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6K flags to be planted in Scranton to honor fallen
6K flags to be planted in Scranton to honor fallen

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time22-05-2025

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6K flags to be planted in Scranton to honor fallen

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Marywood University is once again honoring the men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. Volunteers hope to have 6,000 US flags placed on Marywood University's tree stadium lawn for their annual Flags for the Fallen display. The setup process began on Wednesday so that the display will be ready for the Memorial Day weekend. PennDOT promotes safe driving with Click It or Ticket event The display serves as a sign to the community of the sacrifices those who served and have died for our country made. 'It's important for us because we have a lot of military affiliated and veteran students here and a lot of family members throughout the faculty and staff and like I said it's a way for us to honor the people that have lost their lives,' Marywood University Military and Veterans Specialist April Paciotti stated. This is the 15th year for the annual display. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Marywood helps Garden of Cedar grow new features in Scranton
Marywood helps Garden of Cedar grow new features in Scranton

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time17-05-2025

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Marywood helps Garden of Cedar grow new features in Scranton

SCRANTON — Frank Dubas' invitation to Marywood University for its students to help design features at his nonprofit Garden of Cedar community lot in South Side came with a condition. 'I said you can do what you want, but I just have one challenge. The challenge is to design things that have form and function, because we are a garden, and that offer some sort of reverence or respect to the neighborhood that we're in. I think they've accomplished that,' Dubas said Thursday during a ribbon-cutting event unveiling the new features. The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic wall planter system (shown in photo), and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) Those features at the garden at 715 Cedar Ave. include native plants, vertical planters, bee nesting 'hotels,' and a hydroponic wall planting system and sculpture that pay homage to the city's history as a cradle of the industrial revolution. The collaboration broadly engaged hundreds of students over a few years, including in competitions and across several majors — architecture, interior architecture, business, graphic design, environmental science and math, said Michelle Pannone, associate professor of interior architecture. 'These projects don't just happen, they really do take a village,' Pannone said. 'They take the creativity, the passion of the students, the support and mentorship of the faculty, the various departments on campus and collaborators that supported us along the way — and of course the trust and vision of a client that believes in the next generation of students.' The largest new feature is a T-rail sculpture that represents a key part of the city's history dating to the mid-19th century, when the historic Scranton Iron Furnaces helped forge the industrial revolution. Still standing from a bygone era, the furnaces at 159 Cedar Ave. originally were operated by the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Co. between 1840 and 1902. It was the site of the first mass production in the United States of iron T-rails for railroads. Dubas explained how the sculpture represents the four main rails that were produced at the Iron Furnaces. The large, permanent artwork also has a grid representing a map of the South Side Iron District neighborhood, perforations representing rail lines that run through Scranton, wavy lines for the Lackawanna River and Roaring Brook, and a compass pointing to the Iron Furnaces, the Garden of Cedar and the railyard roundhouse at what is now the Steamtown National Historic Site. The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a T-rail sculpture homage to the city's iron furnace history of manufacturing rails for railroads (shown in photo behind a planting bed), native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO)The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a 'living T-rail' sculpture (shown in photo, an homage to the city's historic Iron Furnaces that made rails for railroads during the Industrial Revolution), native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) 'They really, really did a remarkable job,' Dubas said of the sculpture. With the garden having planters also representing the arches of the Iron Furnaces, Dubas said, 'There's a lot of representation, there's a lot of history here.' Iain Kerrigan, a 2023 Marywood graduate in architecture, and who was born in Scranton, lives in Old Forge and works in Wilkes-Barre, said he is very grateful to have been involved in the design of the sculpture. The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Recent graduate Iain Kerrigan, at left, speaks during the event. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) 'It's great to have a positive impact on my local community,' Kerrigan said. 'It was a great opportunity for professional development while I was a student studying, which helped me in my career.' Sara Melick, a Marywood instructor of environmental science, said the collaboration between the university and the garden gave students the opportunity to go beyond the classroom and 'really to connect their education with real-world impact.' The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters (shown in photo), a hydroponic wall planter system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) Dubas founded the Garden of Cedar in 2018, began construction of it in 2022 and opened it in 2023. The garden features winding, raised planting beds and a planting wall that local residents can use to grow their own vegetables and plants. Dubas also has used the garden for various holiday displays, including having set out for past Valentine's Days a sea of thousands of large red hearts inscribed with individualized personal messages. The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Photo shows Yamileth Palafox, 1, of South Scranton, whose family uses the community garden to grow vegetables and attended the event. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) Marywood's former president, Sister Mary Persico, I.H.M., recalled how Dubas had spoken of seeing a vacant lot at 715 Cedar Ave. and dreaming of putting 'something beautiful and wonderful' for the community there. 'You have to understand that things don't happen in life unless somebody has a dream to make them happen,' Persico said. 'And so, if he didn't have that dream when he walked by this lot, this would not be here today.' * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas, at left, leaning on a bee hotel podium next to a T-Rail Sculpture, and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic wall planter system (shown in photo), and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas, at right, and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic wall planter system (shown in photo) and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters (shown in photo), a hydroponic wall planter system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 16, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Recent graduate Iain Kerrigan, at left, speaks during the event. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Photo shows Yamileth Palafox, 1, of South Scranton, whose family uses the community garden to grow vegetables and attended the event. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas, at left, and Marywood students and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a 'living T-rail' sculpture (shown in photo, an homage to the city's historic Iron Furnaces that made rails for railroads during the Industrial Revolution), native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a T-rail sculpture homage to the city's iron furnace history of manufacturing rails for railroads (shown in photo behind a planting bed), native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) * The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) Show Caption 1 of 13 The nonprofit Garden of Cedar in South Scranton collaborated with Marywood University to bring a sculpture, native plants, vertical planters, a hydroponic system and bee hotels to the community lot at 715 Cedar Ave. Garden founder Frank Dubas, at left, leaning on a bee hotel podium next to a T-Rail Sculpture, and Marywood students, recent graduates and professors held a ribbon-cutting unveiling event at the site on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO) Expand

String Fling: Marywood music student takes love of guitar to new places
String Fling: Marywood music student takes love of guitar to new places

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time12-04-2025

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String Fling: Marywood music student takes love of guitar to new places

He attended a school trip to a guitar festival; he came back a champion. Now, Marywood music student Kyle Jenkins, a student of Diogo Salmeron Carvalho, Ph.D., the assistant professor of music, will perform at the Rosetti Estate in Scranton in May. Jenkins was one of a group of musicians shepherded by Carvalho to the 2025 Buffalo International Guitar Festival, a prestigious national event for young guitarists, held March 28-30. * Marywood University music student Kyle Jenkins stands with a guitar he won for the collegiate level grand prize in the 2025 Buffalo International Guitar Festival, held in March in Buffalo, N.Y. (Dr. Diogo Salmeron Carvalho / Submitted) * Marywood University music student Kyle Jenkins stands with a guitar he won for the collegiate level grand prize in the 2025 Buffalo International Guitar Festival, held in March in Buffalo, N.Y. His professor, Dr. Diogo Salmeron Carvalho stands to his right, holding the certificate Jenkins was awarded along with the guitar. (Dr. Diogo Salmeron Carvalho / Submitted) * Marywood University's guitar ensemble poses together, including music student Kyle Jenkins, the recent winner of the the collegiate level grand prize after a performance in the 2025 Buffalo International Guitar Festival, and the ensemble's professor, Dr. Diogo Salmeron Carvalho. (Dr. Diogo Salmeron Carvalho / Submitted) Show Caption 1 of 3 Marywood University music student Kyle Jenkins stands with a guitar he won for the collegiate level grand prize in the 2025 Buffalo International Guitar Festival, held in March in Buffalo, N.Y. (Dr. Diogo Salmeron Carvalho / Submitted) Expand 'We were invited because I performed there at a conference,' Carvalho said. He told his hosts about the Marywood University guitar ensemble, and the group was invited to go to the University at Buffalo, New York to play in the festival. There, Jenkins was inspired to enter a guitar contest that was taking place. His masterful performance of 'El Polifemo De Oro,' a classical piece for guitar written by British composer Reginald Smith Brindle, struck a chord with judges, who awarded Jenkins the collegiate-level Grand Prize, and presented him with a new Saers A50 model concert guitar, new sets of strings, new guitar equipment and a certificate. Jenkins, of Scranton, confessed that his external musical performances have been limited so far outside of his studies, adding that he loves music and hopes to one day be a professional musician. He was elated by the win, calling it 'pretty unexpected, and pretty cool.' 'It's been an amazing week,' he said, explaining that every one of his close friends and family members have been very supportive when he recounts the experience of winning the contest. 'The people in my life have been really, really happy for me.' To celebrate his achievement, Jenkins will perform in a special concert May 2 at 6 p.m. at the Rossetti Estate in Scranton, alongside Charles Truitt, D.M.A., a former music professor at Marywood whom Carvalho described as one of the area's 'most respected classical guitarists.' But the free concert isn't just a celebratory event. It marks the relaunch of the Guitar Society of Northeast Pennsylvania, described by Carvalho as 'an organization with a long legacy of promoting classical guitar in our region.' He is spearheading the initiative. 'Under my direction, the society is returning with a renewed mission to support artists, offer educational opportunities, and bring world-class performances to our community,' Carvalho said in a press release, adding that the concert will also serve as a fundraiser for future society events. Truitt is a founding member of the former Guitar Society. 'Their performance represents both the heritage and the future of guitar artistry in Northeast Pennsylvania,' said Carvalho. He said the former Guitar Society of NEPA's attendance and activity had tapered off, but it is preparing for a rebirth, including a name change that drops the word 'Classical' from the name of the group to expand on styles of guitar Carvalho hopes to include. 'We want to have all manifestations of guitar, including jazz, including folk, including rock,' Carvalho said. 'We want to have a society that's open for guitarists in any form and any people interested in guitar, as well.' He said the society will be inclusive of 'all levels of achievement, for all people interested in guitar.' While Carvalho, Jenkins and Truitt have ties to Marywood, the group's endeavors are open to the public, whether they are students at Marywood University or not. Jenkins, a self-proclaimed fan of metal, alongside his skilled classical training, is helping, with his teacher's direction, to develop the group. 'I am very proud of the Marywood Guitar Ensemble for their community outreach and for representing Marywood University at such a prestigious event,' said Lisa A. Lori, J.D., Marywood president. 'I am especially thrilled to congratulate our student, Kyle Jenkins, on winning the Grand Prize at the 2025 Buffalo International Guitar Festival. His achievement reflects the excellence and dedication of our music program and the strength of our creative community.'

Marywood University aviation program spreads its wings
Marywood University aviation program spreads its wings

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time10-04-2025

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Marywood University aviation program spreads its wings

Capt. Joseph McDonald joined Marywood University's Aviation Management program in 1999, when it started. Over 25 years later, the former American Airlines pilot and director of the program will see it expand from Northeast Pennsylvania into the Philadelphia suburbs. The Scranton-based program will spread its wings, collaborating with Fly Gateway Aviation Institute, where it will offer students to the south a chance to learn the aviation business and pursue a career in the field from an operation at Wings Field Airport, also known as the 'Blue Bell Airport,' in the Philadelphia suburb of Blue Bell. McDonald explained that the Aviation Management program offers two tracks. * Marywood University's Aviation Management Program, which is set to expand out to the Philadelphia suburbs at 'the Blue Bell Airport' in Blue Bell, Pa., boasts 78 students currently enrolled, 12 of whom are women. (Marywood University / Submitted) * Marywood University's Aviation Management Program, which is set to expand out to the Philadelphia suburbs at 'the Blue Bell Airport' in Blue Bell, Pa., offers students a chance to operate flight simulators and even fly aircraft in their first year as students. (Marywood University / Submitted) * Marywood University's Aviation Management Program, which is set to expand out to the Philadelphia suburbs at 'the Blue Bell Airport' in Blue Bell, Pa., is under the direction of Captain Joseph McDonald, a retired 38-year American Airlines pilot. (Marywood University / Submitted) Show Caption 1 of 3 Marywood University's Aviation Management Program, which is set to expand out to the Philadelphia suburbs at 'the Blue Bell Airport' in Blue Bell, Pa., boasts 78 students currently enrolled, 12 of whom are women. (Marywood University / Submitted) Expand 'We have the professional pilots' side, and the airline Aviation Management track,' said McDonald, who noted students in the program graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. There are 78 students currently in the aviation program. Sheryl Lynn Sochoka, the director of communications at Marywood, elaborated on the program. 'Through an all-in-one integrated program, students receive aviation-specific training with a strong business foundation, providing the leadership and management skills needed to succeed in today's aviation industry,' she said in a news release. 'Students can take all non-pilot related courses online to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, while taking in-person flight courses and instruction at the Blue Bell Airport.' McDonald said the program's progress is moving along at Mach speed, and organizers are currently in the process of finalizing all the details of when the operation will take flight. 'We took our time to make sure we were doing it correctly,' McDonald said, indicating the program will launch in its new location 'fairly soon.' 'We're just waiting for FAA approval for satellite operation,' he said, with paperwork needed to satisfy certain requirements. Fly Gateway Aviation Institute is under contract to provide aircraft and instructors, McDonald said. As part of their training, students have access to a fleet of modern aircraft, including the 2022-2024 Piper Archer 100i. 'We have five new airplanes. The students went down to Florida and flew them up for us fresh from the factory,' McDonald said. 'They are brand new right out of the factory.' McDonald estimated the 2025 models are valued at around $475,000 each, and said students also train with the 2022, 2023 and 2024 models. The retired pilot, who worked with American Airlines for 38 years, said the aviation industry is a strong career choice. 'You're never going to be complacent,' McDonald said. 'You're always studying. … It's a great career and a majority of our students who go into it stay with it.' He said there are 'more facets than just working for the airlines,' adding that there is work in the private sector, at airports, for the FAA, in corporate aviation and more. 'There's many avenues. … There's different levels,' McDonald said. Marywood's Aviation Management program sets students up with what is essentially a 'Ph.D. equivalent of aviation,' the restricted ATP (airline transport pilot) program. He said that 'regular ATP' has a requirement of age 23 with 1,500 hours of experience, but graduates of the Marywood Aviation Management ATP program can be 21 and log 1,250 hours of flight time. 'We have an FAA program in place where we can reduce it (requirements),' McDonald said. 'They usually come out and become flight instructors, get nine months to a year, get their 1,250 hours and join a regional airline.' Anthony Nestico, the assistant director of the Aviation Management program and a JetBlue first officer, said students get hands-on experience at Marywood. 'At Marywood University, we believe in learning by doing. Students in our program fly during their freshman year,' Nestico said. 'Most pilot programs make them wait until their sophomore or junior year before they ever get to fly a real airplane. While we have airplane simulators to get them started, they are soon prepared and equipped to take flight in their first year.' McDonald said the typical starting job in the field is around $60,000 to $80,000. One study indicates a first officer, also known as a co-pilot, will earn between $100,000 and $230,000 annually, with a Delta captain earning about $300,000 to $400,000 per year. Another report places the salary of regional airline first officers at $90 to $150 per hour, with an American Airlines subsidiary, Piedmont Airlines, paying first officers $96,000 per year. McDonald, who teaches four courses at Marywood and said he's there 'just about every day now,' said the students who graduate from the university's Aviation Management program are flying high. 'It's very refreshing to hear they are working, they are out there in the industry,' he said. 'We're quite fortunate.'

Medical Advocacy Conference enlightens attendees
Medical Advocacy Conference enlightens attendees

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time10-04-2025

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Medical Advocacy Conference enlightens attendees

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The third annual Medical Advocacy Conference kicked off Wednesday at Marywood University. This year's theme was all about practice, partnerships, and prevention, with a focus on strengthening the intersection between medical care and support for survivors of a variety of issues. Healthcare professionals gathered Wednesday to tackle complex issues affecting survivors across the community. Discussions ranged from dealing with substance use in domestic violence situations to understanding the needs of male survivors who are often left unheard. 'We came up with the idea for the conference because of the providers we were talking to and them wanting this cause there wasn't anything in the area, and domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and stalking are all things that are happening in our community, and there's just not a lot of information around it,' Sabrina Hannon, program coordinator at the Womens's Resource Center explained. Beyond the discussions, the goal is to empower these professionals to take the knowledge back to their practices, with a strong emphasis on understanding and empathy. 'We are trying to make sure that folks know that the resources are out there and to normalize coming and asking the tough questions and to feel comfortable with health care providers,' said Hannon. PA state parks see uptick in reservations 'People will say they're going to go ahead and take it back to work, discuss change with colleagues, possibly implement a change, so those are one of the things we actually measure and then follow up on after the fact,' explained Ericka Thaxon, medical advocate for the Victims Intervention Program. For attendees like Ashley O'Hare, the conference is a vital tool for enhancing the care she provides. 'This topic is something that I do experience in my work setting, and I feel I should be at the top of my field with what's going on, what's available, and, so I can give the best care I'm capable of to my patients,' O'Hare said. O'Hare says the session on substance abuse gave her new insight into the reasons survivors may turn to substance abuse. 'This is the crutch this is the band-aid so, when confronting victims who utilize this type of substance for their trauma, as kind of a crutch, it's important to remember that this is someone that had something happen to them that this was the alternative, this looked like the better option for them,' explained O'Hare. This conference not only provides insights but also builds a community for those dedicated to advocacy. 'It's a community, it's a network of so many different professionals, all united for this one shared goal, you know, to bring voices to those that are silenced and help bridge those gaps between healthcare and survivors,' said Thaxon. Organizers hope these teachings will revolutionize the way healthcare professionals across the region approach and support survivors of abuse and violence. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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