NYAPRS Note: NYAPRS is very pleased to release our updated program schedule for this year’s virtual Annual Conference, entitled “United in Hope, Together for Justice and Wellness for All” to be held on September 21, 23, 28 and 30, 2021. See below for more details.
We’d like to highlight a number of presentations that focus on themes
related to racial and gender equity and justice
SEPTEMBER 21
2:45 pm Unapologetically Black Unicorns Keris Myrick, JED Foundation, moderator; Khatera Aslami Tamplen, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Office of Peer Support Services; Jei Africa, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, County of Marin; Chyrell Bellamy, Associate Professor, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health; Rayshell Chambers, COO/Co-Founder, Painted Brain
SEPTEMBER 23
2:45 pm LGBTQI Perspective: Viewing Mental Health through the Lens of the LGBTQI Community Elise Diamond, MHA of Columbia-Greene Counties
Cultural Competence: Is It Enough? A Call to Action NYAPRS Cultural Competence Committee members
6:30 pm Wellness and Resilience Story Circle Deborah Wilcox, PhD and Poetry for Personal Power Arts and Advocacy (P3) and panel
8:00 pm Implement Story Circles Within Your Organization Dr. Deborah Wilcox, PhD and Poetry for Personal Power Arts and Advocacy (P3) and panel
SEPTEMBER 28
11:30 pm Keynote: Caught Up in the Intersectionality Of Systems: Moving From Rage To Fearlessness To Change
Helen ‘Skip’ Skipper, The NYC Criminal Justice Agency
1:15 pm BIPOC Health Disparities and the Declaration for Public Health Emergency and ACT of 2021 Jennifer Padron, Surviving Race: Intersection on Injustice, Disability and Human Rights; Dr. Diane Holliman, Valdosta State University
5:00 pm Diversity Bash and Fashion Show: NYAPRS Cultural Competence Committee
6:30 pm Cultural Competency Committee 20th Anniversary Story and Celebration
8:00 pm Trauma and Healing Through Hip Hop Luis Lopez, TBA
SEPTEMBER 30
1:15 pm Partnering with Communities to Create a Trauma-Informed Approach to Racial Justice, Reconciliation and Healing Teena Brooks and members of the Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice
2:45 pm Decolonizing the Gender Binary Vesper Moore, Kiva Centers
Registration is completely free; CEUs will be available at cost. Register Now at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/united-in-hope-together-for-justice-and-wellness-for-all-tickets-163080673685
Questions? Contact Eileen at eileenc@nyaprs.org.
