Regional Policy Council Meeting: Racing towards access, equity, and recovery
Our Regional Policy Council (RPC) August meeting, Racing Towards Access, Equity, and Recovery, will take place on August 15, 2023, at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown (sky-bridge from the Indianapolis Convention Center) in Indiana Ballroom F/G from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Agenda
10 a.m.
Registration opens
11 - 11:30 a.m.
Networking
11:15 a.m.
Lunch buffet opens
11:30 - 11:35 a.m.
Welcome by Mental Health America President and CEO Schroeder Stribling
11:35 - noon
Mental Health Effects of Legislative Actions and Inaction
- TN Representative Gloria Johnson of the Tennessee 3
Noon - 1 p.m.
Legislative Award Luncheon honoring 12 Bipartisan State Legislators
Featuring
- Remarks from former honoree CO Representative Dafna Michaelson Jenet
- NCSL policy priorities NJ Assemblywoman Carol Murphy
1 - 1:30 p.m.
Anti-Trans Bills in the States, a personal reflection
- Kentucky State Senator Dr. Karen Berg
1:30 - 1:40 p.m.
Break
1:40 - 2:10 p.m.
988: The Race Continues, Year 2.0
- Panel Moderated by RPC Representative Laura Evans, Vibrant Emotional Health
- Utah State Representative Steve Eliason
- RPC Representative Shannah Mulvihill, Mental Health Minnesota
- RPC Representative Barb Johnston, Mental Health Association in New Jersey
2:10 - 2:40 p.m.
Driving Rural Roads to Mental Health Access
- Kevin Martone, LSW, Executive Director of the Technical Assistance Center (TAC) and President of the National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH)
- Renee Norden, MHA of Fauquier County, VA
2:40 - 2:50 p.m.
Break
2:50 - 3:10 p.m.
Transforming Indiana's Mental Health System
- Jay Chaudhary, JD, Director Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction
3:10 - 3:30 p.m.
Justice, Faith, and Mental Health
- Reverend Dr. Sarah Griffith Lund, United Church of Christ Minister for Disabilities and Mental Health Justice
3:30 - 3:55 p.m.
A Lap Around the States
- RPC Representative Ben Harrington, MHA of East Tennessee
- RPC Representative Shannah Mulvihill, Mental Health Minnesota
- RPC Representative Barb Johnston, Mental Health Association in New Jersey
- RPC Representative Laura Evans, Vibrant Emotional Health
3:55 - 4 p.m.
Wrap Up