2020 Conference Schedule

2020 Program PDF

DAY ONE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11^TH

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM                 Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM – 3:00 PM                 Conference Registration Open

8:00 AM – 4:30 PM                 Exhibitors Open | Comfort Room Open

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM                 Opening Session

• Moderators – Vicky Coffee and Kimberly Holiday
• Welcome – Trina Ita, Associate Commissioner of Behavioral Health Services, HHSC
• Moment of Silence & Prayer – Pastor Ray Hendricks, Rehoboth Baptist Church
• Color Guard – Bowie High School AFJROTC
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Lift Every Voice and Sing – Sharon Taylor
• Recognition of Conference Legacies – Willie Williams

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM               Motivational Speaker: SaulPaul

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM             Break, Exhibitors & Poster Presentations

10:15 AM – 11:45 AM             Morning Workshop Sessions

• Healing with Nature: Eco-therapy for Black Wellbeing, Starla Simmons
• AMEN: African American Mental Health and Wellness Program, Jacklyn Hecht, Daryl Horton, Ray Hendricks
• Black Youth, Mental Health, and the Power of Effective Advocacy, Elliot Niblack
• It’s Okay Not to Be Good, Paul Toviessi
• Addressing the Impact Adultification Has on African American Children, Jacqueline Miller
• Self Care: Music, Mental Health and Metaphors, SaulPaul, Bianca Neal, Dr. Raphael Travis, Jr.

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM            Break, Exhibitors & Poster Presentations

12:00 PM – 1:55 PM               Dr. King Davis and Richard E. Hopkins Legacy Luncheon

• Moment of Silence & Prayer – Minister Daryl Horton, Mt. Zion Baptist Church
• Scholarship Presentation 
  • Austin Area Mental Health Consumers Lodging Scholarship
  • The Michele Bibby – Person in Recovery Educational & Lodging Scholarship
  • R&R Coleman-Calahan Lodging Scholarship
  • The Wood Group Educational Scholarship
• Central Texas African American Healthy Minds Project Award Presentation
  – Vicky Coffee, Hogg Foundation
• Entertainment – Slam Poetry, Carlita Fielder            

12:45 PM –1:55 PM – Keynote Speaker:
Dr. King Davis
Historical Solutions to the Problems Minorities Face

1:55 PM – 2:05 PM                 Break, Exhibitors & Poster Presentations

2:05 PM – 3:35 PM                 Afternoon Workshop Sessions I

• Pushed to Purpose, Kendale Brown
• Awareness Building: Supporting Black Mothers Experiencing Postpartum Depression, Nakeenya Wilson, Michelle Rountree, La’Toya Swan, Alexis Henderson           
• In the Right Seat, Billy Dorsey
• Crazy No More: Dispelling the Mental Health Myths That Keeps Us Silent, Karen Ranus

3:35 PM – 3:45 PM                 Break, Exhibitors & Poster Presentations

3:45 PM – 5:15 PM                 Afternoon Workshop Sessions II

• 911: Saving Our Children in Turbulent Times, Barbara Fountain
• Living Your Best Sandwich Life, Tracee Black-Fall
• Where is my Son?, Rosalee Martin
• When Grief Becomes Complicated, Ulysses Moore, Kimberly Holiday

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM – Reception
Hosted by the Austin Area African American Behavioral Health Network

                                                Location: Palmer Events Center, 2^nd Floor Foyer & Balcony             

DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12^TH

7:30 AM – 8:15 AM                Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM              Conference Registration Open

8:00 AM – 2:00 PM                Exhibitors Open

8:00 AM – 3:00 PM                 Comfort Room Open

8:30 AM – 8:35 AM                 Welcome – Moderators Vicky Coffee and Kimberly Holiday            

8:35 AM – 8:45 AM                 Entertainment –“Time Out to Turn Up” with Gangsta Granny 

8:45 AM– 9:45 AM                  Poster Presentations – “Bold and Unapologetically Walking in Victory”

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM               Break & Exhibitors

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM             Morning Workshop Sessions

• Reentering from Corrections to the Community, William Lawson, Joe Powell, Marilyn Poole, Richard Hopkins
• Addressing the Mental Health Impact of ACEs: Integrating Policy and Advocacy to Achieve Equity, Altha Stewart
• Alternative Perspectives in Mental Health: Using Nutrition, Complementary Medicine, and Detoxification to Heal Our Brains, Deborah Rosales-Elkins, Lizzie Martinez
• Building Faith Leader Capacity for Community Prevention and Family Recovery Support Efforts, Drew Brooks, Dr. Monteic Sizer
• Collaboration is Not a Dirty Word, Sonia Hartman, Monica Reyes, Bertha Rodriguez
• You Get That Trauma from Yo Momma: Remain Licensed to Live, Jarret Patton

11:30 AM – 11:40 AM             Break & Exhibitors

11:40 AM – 2:00 PM               Garnet F. Coleman Awards Luncheon

• Welcome
• Moment of Silence and Prayer– Imam Asim Shareef, East Austin Community of Al-Islam
• Entertainment– “Sugar” Williams & A Touch of Class                     

12:00 PM – 12:25 PM             Richard Hopkins Torch Awards Presentation – Judy Garner

• Community Impact
• Family Member
• Person with Lived Experience
• Professional

12:25 PM – 12:55 PM             Legislative Update – Honorable Garnet Coleman
Texas State Representative, Houston House District 147

12:55 PM – 1:00 PM               Garnet F. Coleman Eternal Flame Award Presentation

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Altha Stewart
Using Mental Health Research to Achieve Health Equity

2:00PM – 2:10 PM                  Break

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM                 2020 Commemorative Artwork Signing with Artist Brian Joseph 

2:10 PM – 2:20 PM                 Poster Session Winner Announcement

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM – Keynote Speaker:
Le’Andria Johnson 

3:30 PM – 3:40 PM                 Closing Remarks

3:40 PM – 4:30 PM                 Photo Opportunity with Le’Andria Johnson