BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260913 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:UB: Rise Respond & Rebuild 9/11-12/2026 DESCRIPTION:Why attend?\n\n\n Explore gun violence as a public health issue affecting communities nationwide\n Learn from experts working across medicine\, public health\, education and community-based practice\n Discover practical tools\, models and strategies that support prevention\, healing and collaboration\n Connect with colleagues and partners committed to creating safer\, healthier communities\n\n\n\n\n \n\nConference Schedule\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday\, Sept. 11\, 2026\n\n\n\n1 1:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nRegistration & Welcome Reception\n\n\n\n1:45 2 p.m.\n\n\n\nOpening Remarks\n\n\n\n2:15 3:15 p.m.\n\n\n\nConcurrent Sessions:\n\n\n Community Resiliency After Gun Violence\n\n Melissa Archer\, MSN\, PMHNP-BC\, and Fred D. Archer\, MD\, will explore the impact of gun violence on individuals and neighborhoods\, highlighting approaches to healing and community recovery following the Tops mass shooting.\n Are Mass Shooters a Social Kind?\n\n Kurt Blankschaen\, PhD\, will examine how terms such as mass shooter shape public understanding of gun violence and influence prevention efforts.\n Stop the Bleed: Survivability\, Engagement and Magical Thinking\n\n Tracey Nerney\, RN\, BS\, MPA\, will discuss how Stop the Bleed programs combine lifesaving emergency-response training with community engagement and violence prevention.\n\n\n\n\n3:15 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nBreak\n\n\n\n3:30 4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nPanel Discussion:\n\nLaw Enforcement and Community Relations \n\nFacilitators Eddie Payne and Adrienne Garr\, LMSW\, will lead a discussion on trust\, communication and collaboration.\n\n\n\n4:45 5:15 p.m.\n\n\n\nConcurrent Sessions:\n\n\n Femicide as a Gun Violence and Public Health Crisis\n\n Kimberly Slew-Ngarambe will examine the intersection of intimate partner violence\, firearm access and gender-based violence through a public health lens.\n Street Engagement Team: Violence Interruption in Buffalo\n\n Pastor James E. Giles will discuss how Buffalo's community-based violence interruption program builds trust\, prevents violence and strengthens neighborhood safety.\n Teaching Medical Students How to Support Trauma Patients\n\n Mike Lamb\, PhD\, will explore how trauma-informed training prepares future physicians to better understand and support patients beyond the hospital setting.\n\n\n\n\n5:30 7 p.m.\n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker and Dinner Reception:\n\n\n From Nonfatal to Fatal: Tracing the Community Firearm Violence Pipeline in Baltimore and Its Public Health Implications\n\n \n Brian Wade\, PhD\, will examine the pathways that connect nonfatal and fatal firearm violence\, drawing on community-based research in Baltimore to explore the broader public health implications of violence exposure and opportunities for prevention.\n Hosted by Heather M. Gardiner\, PhD\, MPH\, this conversation will further explore firearm violence as a public health crisis and highlight strategies for prevention\, intervention and community healing.\n \n \n\n\n\nMeet the Speakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday\, Sept. 12\, 2026\n\n\n\n8:30 9 a.m.\n\n\n\nCheck In / Grab-and-Go Breakfast \n\n\n\n9 9:45 a.m.\n\n\n\nWelcome and Poetry Performance\n\n\n\n10 10:30 a.m.\n\n\n\nConcurrent Sessions:\n\n\n Compassion Fatigue: Identifying Risk and Promoting Resilience in Health Care Workers\n\n Chandra Grabill\, PhD\, will explore compassion fatigue\, burnout and secondary traumatic stress\, with practical strategies to build resilience and support well-being.\n Means Reduction Through Erie County Suicide Prevention Coalition Initiatives\n\n Members of the Erie County Suicide Prevention Coalition\, including Elena Miller\, will discuss how means reduction efforts are advancing suicide prevention across the community.\n Showcasing the Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention (FIMP) Pilot Program\n\n Representatives from SAFE (Scrubs Addressing Firearms)\, UB Chapter\, will highlight how the FIMP pilot program is expanding across Western New York to connect patients at risk for firearm violence with safety resources.\n \n This session will last a full hour. \n \n \n\n\n\n\n10:45 11:15 a.m.\n\n\n\nNetworking\n\n\n\n11:30 a.m. 1 p.m.\n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker and Lunch Reception:\n\n\n Ethical and Equitable Considerations: The Use of AI and Digital Storytelling in Gun Violence Research\n\n Joseph Richardson\, PhD\, will discuss how emerging technologies\, including artificial intelligence and digital storytelling\, are shaping gun violence research and prevention efforts\, with a focus on ethics\, equity and community engagement.\n \n Location: Active Learning Center\n \n \n\n\n\n\n1:15 2:15 p.m.\n\n\n\nPanel Discussion:\n\n\n Imagining a Childhood Without Firearm Violence\n\n Patricia Logan-Greene\, PhD\, MSSW\, will lead an interactive discussion exploring the impact of firearm violence on children\, families and communities\, while encouraging participants to envision prevention-focused approaches that promote safety\, healing and healthier childhood experiences.\n\n\n\n\n2:30 3:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nConcurrent Sessions:\n\n\n There's Light on Our Faces\, Now\n\n Join Jillian Hanesworth for an interactive poetry workshop exploring community violence\, healing and the power of storytelling.\n From Trauma to Healing: Survivor-Led Solutions for Safer Communities\n\n Aswad Thomas will share how survivor-led initiatives can transform trauma into healing\, strengthen communities and help prevent violence.\n Wellness-focused Session \n\n\n\n\n3:45 4:30 p.m.\n\n\n\nCommunity Conversation\n\nLocation: Active Learning Center X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Conference Schedule

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Friday\, Sept. 11\, 2026

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1&ndash\;1:30 p.m.

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Registration &\; Welcome Reception

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1:45&ndash\;2 p.m.

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Opening Remarks

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2:15&ndash\;3:15 p.m.

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Concurrent Sessions:

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    \n Melissa Archer\, MSN\, PMHNP-BC\, and Fred D. Archer\, MD\, will explore the impact of gun violence on individuals and neighborhoods\, highlighting approaches to healing and community recovery following the Tops mass shooting.
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  • Are Mass Shooters a Social Kind?
    \n Kurt Blankschaen\, PhD\, will examine how terms such as mass shooter shape public understanding of gun violence and influence prevention efforts.
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  • Stop the Bleed: Survivability\, Engagement and Magical Thinking
    \n Tracey Nerney\, RN\, BS\, MPA\, will discuss how Stop the Bleed programs combine lifesaving emergency-response training with community engagement and violence prevention.
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3:15&ndash\;3:30 p.m.

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Break

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3:30&ndash\;4:30 p.m.

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Panel Discussion:

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Law Enforcement and Community Relations  \;
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4:45&ndash\;5:15 p.m.

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  • Femicide as a Gun Violence and Public Health Crisis
    \n Kimberly Slew-Ngarambe will examine the intersection of intimate partner violence\, firearm access and gender-based violence through a public health lens.
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  • Street Engagement Team: Violence Interruption in Buffalo
    \n Pastor James E. Giles will discuss how Buffalo'\;s community-based violence interruption program builds trust\, prevents violence and strengthens neighborhood safety.
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  • Teaching Medical Students How to Support Trauma Patients
    \n Mike Lamb\, PhD\, will explore how trauma-informed training prepares future physicians to better understand and support patients beyond the hospital setting.
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5:30&ndash\;7 p.m.

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Keynote Speaker and Dinner Reception:

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    • Brian Wade\, PhD\, will examine the pathways that connect nonfatal and fatal firearm violence\, drawing on community-based research in Baltimore to explore the broader public health implications of violence exposure and opportunities for prevention.
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    • Hosted by Heather M. Gardiner\, PhD\, MPH\, this conversation will further explore firearm violence as a public health crisis and highlight strategies for prevention\, intervention and community healing.
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Saturday\, Sept. 12\, 2026

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8:30&ndash\;9 a.m.

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Check In / Grab-and-Go Breakfast \;

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9&ndash\;9:45 a.m.

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Welcome and Poetry Performance

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10&ndash\;10:30 a.m.

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  • Compassion Fatigue: Identifying Risk and Promoting Resilience in Health Care Workers
    \n Chandra Grabill\, PhD\, will explore compassion fatigue\, burnout and secondary traumatic stress\, with practical strategies to build resilience and support well-being.
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  • Means Reduction Through Erie County Suicide Prevention Coalition Initiatives
    \n Members of the Erie County Suicide Prevention Coalition\, including Elena Miller\, will discuss how means reduction efforts are advancing suicide prevention across the community.
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  • Showcasing the Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention (FIMP) Pilot Program
    \n Representatives from SAFE (Scrubs Addressing Firearms)\, UB Chapter\, will highlight how the FIMP pilot program is expanding across Western New York to connect patients at risk for firearm violence with safety resources.\n
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10:45&ndash\;11:15 a.m.

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Networking

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11:30 a.m.&ndash\;1 p.m.

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Keynote Speaker and Lunch Reception:

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  • Ethical and Equitable Considerations: The Use of AI and Digital Storytelling in Gun Violence Research
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1:15&ndash\;2:15 p.m.

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Panel Discussion:

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  • Imagining a Childhood Without Firearm Violence
    \n Patricia Logan-Greene\, PhD\, MSSW\, will lead an interactive discussion exploring the impact of firearm violence on children\, families and communities\, while encouraging participants to envision prevention-focused approaches that promote safety\, healing and healthier childhood experiences.
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2:30&ndash\;3:30 p.m.

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  • There'\;s Light on Our Faces\, Now
    \n Join Jillian Hanesworth for an interactive poetry workshop exploring community violence\, healing and the power of storytelling.
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    \n Aswad Thomas will share how survivor-led initiatives can transform trauma into healing\, strengthen communities and help prevent violence.
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3:45&ndash\;4:30 p.m.

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Community Conversation

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Location: Active Learning Center

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\n LOCATION:The conference will be held at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences\, University at Buffalo\, 955 Main Street\, Buffalo\, NY 14203. UID:e.2856.9248 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260727T203137Z URL:https://business.amherst.org/events/details/ub-rise-respond-rebuild-9-11-12-2026-9248 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR