ECHO ICWA & Tribal Engagement: Celebrating One Year + CalHOPE Redline

For the past year, we’ve been learning from and alongside one another through the ECHO ICWA & Tribal Engagement learning community. As we mark our one-year anniversary, we’ll take time to honor the community we’ve built and continue our learning together by highlighting a statewide resource created to support California’s Urban Indian and Tribal communities. 

And because one year of learning together is worth celebrating, we’ll make some time to look back at what we’ve learned, honor the contributions that have shaped this community and look ahead to Year 2 of ECHO. 

Join us to learn about CalHOPE Redline, a free peer support service providing confidential emotional support, connection and resources for Urban Indian and Tribal communities throughout California. Operated by the California Consortium for Urban Indian Health (CCUIH), Redline is a CalHOPE program funded by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). 

This ECHO session will explore what Redline offers, the role and value of peer support, how Redline can complement existing services and supports, and how providers can connect Urban Indian and Tribal communities to this resource.

Presenters:

Nicole Thomas, Redline Manager with 12 years of experience in mental health peer support and crisis services, including three years working directly with Native community. Thomas is a certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist and California State Certified Sexual Assault Peer Counselor with a B.A. in Psychology. 

Maudy Swisher, Hunkpapa Lakota from the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Swisher is a Redline Navigator with four years of experience working with Native community in various roles and 10 years of experience supporting children with disabilities. 

Tashina S. Boyer, Mono/Diegueno, Redline Navigator with 20 years of experience working with the Bay Area Native American community. Boyer holds an MFA in English Creative Writing, a B.A. in English Creative Writing with a Women and Gender Studies minor, and certificates in TESOL and Teaching of Composition from San Francisco State University.  

Esmeralda Sandoval, a Nahuatl descendant, bilingual in Spanish and English. Redline Navigator with 3 years of experience working with the Native community, along with 1 year working directly with Mexico's Nahuatl Native community, and 10 years working with individuals with disabilities.