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|Biography=Regina (Rei) Stone-Grover is a grassroots community organizer and advocate.
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|About=Regina (Rei) Stone-Grover is a trauma-informed, healing-centered professional, certified sexual assault professional, mental health professional, and author. A former crisis text line, sexual assault, and wellness clinician, she leads healing-centered engagement workshops and provides consultation for working in the trauma community. 

As a community organizer and advocate, she has worked in grassroots organizing and community support since 2004. She is a former employee of [https://www.ncdps.gov/ North Carolina Department of Public Safety], where she worked with adult male inmates as a staff psychologist. She also worked as a key organizer for the [https://www.wfae.org/local-news/2017-01-21/womens-march-on-charlotte-draws-tens-of-thousands-to-uptown-exceeding-expectations Womenʼs March on Charlotte], being a point person for the media, and organizing communication with event sponsors and donors, which organized over 25,000 marchers.

After graduating from [https://www.cmu.edu/ Carnegie Mellon University] (CMU) she moved to Rockford Illinois, and completed the Illinois Coalition training as a Sexual Assault Medical advocate (volunteer) to assist survivors during their time at the hospital. She also worked for [https://www.rosecrance.org/locations/rosecrance-harrison-campus/ Rosecrance, Inc] in a menʼs inpatient adult substance and alcohol recovery unit. After a year in Illinois, she moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she further developed her career with [https://fcsource.org/ Family and Children Services] as a respite worker with youth with developmental disabilities and social-emotional disorders. She then worked with Kalamazoo Public Schools as a paraprofessional with the [https://mi50000600.schoolwires.net/PEEP Pre-kindergarten Early Education Program] (PEEP).

Stove-Grover is a strong advocate for writing as a therapeutic tool. She has been a featured poet for [https://wmich.edu/suicideprevention Western Michigan University's Suicide Prevention Awareness Program] and for [https://ccdok.org/ Catholic Charities of Kalamazoo] Youth Advisory Board. Earning her Masters of Arts degree at [https://wmich.edu/ Western Michigan Universityʼs] (WMU) Counseling Psychology program, she volunteered at Kalamazooʼs Urban Empowerment, a multicultural literacy program. Later, she interned for the [https://www.kalcounty.com/courts/circuit/kcjh/ Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home] working with the treatment program, building out re-entry, and providing support for youth. In this role, she created a workbook and workshop, “[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Cope_Life/eldD0AEACAAJ?hl=en The Cope Life],” designed to focus on healing-centered engagement and building self-regulation skills.

While at WMU, Stone-Grover raised awareness about political issues affecting citizens of color and the homeless by working with other local organizers to start [https://www.secondwavemedia.com/southwest-michigan/features/Kalamazoo-for-Justice-Envisioning-a-communit-where-the-promise-of-equality-is-guaranteed-0727.aspx Kalamazoo 4 Justice]. Her participation in the [https://catalog.wmich.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=27&poid=7713 Integrative Holistic Health and Wellness] program in the [https://wmich.edu/healthprograms School of Interdisciplinary Health] expanded her experience in research into diversity and inclusion, learning ways to accommodate campus-wide diversity. While completing her education at WMU, she organized to protest excessive use of force by the police and to raise awareness of issues facing People of Color.
|Commentary={{Commentary
|Commentary title=The Depleted Value of the Native Charlotteanʼs Voice
|Commentary select=External link
|Commentary link=https://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2017/08/06/opinion/the-depleted-value-of-the-native-charlottean-s-voice
|Commentary source=The Charlotte Post
|Commentary year=2017
|Commentary month=August
|Commentary description=Charlotte natives are getting some of the harshest treatment from the city of Charlotte.  An upward-mobility study showed that children born to natives of Charlotte risk living in a lifetime of poverty. 
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|BooksAndResearch={{BooksAndResearch
|BooksAndResearch title=The Cope Life
|BooksAndResearch subtitle=Reflection Guide Workbook
|BooksAndResearch select=External link
|BooksAndResearch link=https://books.google.co.nz/books/about/The_Cope_Life.html?id=eldD0AEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
|BooksAndResearch publisher=Free Your Phire
|BooksAndResearch year=2023
|BooksAndResearch month=December
|BooksAndResearch description=A workbook designed to help traumatized people regulate emotions and better cope with their lives.
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|Multimedia={{Multimedia
|Multimedia title=Mental Health Professional: Regina Stone Grover: #FreeYourPhire
|Multimedia link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JilwtERlmn0
|Multimedia type=Video
|Multimedia tag=Feature
|Multimedia year=2024
|Multimedia month=February
|Multimedia description=Join us as we explore the intersection of creativity, productivity, and mental wellness with a leading mental health professional. In this insightful YouTube interview, we understand the profound impact of IdeatingCards on mental health for personal use and within the workplace. 

Organize thoughts and potent mechanisms for stress relief, mindfulness, and emotional expression. Whether you're a mental health advocate, a professional seeking to boost your team's wellness, or simply curious about the benefits of creative tools in mental health practices, this conversation offers valuable perspectives and strategies.
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|Is published=Yes
|Date published=2024-12-20
|Published by=Rey
|Sort as=Stone-Grover, Rei
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