Community Engagement

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
CRI has been building resilience in Walla Walla for nearly 20 years by:

  • partnering with preschool, school, and after-school programs
  • supporting school districts and training teachers in trauma-informed care
  • working with social health organizations to better assist their clients
  • holding workshops with police and the Juvenile Justice Center
  • engaging with parents and caregivers, including foster parents
  • collaborating with individual neighborhoods
  • celebrating ‘October Is Resilience Month’ with proclamations by City Council and County Commissioners
  • encouraging collaborative prevention planning among community leaders, such as investors and foundations.

And we have only just begun.

Our focus for 2022 and beyond is to move from ‘me to we’, from individual resilience to community resilience.

We are forging strong relationships with local organizations in order to:
– share resources
– make initiatives more collaborative
– reach a wider audience with diverse needs and interests
– focus on the common goal of community-wide results.

We want to increasingly focus on youth and make them true partners in designing and implementing community resilience programs and initiatives.

In order to enhance local collaboration and project planning, we have started a Resilience Coordinating Council (RCC) and hope to attract a diverse set of members, representing all of Walla Walla. If you would like to be part of the RCC, please contact Ursula Volwiler at ursula@criresilient.org.

Check out the PACEs Connection Blog here.

Community calendar

October is Resilience Month (ORM)

At CRI, we’ve turned ORM into an annual tradition that supports our efforts at community engagement and resilience building. ORM anchors us to our community and is a month dedicated to celebrating and strengthening our inner resilience. Read more for highlights!

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