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Mississippi National Guard IPPW In-Person Bringing in the Bystander® Military Train-the-Trainer Workshop

  • Mississippi National Guard HQ 1410 Riverside Drive Jackson, MS, 39202 United States (map)

Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm ET (room opens for check-in at 8 am)

Location:  in-person at Mississippi National Guard HQ

The training will take place at Mississippi National Guard HQ: Joint Force Headquarters at 1410 Riverside Dr. in Jackson, MS 39202

If you are a valid license holder and need to check if your organization has any training credit available to use for this training, please contact Casey at casey.laplante@soteriasolutions.org.

Deadline for signup: Wednesday, July 30

Max Capacity: 30

Duration: 7 hours total

Description of event: In-Person Train-the-Trainer Workshop

Overview/Summary:

This one-day train-the-trainer workshop will train facilitators to implement the Bringing in the Bystander® Military Adapted Prevention Program*.

Attendees will gain the skills to facilitate the program themselves as well as adapt and implement the curriculum for their audiences.

Participants will

  1. Receive an overview of the BITB curriculum with experienced trainers.

  2. Apply trauma-informed facilitation skills.

  3. Learn strategies for adapting BITB to unique community.

  4. Understand the facilitation and adaptation of the BITB curriculum.

  5. Practice bystander intervention strategies.

  6. Expand professional networks with other attendees.

Not sure if your institution or organization has a license? Reach out to Casey at casey.laplante@soteriasolutions.org for more information before registering.

Target Audience: (who should attend?): Trainers who will be implementing the program and training others to facilitate with military audiences, and facilitators (people who will be delivering the program to military audiences)

Agenda or objectives: To receive a copy of the agenda prior to registering, reach out to Casey at casey.laplante@soteriasolutions.org

Soteria Solutions Lead Trainers:

  • Lee Cherry

  • Walter Hood

Additional Details/requirements, details:

  • Prior to shipping hardcopy materials to attendees, participating organizations must have valid license agreement and payment processed. Materials shipped within one week of training will require rush shipping and the participating organization will be responsible for rush shipping charges.