SPEAKERS:

Community, Consumer and Family Panel, with guest speaker

Shannon Suo, MD, Psychiatry/Family Medicine Primary Health Division, Integrated Behavioral Health “Beating the Odds: Improving Health for Consumers”

COMMUNITY DIALOGUE MEETING:

“Changing the Experience of Being LGBTQ in the Sacramento Region:
Promoting Mental Health Wellness & Reducing Inequities

Poshi Mikalson, MSW, LGBTQ Mental Health Project Manager
Mental Health America of Northern California

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Consumer Speaks Conference

December 16, 2010

@ 10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m 

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS:

Andrea Hillerman-Crook, Consumer Advocate Liaison, Mental Health America of Northern California

Mary Ann Bennett, Deputy Director, Behavioral Health Services Division Sacramento County, Department of Health & Human Services

Mental Health America of Northern California

Sacramento County,

Department of Health and Human Services Division of Behavioral Health Services

WORKSHOPS INCLUDE:

“Evolving History of Client Movement with a Focus on Sacramento County”

Peggy Lopez, Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the California Network of Mental Health Clients and

Michele Curran, Director of the Office of Self-Help of the California Network of Mental Health Clients  and 

"Mental Health Recovery 101”
Peer Partner Presents a Partnership with Mental Health America of Northern California

Hmong Women’s HeritageAssociation

Roque Lara & Kaybee Alvarado, Mental Health America of Northern California

Huey Nguyen & Mai Xiong, Hmong Women’s Heritage Association

Questions? Contact Andrea Hillerman-Crook at Hillerman-CrookA@SacCounty.net.  If you need to arrange for an interpreter or a reasonable accommodation, please contact Mary Nakamura one week prior to the event at (916) 876-5821 or nakamuram@saccounty.net. 

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