A complimentary workshop series for people of faith who are engaging with Michigan's military people.
Join our mission to graduate 60 people of faith again this year!
Polish your skills on having meaningful connections, and equip yourself with local resources to best serve.
1. Connect the faith and military communities
2. Content Delivery - Resources & Guide
3. Crisis Awareness/Intervention - Training
4. Cultural Competency - Training
CH Brian Webb
Diana Laskey, LMSW
CH Shelly C. Rood
BG Doug Slocum (Ret)
11:30am - 1:30pm EST
Lunch served upon arrival, program begins at noon.
Becoming certified is the first step towards making a lasting impact on military people in your local community.
Knowing how to engage people who have served is important to me - this training gave me confidence in my skills to do just that.
–Canetha Amour, AmourWomen.com
free resource #1:
W|W Best Of Guide
Download the free .PDF and discover how people & organization across Michigan are serving Veterans and Military Families!
10 Organizations highlighted
Local contacts & resources
W|W Program overview
Article, "4 Ways to Make a Meaningful Connection with Military People"
View and download this free 21-page .PDF and learn what to say (and not!) when engaging in conversation with service members, veterans and military families.
4 ways to connect meaningfully
3 main issues to be wary of
Examples of smart things to say
2022 Michigan Warriors | Warriors
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CH Brian Webb
Brian Webb has served as a Chaplain with the Michigan Army National Guard since 2006 and as the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Veteran Liaison since 2016 where he leads the Veteran Navigator Project. Brian also serves on the Board of Warrior’s Hope, a Non-Profit Faith based organization serving Veterans and their families in the greater Thumb area of Michigan.
Brian has served 3 years of active duty in his military career as a Yellow Ribbon Chaplain, preparing Soldiers to enter the combat theatre, instructing them in Resilience as a Master Resilience trainer and an ASIST(Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) trainer. Brian has been married to Paulette for the past 36 years, they have 4 adult children and 10 grandchildren.
Shelly served in the United States Army Reserves for 16 years as an Intelligence Officer and now is a civilian Chaplain and small business owner, advocating for selfless service in action. Attaining the rank of Captain, Shelly served as an S2, a Company Commander and more, leading covert intelligence briefings and orchestrating security programs for nearly 4,000 Soldiers. Her military awards include the Shield of Sparta and the St. Joan D’Arc.
Shelly is a Distinguished Military Graduate from Western Michigan University and earned a Master of Arts - Ministry Studies at Moody Theological Seminary. She is the creator of Others Over Self®, a leadership mindset serving people in positions of influence to make a lasting impact. Shelly facilitates the Warriors With Warriors Program: Connecting the Spiritual with the Earthly. She is happily married and is tackling the daily challenge of raising two boys in an increasingly self-focused society.
BG Doug Slocum (Ret)
Retiring as a Brigadier General in 2019, Doug “Odie” Slocum has 35 years’ experience with the Air Force and the Air National Guard. His last assignment was as the Commanding General of the 127th Wing and Selfridge Air National Guard Base. Under his leadership, the men and women of the base earned numerous accolades including awards for being the top Air National Guard Wing in the country, the top fighter aircraft organization, the most efficient aerial tanker Wing in the Air Force, and only the third Air NationalGuard Wing in history to receive the Meritorious Unit Award for“outstanding devotion and exceptional performance.”
He is well known for his leadership style which has been branded as “violent positivity”. Odie is a world-renowned educator and acclaimed motivational speaker having delivered more than 750 presentations or keynote addresses to over 150,000 attendees.
Odie is a career fighter pilot with more than 4,100 hours flying F-4, F-16, and A-10 aircraft – the top 1% of experienced fighter pilots in the Air Force. As an instructor pilot, he has personally authored more than 250 lessons, textbooks, and professional publications. He also championed nation-wide programs for suicide prevention, fatigue management, driving safety, midair collision avoidance, and flight safety. As a result of his safety innovations and results, Odie was inducted into the Air Force Safety Hall of Fame in 2013.
Odie is active in the community and as a veteran advocate, serving on the boards of the Fisher House of Michigan and the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), The Selfridge Air Museum, and is a member of Women in Defense (WID), the Selfridge Base Community Council, and the Macomb County Chamber. He also ran for federal Congress in Michigan in the 2020 election cycle. He lives in Macomb Township in Southeast Michigan and is married and has a 15-year-old daughter.
Diana Laskey, LMSW
Diana Laskey, Licensed Master Social Worker, comes from a lifelong history of being associated to the military in one way or another, which helps to fuel her passion she has for assisting those within the military community. She was raised as an Air Force brat, is a USAF veteran, and a military spouse. Her dad was a chaplain and she was raised on multiple military bases until she joined the USAF herself as an AMMO troop. While she was serving in Korea, she met her husband and they have now been married 24 years. Diana served her four years and separated so she could devote her time to going to school and raising their 4 girls.
It has been her dream to be able to give back to the military community. Diana has worked with a large variety of people and situations, with both children and adults in non-profit, substance abuse, emergency, and outpatient therapy situations. Diana recently served in the role as the Selfridge Director of Psychological Health, and is now currently the Walking With Warriors Veteran Navigator for Macomb County, which has been the perfect fit to integrate with her personal background with the military and versatile knowledge as a social worker and therapist for the last 15 years.
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