Bro. Omosun shared his Professional School Counseling expertise at 2024 BOND Academy

Bro. Davesus Omosun was a presenter at this year's 2024 BOND Academy. The BOND (Building Our Network of Diversity) Project holds an annual conference that is designed to highlight and celebrate black male educators. At this year's conference, Bro. Omosun shared his Professional School Counseling expertise with the following presentation:

Disclosing Our Stories: Empowering Educators to Use Their Stories to Help Students Transition from Resilience to Healing

Grounded in the philosophy of phenomenology, participants will explore the use of storytelling, experience, and perspective to broach sensitive and emotional topics. Becoming vulnerable to share stories educators have the power to bridge generational gaps. By bridging gaps, educators are better equipped to forge greater relationships with their students. Through deeper connections, educators are positioned to offer strategies to help students do more than overcome adversity, but actually heal from those adverse childhood experiences. Thus giving students the ability to become better versions of themselves and better equipped to attain academic success, and social emotional maturity.