Workshop Agenda

Agenda for a two-day workshop held in Philadelphia in April, 2011, made possibly by generous funding from the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation: "When Veterans Come Home."

Friday, April 1, 2011

8:30 - 9:00am Breakfast and Registration

9:00 - 9:15am Welcome and Overview

Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
Arlene Notoro Morgan, Associate Dean for Prizes and Programs, Columbia Journalism
School; Board Member, Scattergood Foundation 

9:15 - 9:45am Participant Roundtable

Workshop participants will have one minute for introductions and brief mention of
areas of interest concerning veterans

9:45 - 10:00am Break

10:00 - 11:30am When Veterans Come Home: Broad Themes and the Local Landscape

Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Arthur C. Evans, Ph.D., Director, Behavioral Health, Department of Mental Health and
Retardation, City of Philadelphia
Marsha Four, R.N., Executive Director, Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service & Education
Center
Steven Sayers, Ph.D., Co-Associate Director for Education, VISN 4 Mental Illness
Research, Education, and Clinical Center; Psychology Director, Advanced Fellowship
Program in Mental Illness Research and Treatment; Philadelphia VA Medical Center;
Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania (AUDIO)
Andrew Stone, M.D., Director, PTSD Clinical Team, Philadelphia VA Medical Center;
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania (AUDIO)

11:30 - 12:00pm Lunch

12:00 – 12:50pm Keynote conversation

Patrick Murphy, former U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania’s
8th District; Iraq veteran
Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

12:50 - 1:00pm Break

1:00 - 2:15pm Trials of Homecoming: Key challenges to re-adjustment and re-integration
Moderator: Lisa Chedekel, Reporter, Connecticut Health I-Team
Sandra Bloom, M.D., Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy,
School of Public Health, Drexel University
Anita Chandra, Ph.D., Manager, Behavioral and Social Sciences Group, RAND
Corporation
Paula Domenici, Ph.D. Head, Division of Training, Center for Deployment
Psychology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
The Honorable Patrick F. Dugan, Philadelphia Veterans Court

2:15 - 2:30pm Break

2:30 – 3:30pm High Impact Reporting on the Vets Beat: Story behind the story

Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma
Helen Benedict, Professor, Columbia Journalism School; Author, The Lonely Soldier
T. Christian Miller, Senior Writer, ProPublica

3:30 – 3:45pm Break

3:45 – 5:00pm “Speed Networking”: Developing sources with organizations serving veterans

Representatives from organizations serving returning veterans in the Greater
Philadelphia region will take part in a structured networking session to share their work,
exchange ideas with workshop participants and facilitate source development.
See the list of participating organizations
Facilitator: Kate Black, Associate Director, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma

5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Community Reception (Dorrance H. Hamilton Public Media Commons)

Welcoming Remarks
Joe Pyle, President, Thomas Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health 

Saturday, April 2, 2011

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Navigating the VA

Paul Sullivan, Executive Director, Veterans for Common Sense

10:00 – 10:10 a.m. Break

10:10 – 11:15 a.m. Military Cultural Competence 101

David Riggs, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Deployment Psychology,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Break

11:30 – 12:45 p.m. High Impact Local Stories: Case studies from around the country (AUDIO)

Moderator: Jim MacMillan, Journalist-in-Residence, Swarthmore College
Lisa Chedekel, Reporter, Connecticut Health I-Team
Susan Kaplan, Reporter, WFCR – Amherst, MA
Kelly Kennedy, Reporter, USA Today, The Army Times; Author, They Fought
for Each Other

12:45 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Listening to Veterans: What every interviewer should know (AUDIO)

Moderator: Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
Kelly Kennedy, Reporter, USA Today, The Army Times; Author, They Fought for Each
Other
Paul Sullivan, Executive Director, Veterans for Common Sense

2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Break

2:30 – 3:15 p.m. Going Deeper: Story Clinics

  • The VA (Facilitator: Paul Sullivan)
  • Women Veterans (Facilitator: Susan Kaplan)
  • Soldiers and Families (Facilitator: Kelly Kennedy)
  • Suicide (Facilitator: Lisa Chedekel)

3:15 – 3:45 p.m. Closing Reflections

Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma