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NYAPRS 2014 Awards Honor Excellence and Inspiration |
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The NYAPRS Board of Directors is very pleased to recognize and thank this year’s awardees for their exemplary contributions in advancing the recovery, rights and community integration of people with psychiatric disabilities or diagnoses, both in New York and nationally. Many of the honorees will receive their awards at this year’s NYAPRS 32nd Annual Conference, to be held in just three weeks at the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson from September 17-19. There’s still time to purchase an ad in the conference journal to congratulate the winners; contact Mary at mary@nyaprs.org by this Friday, August 29th! Register today to share in our celebration of these extraordinary leaders at https://rms.nyaprs.org/event/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=13
The following have been recognized by the NYAPRS Board this year for their extraordinary efforts on behalf of our community:
BRENDAN NUGENT LEADERSHIP AWARD – Angela Hebner The Brendan Nugent Leadership Award is presented to an inspiring consumer leader for their efforts in promoting the empowerment of people with psychiatric disabilities in New York State. Over the past decade, Angela Hebner has shared her inspiring example and devotion with thousands in the New York City area. In addition to her work as director of Baltic Street AEH’s programs at South Beach Psychiatric Center (SBPC), Angela is the Chairperson for Staten Island’s Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) to the NYS Office of Mental Health, chairs the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Consumer Advisory Board, co-chairs the Staten Island Mental Health Council and is a Parachute NYC Advisory Board Member. ——————– FRANCES OLIVERO ADVOCACY AWARD – Cathy Cave, Darby Penney & Jennifer Parrish The Frances Olivero Advocacy Award is presented to an individual for their inspiring efforts to advocate and advance system and service reforms on behalf of New Yorkers with psychiatric disabilities. Jennifer Parrish Jennifer Parish has been a tireless advocate for criminal justice reform, with a long record of successful advocacy for discharge planning for people with psychiatric disabilities released from jail and prison, elimination of the practice of placing people in solitary confinement in correctional facilities and the creation of more alternatives to incarceration for people with mental illness involved in the criminal justice system.
Cathy Cave and Darby Penney For more than twenty-five years, Cathy Cave and Darby Penney have used their experience as survivors to strengthen the message of trauma-informed approaches throughout the nation. Their expertise has successfully brought the value of peer support in healing and recovery from trauma to the forefront through their work to support Mental Health Empowerment Project’s Trauma-Informed Communities Project, as writers and trainers for SAMHSA’s National Center for Trauma-Informed Care and as co-authors of “Engaging Women in Trauma-Informed Peer Support: A Guidebook.” —————- PUBLIC EDUCATION AWARD – Michael Virtanen As the Albany-based Capital reporter for the Associated Press, Michael wrote a number of articles that received national coverage that educated the public on the movement to downsize NYS psychiatric hospital and to reinvest the savings to expand community-based recovery services and the importance of ultimately approved legislation that will expand Crisis Intervention Teams in New York State. —————– PUBLIC POLICY LEADERSHIP AWARD – Ron Manderscheid, PhD For over 40 years, Ron Manderscheid has been one of the nation’s most prominent and powerful advocates, academics, researchers and proponents of the recovery, rehabilitation, rights and community integration of Americans with mental health conditions. Most recently, he has been a passionate advocate for national healthcare reform, whole health and for the greatly enhanced roles for peer run services in the ACA environment. —————- LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Doug Ruderman The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an individual who has a long record of exemplary contributions to the recovery, rehabilitation and rights of New Yorkers with psychiatric disabilities. Throughout his career with NYS Office of Mental Health, Doug has been instrumental in the development of the innovative, recovery-oriented rehabilitation practices that changed the emphasis of service delivery across NYS. Doug’s insight, compassion and leadership have helped build a strong foundation for the recovery-focused, individualized and integrated rehabilitation and treatment options that are poised to be central to New York’s emerging managed care reforms. ————- MARTY SMITH MEMORIAL AWARD – PEOPLe Inc. and Fountain House The Marty Smith Memorial Award is presented to an innovative community mental health agency for exemplary contributions to advance the recovery of New Yorkers with psychiatric disabilities. PEOPLe, Inc. For almost 30 years, PEOPLe, Inc. has received international recognition for groundbreaking innovations that have helped to transformmental health services and systems across our state, nation and internationally. These have included peer run crisis respite programs, warm lines, peers in emergency rooms and peer advocacy and support initiatives. Most recently, PEOPLe has played a central role in “Imagine Dutchess,” an asset-based community development project that is committed to transforming the current health care delivery model in Dutchess County, NY.
Fountain House Since 1948, Fountain House is dedicated to the recovery of men and women by providing opportunities for members to live, work, and learn, while contributing their talents through a community of mutual support. Fountain House’s impact in creating the clubhouse model has touched lives around the world, helping to inspire the creation of over 300 clubhouses internationally. A recognized evidence-based practice, Fountain House/Clubhouse International was recently selected to receive the 2014 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. ———- MURIEL SHEPHERD PARTNERS WITH FAMILIES AWARD – Phyllis Vine The Muriel Shepherd Partners with Families Award is presented to an individual whose inspiring leadership has helped advance the alliance of families and consumers to promote the recovery and rights of people with psychiatric disabilities. Phyllis Vine has achieved national recognition for her leadership in operating a progressive mental health website and blog, MI Watch and as the author of “Families in Pain,” one of the first books to share the perspective of family members that has been hailed for its honest and sensitive discussion about personal pain and failed social policies. For the past decade, she has written for magazines such as The Nation, Progressive, Extra! and City Limits. ————– FAITH & FELLOWSHIP AWARD Chacku Mathai For the past 20 years, Chacku has received widespread state and national recognition for his far-reaching efforts to promote recovery, rehabilitation, rights, peer support, employment and economic self-sufficiency and cultural competence. Yet, Chacku is just as well known, appreciated and admired for the extraordinary compassion, encouragement, inspiration, respect, humility and love that he regularly shares with us all. ———- Quincy Boykin Memorial Award – Clarencetine (Teena) Brooks The Quincy Boykin award is presented in heartfelt recognition of your inspiring contributions to the recovery, empowerment, integration and inclusion of all New Yorkers with psychiatric disabilities. Teena Brooks Teena Brooks has helped lead the way in New York City and New York State to organize efforts to promote culturally and linguistically competent mental health services that address healthcare disparities that cross the spectrum of race, ethnicity and gender. This work guided her efforts as a former NYAPRS President and chair of our Cultural Competence Committee and will inspire her efforts as the new Assistant Director of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Office of Consumer Affairs.
Please go to our website: www.nyaprs.org, for more information on program, registration, sponsorship opportunities and more!
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