Joe Pisano, and his Artistry of healing. Reserves Chief Petty Officer and martial arts instructor. He is known for unique artistic creations that blend canvas, metal, wood and paint into three dimensional tributes to the sacrifice, duty and honor of our military servicemembers and veterans. Working with the Resurrecting Lives Foundation, Joe helps raise awareness for and bring healing to veterans suffering from Traumatic Brain Injuries and PTSD. His work is moving, amazing, and healing. Joe’s unique form of expression, is meant to immortilize heroes and include participation by others. See: pisanoartistry.com to experience Joe’s Artistry and more. Crisanne Gordon, Founder of Veteran TBI Advocacy Organization, Resurrecting Lives (.org) recently released Brainstorms an experiential short film that gives the audience a glimpse of what it is like to live with a traumatic brain injury, following a veteran who receives a concussive blast during a tour of duty and then assimilates back into civilian life with his new invisible injury. The film, is based off the book Turn the Lights On! by Chrisanne Gordon, MD. Brainstorms will be competing at the GI Film Festival in San Diego on Friday May19th. Joe will tell us more, and how they met!
One Survivor Can Make a Difference
Cheryl Kempf is a survivor of acquired brain injury, ABI and PTSD. Her anoxic event in 1994 left her with partial numbness and no therapy or rehabilitation plans upon her hospital release. That led to her first speaking topic, “What Do You See When You Look at Me?” Her work at the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, DARS, led to her being mentored as a speaker for brain injury and disability. She chaired the Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council (TBIAC) during that time. In 2012, returning home from chairing a TBIAC meeting, she was detained by law enforcement. The resulting arrest and PTSD led to her advocacy for law enforcement education on recognizing and positive response to brain injury and PTSD. That became a Texas law in 2015, HB 1338, 84(R), Naishtat. That became her speaking and advocacy subject “To Be Different Is Not To Be Guilty”. In 2016 Cheryl took her advocacy to other states and Washington, DC. She has advocated independently, and worked with the Brain Injury Alliance of Texas, who awarded her the Tom Dean Humanitarian Award in 2016, participated in Brain Injury Association of America’s Brain Injury Day on Capitol Hill, was part of the 2020 Congressional Briefing on Brain Injury and worked with the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators, NASHIA, as a consultant and member of the Public Policy Committee. In August 2022, Congress passed HR 2992, The Brain Injury and PTSD Law Enforcement Training Act, the federal law Cheryl has advocated for since 2016. In September 2022, The National Association of State Head Injury Administrators awarded her with their William A.B.Ditto Excellence in Public Policy Award. She continues her advocacy with the new opportunities NASHIA and the Department of Justice, DOJ are currently funding. A narrative of her brain injury work can be found at her website, CherylsWords.com.
Kim on Saint Joseph Museum’s Psychology Social Hour
Thursday, April 13th at 6pm Central time!
Rebirth, Renewal and the Brain
Kim and Caren will be discussing rebirth and renewal in matters of the brain. Callers & Poets Welcome! No Trolls Allowed!! 🙂
Dr. Maria Shares 12 Commandments
Join Kim and Dr. Maria Romanas as Maria enlightens us on 12 Commandments we had perhaps not yet pondered. That sprinkled in with some compenatory strategy’s and we have a solid brain Injury Show! Join us )