DESCRIPTION

A look at today’s soldiers and their families and how both are changed by war. What can we do as a society to embrace the needs of the psychologically wounded and assist in making a radical shift in perceptions about treatment so we can move from stigma to healing. Also the impact of being a combat wounded soldier and the neurological implications for the brain.

PRESENTED BY

Stephen L. Robinson, Elizabeth L. Hawkins, and Dr. Gene Bolles

AFFILIATION

Magis Group LLC, ONE Freedom™ Division

Neurosurgeon, Boulder/Denver

BIOS

Stephen L. Robinson, MA COO of Magis Group LLC, oversees planning and development of training programs on stress education and mitigation for military personnel, veterans and their families

Robinson taught Political Science and studied US National Security issues, foreign affairs, and international conflict, writing his Master's Thesis (University of Richmond, VA) on US Military Special Operations Forces.

Robinson has served twenty years as a corporate trainer and consultant specializing in applied psychology and high performance. Robinson has performed as a touring tennis professional and as a coach, trainer, and consultant in the tennis, fitness, and wellness industries. Visit http://www.onefreedom.org or call 303-444-2912.

Elizabeth L. Hawkins, CEO of Magis Group LLC, develops and manages training programs on stress education and mitigation for military personnel, veterans and their families.

Hawkins is an award-winning writer and trainer with over 16 years of experience in management, communications and public relations. After a 8 years as a corporate and freelance writer, in 1995 Hawkins founded Journey Writing Workshops™, a dynamic retreat experience that uses writing as a form of stress management, personal change, and creative growth. She has worked with consultants, managers, therapists, and writers and has taught at universities, retreat centers, and resort locations around the United States. Visit http://www.onefreedom.org or call 303-444-2912.

Gene Bolles, MD - Since 11/01 he has been caring for sick, injured and wounded soldiers from both the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Dr. Bolles recently returned from a two-year assignment as Chief of Neurosurgery at Landsthul Regional Medical Center in Germany, the largest hospital outside the U.S. for the military and governmental employees in Europe and the Middle East.

From ’64 to '65 Dr. Bolles served as a Division Flight Surgeon and Division Surgeon during military campaigns in Laos and Vietnam. He also had a distinguished 32-year medical career as a Neurosurgeon in Boulder and Denver. He has served on medical missions in Mexico, Belize and Indonesia and since 1990 has been regularly visiting Albania to witness the aftermath of the refugee crises from the war with Serbia.

Dr. Bolles has been invited to go to Iraq (Kurdistan) in the near future and has been accepted by Doctors Without Boarders for future possible assignments.

Mar. 17th, 2004
Now Showing, "Spirituality": How Media & Popular Culture Affect Teens
Lynn Schofield Clark, Ph.D. Professor, CU School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Author

Interface Host: Lois Mabari

About the Presentation:
Now Showing, "Spirituality": How Media & Popular Culture Affect Teens

The local priest or pastor might not like being upstaged by Keanu Reeves. But to teenagers, films and television programs such as The Matrix: Reloaded, Harry Potter, and the recently-concluded Buffy the Vampire Slayer series may offer deeper opportunities for spiritual reflection than conventional churches, according to Lynn Schofield Clark, author of "From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the Supernatural".

Television programs and films that raise intriguing questions about the realm beyond - especially things that remain unexplained by science - become particularly interesting in the current situation, when an increasing number of young people grow up with little or no experience with formal religion. Research grounded in in-depth interviews with teens and their families enables Clark to offer insights into how the entertainment media are playing a role in shaping contemporary ideas that in turn shape cultural practices and institutions

About the Presenter:

Lynn Schofield Clark, Ph.D., is Assistant Research Professor at the University of Colorado's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Director of the Teens and the New Media @ Home Project, and author of From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the Supernatural (Oxford University Press, 2003), and is co-author of Media, Home, and the Family (Routledge University Press, 2003). A former television producer and marketing professional, Clark has volunteered with young people in various capacities for almost two decades.