Leading the Charge for Recovery, Rights and Justice!
Alliance for Rights and Recovery 42nd Annual Conference
September 25-27, 2024 Villa Roma Resort Callicoon, NY
Alliance Note: This year’s Alliance Conference will offer a broad array of 18 substantive presentations and discussion around some of the most pressing and/or promising public policy developments and challenges that face New Yorkers and, likely, stakeholders across the nation. See below for more details, including information around scholarships and CEUs.
- KEYNOTE: NYS Mental Health Policy Forum Ann Sullivan, Commissioner, Janine Perazzo, Assistant Commissioner; Erica van De Wal, Director of Planning; Ian Rodgers, Director, Patient and Client Feedback Initiatives, NYS Office of Mental Health NYS Office of Mental Health
- Taking Back Our Power, Bringing the Pain Jihoon Kim, CEO, InUnity Alliance; Jerome Wright, Co-Director, HALT Solitary Campaign; Chacku Mathai, Director of Crisis Systems Training Initiative at Center for Practice Innovations; Glenn Liebman, CEO, Mental Health Association in New York State; Harvey Rosenthal, Director for Public Policy and Engagement, Alliance for Rights and Recovery
- Navigating New York’s 1115 Waiver: Overview, Implementation Updates, and Future Opportunities: Sarina Master, Director, Bureau of Adult Special Populations, Policy and Programming NYS Department of Health; Brett Scudder, President, CEO, Scudder Intervention Services Foundation; Steve Coe, Mental Health and Housing Policy Advocate; Luke Sikinyi, Director of Public Policy, The Alliance for Rights and Recovery
- Understanding New York’s Social Care Networks Under the New 1115 Waiver; Lauren Tobias, Senior Advisory, Brown & Weinraub; Brett Scudder, President, CEO, Scudder Intervention Services Foundation; Luke Sikinyi, Director of Public Policy, The Alliance for Rights and Recovery
- Building a Grassroots Demand for Trauma Informed Services Billy Gamble, Director of Statewide Services, Mental Health Empowerment Project (MHEP)
- Self-Direction in New York: Envisioning the Future: Ana Schick, Self-Direction Resource Consultant, Community Access; Jennifer Sutton, Director of Employment and Family Services, Independent Living; Jody Gnant, Community Access
- Informing New York’s Study on Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program: Nev Jones PhD, Assistant Professor School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh; Bevin Croft, Senior Research Associate and Director of Behavioral Health and Ebony Flint, Policy Analyst, Human Services Research Institute; Helen Skip Skipper, Executive Director, NYC Justice Peer Initiative.
- Unpacking the Power of Psychiatric Advance Directives: Matthew Federici, Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery; Rayshell Chambers, Painted Brain; Kiran Sahotak, Concepts Forward; Pablo Sadler, Mental Health Medical Director, Bureau of Mental Health at New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Moderator: Luke Sikinyi, Director for Public Policy and Engagement, Alliance for Rights and Recovery
- Peer Supporters and Community Health Workers: Where is the Nexus? Peggy Swarbrick, Associate Director, Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies; Sarina Master, Director, Bureau of Special Populations; Jeff McQueen, CEO, MHA of Nassau County; Luke Sikinyi, Director for Public Policy, Alliance for Rights and Recovery
- From Stress to Strategy: Mental Health and Your Voting Power! Jordyn Rosenthal, Director of Advocacy, Community Access; Phyllis Vine, Author; Luke Sikinyi, Director of Public Policy and Engagement, The Alliance for Rights and Recovery
- The Challenges of Peer Services Integration: Lyn Legere, Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Rita Cronise, Co-Director, PeerTAC
- Racial (In)justice and Employment Paul Margolies, Karen Broadway-Wilson, Raymond Gregory, Thomas Jewell, Norman Kim, and Gary Scannevin, Center for Practice Innovations (CPI
- Empowering Change: Youth Justice Reform and Advocacy in New York CCA Representatives Patrick Stevens, Precious Lugo, Statewide Youth Engagement Specialist, Youth Power, Jessi Davis, Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health (TIEMH)
- Strategies to Enhance our Support for Elders with Mental Health Challenges; Himali Panda, People USA; TBD, Fountain House; Carl Blumenthal, Academy of Peer Services, and Ellen Healion, Alliance for Rights and Recovery
- Advancing The Crisis Care Continuum: Innovative Models for Support and Recovery: Raquelle Kolodny, Coordinator of Integrated Services, Greater Mental Health of New York; Living Room/Respite, Shannon Higbee, BA, CEO, Recovery Options; Ellen Healion, Director of Peer Bridger Services, Alliance for Rights and Recovery; TBA Fountain House; Steve Miccio, CEO, People USA
- Compassionate Crisis Care: Person Centered Approaches to Improve Crisis Response: Christina Sparrock, member Daniel’s Law Task Force; Ruth Lowenkron, Director of Disability Justice, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest; Billy Gamble, MHEP
- Fighting for Rights, Recovery and Peer Support Across the Nation! Vanessa Ramos, Community Organizer for Public Policy, Disability Rights California; Braunwynn Franklin, Board President, National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery; Moderator: Luke Sikinyi Director of Public Policy and Engagement, The Alliance for Rights and Recovery
- Navigating Identity: Exploring the Intersectionality of Racism and the Immigrant Experience, Yaniel Wynter, DEI Youth Engagement Coordinator, Youth Power
Don’t be on the sidelines: join these very critically important discussions!
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Alliance Note: Our Alliance for Rights and Recovery is extremely pleased to announce details of the extraordinary lineup of speakers at this year’s Alliance Annual Conference, Leading the Charge for Recovery, Rights and Justice!, to be held September 25-27 in the Catskills Mountains at the Villa Rome Hotel in Callicoon, New York. Our program offers keynote and presentations by some of the most respected experts and leaders across New York and the nation (click on their names for details), along with our traditional Stand Up for Mental Health comedy show, Shiatsu, Reiki, Acupuncture healers, BBQ under the Stars, Open Mic and Peer Support groups.
- We’ve sent out letters to inform people about proposals that we were not able to include in this year’s program.
- We also distributed 75 scholarships this week to people who’ve never previously received them.
We are offering the following special deal:
Score Big with Our BUY 5, GET 1 FREE Deal!
Score Big with Our BUY 5, GET 1 FREE Deal! Deadline September 6th
We are also very pleased to invite you to take advantage of our exclusive offer: when you register five people, you’ll get one registration (including the hotel reservation) absolutely free!
- Hotel, meals and special offerings: Just contact the hotel directly at 1-800-727-8455 and select #1 for reservations to claim your bonus. Remember, each attendee needs an individual reservation/registration, but if they’re sharing a room, you can reserve them together in one go. Planning a short stay? For one-night-only bookings, give the hotel a call at the same number and select #1 for reservations. Don’t miss out on these fantastic savings!
- To attend the conference program, make your qualifying registrations HERE and then email Eileen Crosby for your free registration(s). Don’t forget to include the email address used for purchase and your organization.
If you plan to register less than 5 attendees, use the links to complete registration and get hotel accommodations online.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND HOTEL RESERVATIONS ARE SEPARATE.
Look for daily Alliance E-News postings in the coming days to hear about our other speakers and schedule. Email us here to subscribe to our E-News!