Submitted by the Orcas Community Resource Center.

The Orcas Community Resource Center invites you to join them for an educational lecture, Building a Stable Community, at the Orcas Island Public Library on Oct. 23, 4:30-5:30 p.m. This discussion will explore the impact of trauma, systemic barriers and life challenges that prevent individuals from securing essential resources such as housing, food and health care.

This event will highlight how adversity, including mental health struggles and difficult life events, can disrupt access to these basic needs, affecting physical, emotional and relational well-being. Through a trauma-informed lens, the lecture will focus on understanding these challenges with compassion and offering approaches rooted in healing, empowerment and resilience.

Speakers will share insights on how the center’s services support people on their journey toward stability and well-being, providing compassionate care that honors each person’s experiences.

Featured speakers include: Hugh Grant, LICSW, M.Div, psychotherapist; Suzette Lamb, LPC-S, LCPC, LMHC, psychotherapist; and Erin O’Dell, executive eirector of OCRC.

Doors open at 4:15 p.m. to allow for tea and cookies.