窪做惇蹋厙 Positive Body Image Symposium features keynote speaker Kirby Slager
February 21, 2019
POCATELLO – The third annual Positive Body Image Symposium at 窪做惇蹋厙 will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 12 and feature the keynote presentation “Love Wild – Embracing the Wild within” by actress and comedian Kirby Slager at 5:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the 窪做惇蹋厙 Gender Resource Center, the symposium is free and open to the public in the Pond Student Union Wood and Little Wood River Rooms on the second floor. Registration is required for the event.
The event features renowned researchers and lectures with expertise in different types of body-image related topics. The sessions will offer continuing education credits with certificates at a cost of $35 for the day, or $10 for per session. The link to register for CEs: .
RSVPs are requested for attendance to the luncheon and to the keynote address.
Slager, the keyote speaker, bills herself an actor, comedian, speaker, dancer, writer and teacher.
Each and every one of us has a gift, a calling, a unique purpose that speaks to us in hopes that one day we will hear this whispering voice and not only begin to honor what we are truly capable of, but remember who we have always been, Slager said. 匈 can help you find this voice, I can help you free yourself.
The schedule for the symposium is as follows:
8 a.m. Aging and Body Image, Cindy Seiger, 窪做惇蹋厙 associate professor of physical therapy.
9 a.m. Somatic Movement and Mindfulness, Molly Jorgensen, 窪做惇蹋厙 adjunct faculty.
10 a.m. Eating Disorders Explained, Lauren Flores, marriage and family therapist, Center for Change.
11a.m. Body Stories: Discovering Connections through Movement, Awareness, and Expression, Kathleen Diehl, 窪做惇蹋厙 assistant professor and director of dance.
noon Lunch (provided, but please RSVP)
1 p.m. Positive Body Image and You (Part 1), Janette Olsen, 窪做惇蹋厙 associate professor, Department of Community and Public Health.
2 p.m. Body Image and Resilience (Part 2), Janette Olsen, 窪做惇蹋厙 associate professor, Department of Community and Public Health.
3 p.m. Embodying Intersectional Approaches and Practices on Positive Body Image, Christian D. Chan, 窪做惇蹋厙 assistant professor of counseling, Olivia T. Ngadjui, 窪做惇蹋厙 doctoral student in counselor education and counseling; and Camille D. Frank, 窪做惇蹋厙 doctoral student in counselor education and counseling.
5:30 p.m. Keynote presentation Love Wild Embracing the Wild within by actress and comedian Kirby Slager.
Registration is required for the event and for more information about this symposium, please contact Stephanie Richardson at 208-282-3590 or richstep@isu.edu.
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