LEAD Peer Statewide Conference 2023
Event Program
June 12, 2023
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09:30 AM - 10:10 AM |
Welcome & Opening Remarks |
Andrea Wagner |
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10:10 AM - 11:45 AM |
Keynote: Lead the Way Together Dr. Holly Sawyer, better known as Dr. Holly, is the Director of the Masters in Addictions Counseling (MAC) program and Assistant Clinical Professor in the department of Counseling and Family Therapy at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Prior to her employment at Drexel University, she was a clinical director at an intensive outpatient treatment facility and clinical supervisor at a methadone clinic. For 20 years, Dr. Holly has been teaching in the areas of k-12, Adult Basic Education and Higher Education. She is the CEO and lead psychotherapist at her solo practice, Life First Therapy where she helps professional Black women navigate microaggressions in the workplace by helping them find their inner power through assertiveness without using substances to cope. She’s a licensed professional counselor (LPC), a national certified counselor (NCC), certified advanced alcohol and drug counselor (CAADC), DOT qualified Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) and PA certified board endorsed clinical supervisor. Dr. Holly is also a highly sought after international mental health public speaker. She is the author of Get Your Mind Right, Get Your Money Right! The Mental Health Guide for Successful Entrepreneurs and It's Time to Talk About Trauma. She's been featured on Philadelphia's Fox News 29, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, and more. |
Holly Sawyer |
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11:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
Break |
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12:00 PM - 01:00 PM |
Priority Poll & Lunch
Vote for this year's statewide priorities while at the conference. |
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01:00 PM - 01:15 PM |
Break |
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01:15 PM - 04:00 PM |
Advocacy Interactive Exhibition Head up to the 16th floor for panoramic views and an interactive advocacy exhibit. Get support in navigating the legislature and participate in multiple opportunities to self-advocate. Showcase your creativity with The Colorful World of Self-Advocacy and share your voice at the video testimony booth! Learn of other advocacy organizations to get involved with and create your own digital business card to help you network. * this event will not be available online |
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01:15 PM - 03:00 PM |
Panel: The Threat of "Modernizing" the Mental Health Services Act Peer experts and mental health leaders will discuss what Governor Newsom's proposed changes to the MHSA will mean for California. This proposition could drastically and permanently alter the behavioral health system and strip money from peer support and prevention services. |
Andrea Wagner |
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01:30 PM - 03:00 PM |
Open Mic Join us on the 16th floor for an Open Mic afternoon! Sign up for a 5-minute slot to share your journey of healing or join the space to support fellow peers. Spoken word, poetry, song, dance, and testimony are welcome. * this event wiill not be available online. |
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03:00 PM - 04:00 PM |
Q & A with Dr. Holly |
Holly Sawyer |
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04:00 PM - 04:15 PM |
End of Day Roundup |
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04:15 PM - 05:00 PM |
Drum Circle This optional event is a wonderful way to end the day! * this event will not be available online |
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07:00 PM - 11:00 PM |
Entertainment There will be music, dancing, and karaoke brought to you by our peers - Ill Exotic! * this event will not be available online |
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04:15 PM - 05:00 PM |
Debrief This optional event has been scheduled so peers can debrief after a full day of confernce activities. * this event will not be available online |
Amy Breckenridge |
June 13, 2023
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09:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
Panel: Our Voice, Our Story. Reflections and Recovery SafeSpace is a grassroots youth-led nonprofit that was born out of San Mateo County and it has expanded into four counties throughout the Bay Area. The mission and model is quite simple: teens helping teens. Come hear our personal journey, memorable initiatives, watch our short signature film, and learn how you can support the young people in your life.
Moderator:
Panelists: |
Annie Kim |
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10:45 AM - 11:45 AM |
Panel: Self Advocacy through Creative Expression Through the creative arts, advocates share the ways they document their lived experiences, preserve culture, and challenge capitalist ways of thinking. Join us for a panel featuring creative advocates from the Filipinx-American communities and learn about their journeys of self-advocacy and activism.
Moderator:
Panelists: |
Avery Hulog-Vicente |
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11:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
Break |
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12:00 PM - 01:00 PM |
Lunch Boxed lunch served |
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09:30 AM - 03:30 PM |
Advocacy Interactive Exhibition Head up to the 16th floor for panoramic views and an interactive advocacy exhibit. Get support in navigating the legislature and participate in multiple opportunities to self-advocate. Showcase your creativity with The Colorful World of Self-Advocacy and share your voice at the video testimony booth! Learn of other advocacy organizations to get involved with and create your own digital business card to help you network. *this event will not be available online. |
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09:30 AM - 03:30 PM |
Leadership Interactive Exhibition
Join us for Live Events which will support and inspire you on your path to leadership and entrepreneurship Listen to Peer Leaders share their success, creative endeavors and take away resources to support you on your journey. Participate in a self inventory to discover your leadership style and create art which fosters self awareness and wellness. *this event will not be available online. |
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09:30 AM - 03:30 PM |
Peer Respite Interactive Exhibition *this event will not be available online. |
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01:15 PM - 02:15 PM |
Peers at the Intersections and Intercepts of our Criminal-Legal and Behavioral Health Systems This workshop will explore how counties and courts successfully divert adults in crisis while experiencing mental health and substance-use issues, into behavioral health programs and services and away from our jails and prisons. We will use the Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) model to visualize the spectrum of intercepts, community and system services, and governance structures. We will also discuss critical peer-support opportunities as well as specific places where we can all collaborate for systemic change. |
Jerry Hall |
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02:30 PM - 03:30 PM |
Unhoused Mental Health Consumers: Issues and Rights The workshop will address how unhoused populations are uniquely impacted by California's mental health laws. The workshop will explain the legal standard for involuntary holds and conservatorships based on "grave disability." Specific advocacy tips for avoiding holds and conservatorship will be offered and some lesser known patients' rights will be covered. Additionally, the basic rights of a respondent in CARE Court will be addressed along with tips for when the respondent should assert their rights. |
Clare Cortright |
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03:30 PM - 04:30 PM |
Debrief This optional event has been scheduled so peers can debrief after a full day of confernce activities. *this event will not be available online |
Amy Breckenridge |
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03:30 PM - 04:30 PM |
Drum Circle This optional event is a wonderful way to end the day! *this event will not be available online |
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