Now, more than ever, first responders and healthcare workers must be resilient. Resilience means being, living, working, playing and expecting well. It means living the best life possible. While most people want to be more resilient, many simply do not know how. This workshop helps participants define and understand resilience and teaches ways to build resilience in a no-nonsense and completely achievable way.

This presentation by Max Schachter will bring you along his journey from pain into purpose. He recounts his heartbreak and details his unrelenting drive for school safety since his son was murdered during the 2018 Parkland school shooting. Max speaks not only from the perspective of a father of a victim of mass violence; he is also a commissioner on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission that was tasked with investigating the worst high school shooting in United States history. Max shares his in-depth knowledge of the failures, lessons learned, and best practices implemented throughout Florida and the federal government since that Valentine’s day created a giant hole in his life. While Max has worked as an advisor to the FBI and U.S. Secret Service on preventing the next tragedy, he is also focused on assisting the next law enforcement leader after tragedy strikes though his membership on IACP’s Mass Violence Peer to Peer Advisory Team.