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OKFB’s Cultivating Healthy Minds series for 2024 set to begin August 2
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MINDS klahoma Farm Bureau is set to host the 2024 Cultivating Healthy Minds mental wellbeing series with the first of three webinars Friday, Aug. 2, at noon. Back again for 2024, Cultivating Healthy Minds is a multi-part webinar series to bring awareness to mental health in Oklahoma’s agriculture community. The series will feature three webinars in the months of August, September and October, and the program will cap off with an in-person mental wellbeing session at OKFB’s annual meeting in November. Each webinar will feature a keynote presentation from a speaker with experience providing mental wellbeing resources and programs for rural
residents and agriculturalists. Each session will also feature a personal testimonial from an OKFB member who has had their own mental health journey. The first webinar session is Promoting Farmer Wellness which features Jessica Cabrera, the second session is Managing Relationships featuring Monica McConkey, the third session is Tackling Trauma featuring Dr. Shannon Ferrell. Read more about each session and their speakers on the next page. The first webinar for 2024 will feature Jessica Cabrera, American Farm Bureau Federation managing director of member engagement. The webinar will focus on promoting farmer wellness. During the session, Cabrera will share
resources and information on reducing the stigma around mental health and the importance of promoting the wellbeing of farmers and ranchers. The webinar will be hosted on the Zoom webinar platform, and it is free and open to the public. Attendees may participate anonymously if they choose. Cultivating Healthy Minds is a collaborative, member-led program hosted by the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Women’s Leadership committee and the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers committee. OKFB members and the public can register for the August 2 webinar on the OKFB website at
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