Great Falls Forum with Regina Mullins-Greenlee
The 2019-2020 season of the Great Falls Forum continues on Thursday, December 12th, featuring Regina Mullins-Greenlee, with a talk entitled “Finding My Way Home.” The program will take place from 12 noon to 1 PM in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library.
Regina Mullins-Greenlee is a 23-year survivor of addiction, prostitution, and human trafficking. In 1997, she left prison and began a new life in a program in Nashville, Tennessee, founded by an Episcopal Chaplain, the Rev. Becca Stevens. She was welcomed with four other women into the first residential community in what came to be called Magdelene, with its small social enterprise, Thistle Farms. There are now six houses in Nashville and Thistle Farms products are sold nationwide, including at Whole Foods.
As one of the founding women, Regina helped identify and create many of the unique distinctions of the program. After graduating, her natural leadership abilities moved her into a position with the Residential/Clinical team, where she served as Residential Manager for 18 years. In this role, Regina directly impacted hundreds of women through peer counseling and her recovery leadership.
In 2015 Regina accepted a new role with the Education and Outreach Team, and has since, tirelessly and actively, nurtured and counseled sister organizations around the world doing similar work. In doing so, Regina has impacted hundreds more survivors.
Regina is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist and she has two semesters remaining before completing theological studies. This year, Regina opened a consulting agency called “Healing Wings Consultants.” It supports organizations modeled on Thistle Farms, as they expand the network of communities that welcome survivors. There are now 40 affiliated sister programs in development around the country, of which Sophia’s House in Lewiston is one. Herban Works is its social enterprise.
In her Great Falls Forum talk, Regina will share her story and the journey that led to her work with Thistle Farms.
The Great Falls Forum is a monthly, brown-bag speaker series featuring statewide and regional leaders in public policy, business, academia and the arts. The programs are free, open to all and no reservations are required. Coffee, tea and bottled water are provided for a donation at the event. The Forum is a co-sponsorship of the Sun Journal, Bates College, and LPL.
For more information, contact LPL Adult & Teen Services at (207) 513-3135 or LPLReference@Gmail.com
