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AGENDA - 2022
Theme: Healing Communities
**Now offering Plenary Sessions in Spanish**
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26
9:30 AM
Welcome
Doug Beach, Chair, 2022 Pathways to Hope Conference; Rev Mignon Jones-Spann
9:40 AM
Words of Inspiration
Patrick Gahan, Sr. Rector Christ Episcopal Church; Mehmet Oguz, Raindrop Foundation;
Rabbi Mara Nathan, Temple Beth El
9:55 AM
Remarks
Judge Nelson Wolff, Bexar County
Daniel H. Gillison, Jr. CEO, National Alliance on Mental Illness
10:10 AM
Welcome
Introduction
Shirley Holloway, Board President NAMI National & video
Plenary 1
Dr. Thomas Insel (Co-founder and President of Mindstrong Health, psychiatrist and neuoroscientist, former Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and author of Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health, 2022)
Introduction
Dawn Brown, Director. Cross Culture Innova & Engagement
Plenary 2
"Who Moved My Happy"
Erika Kendrick, Author, Advocate, NAMI Ambassador
" Break Down Barriers Through Access, Faith and Community" (Martise Colston)
11:30 AM
Break to Workshops and Lunch
12:00 PM
Workshop Session I
Faith Community
“Communities Matter: Faith Communities and Collective Trauma” (Rev. Justin Lindstrom, Associate Rector-Christ Episcopal Church; Vickie Hollon, Trinity Baptist Church; Rev. Dr. Claudette A. Copeland, Co-Pastor & Pastor Emerita of New Creation Christian Fellowship )
Room: Founders
Mental Health
Free Collective Trauma to Collective Healing: Impact of COVID on Teen Mental Health (Gloria Hulshof, School Social Worker, San Antonio ISD Jefferson High School; Ellen Spitsen and Meredith Howe, San Antonio Metro Health Department)
Room: East Rotunda
Peer Programs
Finding a "Recovery Practice": How (WRAP) Wellness Recovery Action Planning Saved My Life During Covid! (Kiley Clark & Julie Marschlowitz, Form Communities)
Room: Feik Rotunda
Therapy/Counseling
The Collective Traumatic Impact of Covid and Building Community Resilience (Mary Beth Fisk The Ecumenical Center; Mary Garr, Family Services)
Room: Carlos Alvarez
1:15 PM
Break to Workshops
1:15 PM
Workshop Session II
Faith Community
“Building a Mental Health Initiative/Program” NAMI-Bridges to Care San Antonio (Rev Mignon Jones-Spann, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church; Rev. Veron Blue, Family Life Christian Church; Rev. Justin Lindstrom, Christ Episcopal Church; Beverly Watts-Davis, WestCare)
Room: East Rotunda
Mental Health
“Empathy Fatigue: Caregivers are Impacted Too” (Donna Costa, LMSW, NAMI San Antonio; Dr. Roxanna Delgado, UT Health)
Room: Carlos Alvarez
Peer Programs
“Peer Leadership and Why It Matters”
(Noah Abdenour, Director of Peer and Recovery Services Programs, Planning and Policy for Texas Health and Human Services (HHS);Anna Gray, director of Prosumers; Jessi Davis, Senior Program Coordinator, Southwest MHTTC; President, National Association of Peer Supporters)
Room: Feik Rotunda
Therapy/Counseling
“A Different Pandemic: Mental Health Challenges and LGBTQ Youth” (Naomi Brown, LCSW, Director of Training and Case Management, The Center-Pride Center San Antonio; Gavin Rogers, Travis Park UMC/Corazon Ministries)
Room: Founders LOUNGE
2:45 PM
Break to Workshops
3:00 PM
Workshop Session III
Congregational Rapid Response Team( Dr. Andy Gray and Dr. Jaynie Gray- Pruit, Kingdom Life Christian Ministries
Room: East Rotunda
Mental Health
Addressing Mental Health Issues in the Hispanic/LatinX community: Honoring and Accepting Cultural Differences (Olga Rodriguez, Integrated Management Strategies/ CMS Program Coordinator; Dr. Mary Jo Rodriguez, St. Dominic Catholic Church)
Room: Founders Lounge
Peer Programs
“The Pandemic and Recovery: Recovery from Substance Use” (Evita Morin,LMSW, CEO of Rise Recovery; David Phipps, CEO of Lifetime Recovery; Liza Jensen, Alpha Home)
Room: Carlos Alvarez
Therapy/Counseling
“Love Isn’t Supposed to Hurt: Domestic Violence” (Rev. Denise Barker, Magdalena House; Marta Prada Pelaez, FVPS CEO, Patricia S. Castillo, LMSW, P.E.A.C.E. Initiative Executive Director and Capt. Rene Gallegos, San Antonio Police Department)
Room: Feik Rotunda
4:15 PM
DAY 1 CLOSE / CONFERENCE EVALUATION
9:00 AM
Alamo City Street Choir
9:30 AM
Welcome
Doug Beach, Chair, 2022 Pathways to Hope Conference;
9:35 AM
Words of Inspiration
Father Mesa, St. Paul's Catholic Church; Mehmet Oguz, Raindrop Foundation
9:40 AM
Introduction
Doug Beach
Welcome Remarks
Dan Gillison, NAMI National CEO: “Community Collaboration”
NAMI FaithNet
Doug Beach, Chair, 2022 Pathways to Hope Conference
Remarks/Award
Paul Lu, NAMI FaithNet Advisory Group, Lifetime Achievement Award – Dr. Gunnar Christensen, “In Memoriam”
award accepted by Susan Christensen
Sharing Hope/ Compartiendo Esperanza
Dawn Brown, National Director, NAMI HelpLine Services
Plenary 3
Community Collaboration" (Pastor Jason Reynolds, Sr. Pastor Emmanuel Baptist Church)
10:45 AM
Plenary 4
"Healing Our Communities: Outcomes after Training"" (Rev Veron Blue, Dr. Andy Gray, Billy Lavender, Nikita Fox, Carolyn Bailey-White, and Dr. Sunita Punjabi)
11:20 AM
Break to Workshops
*Recognition of leaders who are doing great things around advocacy and educating – lifetime achievement and standout figures
11:50 AM
Workshop Session IV
“@TheIntersection Healing Communities (verb) = Healthy Communities”
“@TheIntersection Healing Communities (verb) = Healthy Communities” (Rev. Ann Helmke)
Spanish Language: La Familia y Salud Mental (Dr. Martian Angela Aguilar and Dr. Mary Jo Rodriguez)
Room: Founder Lounge
Healing Power of Storytelling, Community, and Technology (Rev. Ann Helmke, City’s Faith Liaison; David Pocta, Healing Community Collaborative; Elizabeth Coffee; H.E. Butt Foundation’s storytelling effort, “Who is My Neighbor?”; Rev. Dr. Dhawn Martin, www.SACRD.org )
Room: Feik Rotunda
Bro-Talk: African-American Men Talk Mental Health (Bishop Alfred Blue, Family Life International Ministries)
Room: East Rotunda
Young Leaders Engaged (Kristie Alsagar and Marlon Davis)
Room: Carlos Alvarez
2:00 PM
2022 CONFERENCE CLOSE / CONFERENCE EVALUATION