For civilians and law enforcement. (3 to 4 Hours, depending on request)

Deputy Chief AJ DeAndrea (Retired) was in a leadership role in three school shootings that changed the fabric of American society and police response to active shootings around the world. He takes a deep dive into these tragic events and more importantly analyzes the positive things that came from them in decision making, improved tactics, and mental health practices. He is accompanied by his oldest daughter, Madalena DeAndrea, who survived the Borderline active shooting incident in Thousand Oaks, CA in 2018. Madalena, a current Senior Manager of Strategic Projects, Recovery, and Resiliency with Jeffco Public Schools Department of School Safety in Colorado shares how the protective factors she learned growing up the daughter of a lifelong law enforcement officer, ultimately saved her life. She shares her insights as a survivor of an active shooter, and her choice to experience post-traumatic growth following an experience of evil. This keynote culminates in an opportunity for audience questions if time allows.

For civilians and law enforcement. (1 to 2 Hours, depending on request)

In this keynote, Madalena DeAndrea deep dives her experience of surviving the Borderline Bar and Grill shooting in Thousand Oaks, CA in November of 2018 where 12 people were tragically killed including a responding Police Officer. Madalena is a current Senior Manager of Strategic Projects, Recovery, and Resiliency for Jeffco Public Schools Department of School Safety; and the daughter of Deputy Chief AJ DeAndrea (Retired) who was in a leadership role in three school shootings that changed the fabric of American society and police response to active shootings around the world. She shares how the protective factors she learned growing up ultimately saved her life and the unfiltered reality of what it takes to experience post-traumatic growth after a profound experience of evil. Madalena also empowers attendees with real-world takeaways, mindsets, and tools they can put into place today to make themselves, their loved ones, and their communities more resilient prior to crisis occurring. This keynote culminates in an opportunity for audience questions if time allows.

For high school aged youth and above, civilians, and law enforcement. (1 to 2 Hours, depending on request)

Madalena DeAndrea shares the unfiltered reality of her experience healing from and finding post-traumatic growth after surviving the Borderline Bar and Grill shooting in Thousand Oaks, CA where 12 people were tragically killed including a responding Police Officer. Madalena dives into a high-level overview of her survival experience; insights on how the protective factors she grew up with ultimately saved her life and primed her for healing; and the mindsets, skill sets, and tools, she used to rebuild her life into one of purpose following a profound experience of evil. Madalena also empowers attendees with real-world takeaways, mindsets, and tools they can put into place today to make themselves, their loved ones, and their communities more resilient prior to crisis occurring. This keynote culminates in an opportunity for audience questions if time allows.

For civilians and law enforcement. (1 to 2 Hours, depending on request)

In this panel, Madalena DeAndrea and other active shooting survivors each break down their experiences surviving and healing from an active shooting. Each panelist will give a high-level overview of the event they survived, their experience, and their healing journey. This panel culminates in an opportunity for audience questions facilitated by a member of your organization. (Specific additional panelists will be coordinated on a case by case basis for each request.)

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