Upcoming Events

  • Spreading HOPE in Muskegon County: 4-hour Workshop

    ONLY 2 dates remaining!

    5.28.25 9:30 am - 1:30 pm

    7.17.25 9:30 am - 1:30 pm

    Join us!

    Spreading HOPE in Muskegon County is a 4-hour interactive training on the HOPE framework. We will review the science behind positive childhood experiences (PCEs), how PCEs mitigate ACEs, and the Four Building Blocks of HOPE. Check out the FLYER and come prepared to engage!

    Register Here

  • HOPE for Healthcare

    Date TBD!

    Pathwaves Partnership will be providing HOPE for Healthcare. This session is one of the strategies for Spreading HOPE in Muskegon. FREE CMEs will be offered for healthcare providers.

    Stay updated

  • Igniting HOPE to Enhance Equity

    Hilary will be the highlighted speaker at the 2025 Michigan Alternative Education Spring Conference in Traverse City, Michigan. She will also be facilitating two interactive breakout sessions, Diving Deeper: The Brain on Lived Experiences.

    more info

  • Building Bridges of HOPE: Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences

    Adult educators from the State of Michigan will have the opportunity to learn how lived experiences impact health and well-being across the lifespan while also being introduced to the HOPE Framework.

    More Info

  • Transforming Trauma: From Adverse Childhood Experiences to Healthier Outcomes Through HOPE

    Hilary will join Qur’an Griffin with Michigan’s District Health Department #10 to present at the Northwest Michigan Chronic Disease Prevention Coalition’s Annual Summit.

  • Spreading HOPE: Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences

    Hilary will present on HOPE at the 2025 Child, Adolescent, and School Health Conference in August.

Current and Past Event Partners

  • Muskegon Great Start Collaborative

  • Muskegon Rescue Mission

  • United Way of the Lakeshore

  • Michigan Alternative Education Organization

  • Michigan Association of School Nurses

  • Michigan ACEs Initiative

  • White Lake Area Community Education

  • Michigan NAPNAP

  • Michigan Association of Local Public Health

  • Muskegon Area Intermediate School District

  • Cherry Health Americorps

  • Plainwell Community Schools

  • Ottawa County Department of Public Health

  • Ottawa County Great Start Collaborative

  • Community Mental Health of Ottawa County

  • HealthWest of Muskegon

  • District Health Department 10

  • The HOPE National Resource Center

  • Kent Intermediate School District

  • Stop Child Abuse & Neglect Council of Ottawa County

  • San Diego Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Participant Comments

  • "I truly enjoyed your class. My mom and I already put it in action. (Hope)fully, it will help. Thank you!"

  • "I already try to live this way but from the HOPE training I was shown some really great data that drives me to maintain and keep growing in living this way."

  • "I would like to have HOPE presented to my staff to complement our work around trauma informed instruction."

  • "The facilitator was amazing, her energy was contagious."

  • "I would love to see you in the church settings as a workshop!"

  • "Wonderful workshop. It reminded me of the PERMA model created by Martin Seligman (positive psychology)."

How will you use HOPE in your personal or professional life?

“As an affirmation to the work that we are doing and to help build the culture needed for effective trauma informed responses to the families and children we are serving.”

“I am going to be more aware of my Type 1 and Type 2 Thinking. I was a big Type 1 and my goal is to become more of a Type 2 Thinking.”

“I will use it for universal language when talking about ACEs.”

“By thinking from the other person’s perspective, don’t look for the negative (look for the positive!)”

“By educating parents on positive childhood experiences.”