi Śakowin Ballroom

LGBTQ+ Civil Rights: National and North Dakota Update

Cody Schuler, ACLU ND
Recent legislation, litigation, and legal perspectives affecting LGBTQ+ and Two Spirit individuals. Review of anti-discrimination laws, Title IX, court decisions, and legislation affecting LGBTQ+ communities. Examination of the impact of SCOTUS rulings, religious exemptions, and emerging civil liberties challenges

1:00pm - Hidatsa

Community Mapping: Effective Community Engagement

Megan Jenson, Karen Pifher, Creating Community Consulting

Interactive session on how to facilitate the Community Mapping Activity and how to plan Effective Community Engagement to move from conversation to action with those most impacted centered in the solution building.

1:00pm - Sahnish

North Dakota Resources

Faye Seidler, Harbor Health Initiative

Review of all the LGBTQ+ Resources Across North Dakota.

2:15pm - Oćeťi Śakowin Ballroom

Connecting Common Legal Issues with Resources

Ming Wong, NCLR

2SLGBTQIA+ people and their families often face a number of common legal issues. This session is for those providing services to 2SLGBTQIA+ community members, with the goal of helping those providers to be able to identify these common legal issues and connect patients/clients with legal resources to resolve those issues. Issues covered will include family law, estate planning, name changes, updating identity documents, immigration, and discrimination.

2:15pm - Hidatsa

Ethical Advocacy in Polarized Times: A Guide for Professionals

Kjersten Nelson, NDSU

Staying true to professional ethics while advocating for LGBTQ+ rights in institutional and public settings. Training for educators, clinicians, social workers, and others on navigating advocacy in professional settings.

2:15pm - Sahnish

Youth Panel

Coordinated by Matthew Benson-Tuff, Youthworks

Interactive session with summit youth engaging professional development participations on relevant topics.

3:30pm - Oćeťi Śakowin Ballroom

Closing Session | Existence is Resistance

A Cross-Sector Panel on Professional Solidarity and the Path Forward featuring LGBTQ+ and ally leaders, youth advocates, legal professionals, clinicians, and educators sharing stories, strategies, and a collective call to action.

Professional Development Day CE Evaluations will be sent to attendees by 10/11/25 If you need assistance contact: ndlgbtq.info@gmail.com for info

Professional Development Day Speakers (All Summit Speakers are included in they link)

Professional Development Day is focused on topics that are relevant to a wide range of professionals and lay individuals who work or interact with the LGBTQ+ community. Now in it's 3rd year, PDD'25 is offering an expanded selection of topics and presenters.