BENDING, NOT BREAKING: ON FINDING THE LIGHT

PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE SENT ZOOM DETAILS OUT AND WILL DO SO ANOTHER FEW TIMES BEFORE THE EVENT FOR NEW REGISTRANTS

OTs & health professionals from around the world are invited to join this special forum in memory of Carmel Gat on World Occupational Therapy Day 2024

We will also honor the voice of Keith Siegel, a lifelong OT, and the remaining hostages

This event is being hosted by Be'Yachad Global Jewish OT Network together with ISOT - the Israeli Society of Occupational Therapy

PROGRAM

- Opening Remarks - John Chax, Mental health OT and advocate

- Bending Not Breaking: Carmel Gat's Yoga in Captivity: Enhancing function through OT & Yoga and the power of Cultivating Cognitive Resilience (CCR) - Dr. Michal Orpaz Tsipris, OTD, Founder of YogaVersity, Yoga and OT lecturer & researcher

- Thriving After Surviving: Reclaiming Autonomy and Independence for Those Affected By War - Dr. Sigal Vax, Ph.D, Director of Personalized Services - JDC-Israel Unlimited

- The Light Carmel Spread - Shira Kfir, OT and friend to Carmel

- Spreading Carmel’s Light & Elevating the Voice of Keith Siegel and the Remaining Hostages - Global Call to Action

- Closing Remarks - Natan Berry, MS OTR/L, CPAM

Sunday 27th OCTOBER 2024

London 6.00pm

New York 2.00pm

Los Angeles 11.00am

Israel 8.00pm (20.00)

Johannesburg 8.00pm

Sydney 5.00am (date: 28/10)

*These times have been adjusted for Daylight Savings in Israel/UK 

Important:

• We encourage you to invite professional peers
• Event will be recorded
• Duration 1.5 hours
• To ensure a safe online environment, participants will be muted for the whole session
• All presentations will be made in English
• Attendance certificates available to those who complete a session survey and a learning assessment
• Zoom details will be sent on October 24th. Please make a note to check your email and if you have not received the link, email us info@jewishotnetwork.org
• Please do not share the link. All participants must register in order to attend.

GLOBAL JEWISH OT NETWORK: WHO ARE WE?

Whether our Jewish identity was previously central or marginal to our professional identity, the aftermath of October 7 has changed the way many of us feel and perceive ourselves in the professional world. Rising antisemitism has seeped into our professional spaces, workplaces, and classrooms.  B’Yachad: a Global Jewish Occupational Therapy Network was founded in response to this new reality. Our vision is to be a meeting place for occupational therapy students and professionals, who identify as Jewish, Israeli or as allies, to find advocacy, mutual support, and representation. We are still in early stages of building the network and invite anyone who is interested in getting involved, to reach out: www.jewishotnetwork.org info@jewishotnetwork.org

Advocating for two professional colleagues, Carmel Gat and Keith Siegel, taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, is also a key part of who we are. Carmel’s execution, after 331 days of captivity, rocked us all to the core. The continued captivity of Keith Seigel, a retired OT, and another one hundred men, women and children (some of whom are known to be dead), causes us great distress. We will not stop fighting to make their plight known and bring their light to this world.