CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Many Thanks to Our 2016 National Conference Sponsors Premier Sponsor
Welcome!
Thank you for joining us in Sacramento at the 2016 Active Minds National Mental Health on Campus Conference. I look forward to a rich and energizing two and a half days as we explore this year’s theme: Active Minds for Every Mind: Diversity. Inclusion. Unity. This conference program is your road map and has all of the information you’ll need while you’re here. This will be a fast-paced weekend as we learn together how to best fight the stigma that surrounds mental health issues and how to increase both awareness and acceptance. What you learn and what you bring back to your campuses will make a huge difference to you personally and to all the students you will reach in the months ahead. I very much look forward to meeting and talking with you over the next couple of days. Thank you, as always, for being a passionate and strong advocate for suicide prevention and mental health awareness.
Alison Malmon Founder and Executive Director of Active Minds
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Crisis Information
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On-Site Counselors
Resource Area Just for you! You’ll find FREE educational materials near the registration table, including resources from Active Minds and many partner organizations: Each Mind Matters, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, The Trevor Project, Marriage & Family Therapist Association of California, Veterans Crisis Line, Mental Health America, the National Institute of Mental Health, and more. Active Minds National Conference: November 4-6, 2016
Mental health clinicians have donated their time to serve on an on-call rotation throughout conference weekend to provide brief mental health support. If you or someone you know is in distress or crisis, please go to the Registration Desk and one of our staff members will connect you with a clinician.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800) 273-TALK (8255)
Crisis Text Line
Text ‘BRAVE’ to 741-741
Sacramento Police Department Call 911
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Parking Info
Social Media Guide
Hilton Sacramento Arden West
Let everyone know you’re at the Active Minds national conference! Live tweet during workshops, take a selfie in your Active Minds gear, or share a group photo taken at the photo booth.
If you are staying at the Hilton or attending Friday events, you can receive discounted parking at the Hilton for $4 per day. Validator kiosks are located inside the hotel, so you will need to bring your parking ticket inside for validation.
Sacramento State
The conference will be held at Sacramento State’s University Union on Saturday and Sunday. A Sac State parking permit is required to be displayed while parked on campus.
#MHCC16
Use the hashtag #MHCC16 so we can all stay connected. Show off the conference’s Snapchat filter!
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Public parking is available in Parking Structures 2 and 3. Pay with cash or credit at payment kiosks located in Parking Structure 2 (third floor) and Parking Structure 3 (first and third floors).
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You can also purchase a $6 daily (or $3 two-hour) parking permit. Sign up for a PayByPhone account and download the app. When you arrive on campus, enter location number “5115” into the app to pay your parking fee.
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Shuttle Info Active Minds has arranged for a shuttle to transport attendees between the Hilton and Sacramento State on Saturday and Sunday, November 5-6. The shuttle will only be making one trip in the morning and one trip at the end of the day. The shuttle is first come, first served. At the Hilton, the shuttle will pick up and drop off at the main entrance. At Sac State, the shuttle will pick up and drop off from the campus shuttle stop on the southbound side of State University Drive across from the Hornet Book Store.
Saturday, November 5
Morning (departs Hilton): Evening (departs Sac State):
Name Tag Guide On your name tag, you may see a sticker or icon. This indicates which pre-conference or breakout session you should attend. l Yellow H Red H Green H Silver H Blue n Lime
Our Stories, Our Strength session Small Schools breakout Medium Schools: Public breakout Medium Schools: Private breakout Large Schools breakout California Schools breakout
7:45 am 6 pm
Sunday, November 6
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Make the Most of Your Conference Experience Wear your name tag
Your name tag is your ticket to all sponsored meals, educational sessions, and associated conference events. The color/shape of the sticker or icon on your name tag indicates which breakout session you should attend on Saturday from 9:30 am - 10:50 am.
Choose your workshops ahead of time
Look over the agenda as soon as possible and try to identify the workshops you’d like to attend. Some workshops may fill up quickly, so choose a “Plan B” just in case. If you came with a group of fellow chapter members, we encourage you to split up and attend different sessions to maximize the amount of information you can gather. Share what you learned afterwards.
Your evaluations are extremely important
Please be sure to complete them. We’ll send out the overall conference evaluation via SurveyMonkey the week following conference. You can provide individual session feedback using evaluations handed out on-site. We read all evaluations, so please include anything you think would be helpful for the national office to know. Each year, we use that information to help make the next conference even better.
Be a good audience member
Presenting a workshop at conference is not as easy as it seems. Your peers and other presenters were selected based on the proposals they submitted. It takes a lot of hard work to develop the content and present it in front of an audience. Please be respectful. Do your best to be involved in discussions and ask questions.
Say cheese!
There will be photographers taking photos and video (both candid and posed) throughout conference that may be used in Active Minds promotional materials. If you do not want your likeness used, please alert staff at the registration table.
[ ] Get social on Friday at 5 pm
Don’t miss our awesome Friday night Networking Social! This is your chance to mingle with chapter members and advisors from across the country and learn about exciting opportunities from our sponsors.
Be our (dinner) guest
Right after the Networking Social, head to the Grand Ballroom for the Awards Dinner. Alison Malmon, founder and executive director of Active Minds, will discuss the future of Active Minds and will recognize this year’s award winners. You’ll also hear from Dr. Robert Nelsen, president of Sacramento State; Darrell Steinberg, the mayor-elect of Sacramento and board chair of the Steinberg Institute for Advancing Mental Health Policy; and the actor and screenwriter Wentworth Miller, Active Minds’ newly named Ambassador for Mental Health. Please note: If you requested a vegetarian, vegan, kosher or special medical meal through your online registration, you can pick up your boxed lunch at the designated table in the Harvard Street Grill on Friday and the Ballroom on Saturday. Unfortunately, if you did not indicate special dietary needs during your registration, we cannot accommodate your request.
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NEW BOARDROOM
Registration
Sales Offices
Corridor
SONOMA
NAPA
MERLOT
ZINFANDEL Fitness Center
CHARDONNAY CABERNET
Receptions / Banquets and Exhibits
SOLARIUM ATRIUM Lobby Bar
SHASTA A BRANDYWINE
The Harvard Street Grille
Lobby
BERRYESSA SHASTA B
TAHOE
BALLROOM FOLSOM
HILTON SACRAMENTO ARDEN WEST GROUND LEVEL
EAGLE
Map of Hilton Sacramento Arden West
Gender neutral bathrooms Unfortunately there are no gender neutral bathrooms at this venue, but please feel comfortable using whichever bathroom best suits your gender identity.
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Map of Sacramento State
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Map of Sacramento State’s University Union
Gender neutral bathrooms There is a gender neutral bathroom located on the first floor. Page 6
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FRIDAY
at the Hilton Sacramento Arden West 9 am - 5 pm 10:30 am - 2:30 pm 10 am - 3:30 pm
Nov 4 | Schedule at a Glance
Registration, Store & Resource Area Open Board of Directors Meeting (closed meeting)
Lobby & Folsom Foyer Board Room
Pre-Conference Leadership Institute
10 am - 3:30 pm
Our Stories, Our Strength (for pre-registrants only)
Brandywine
10 am - 12 noon
Listening to Heal
Sonoma
Lunch
Harvard Street Grill
1 - 2 pm
Inside & Out: Utilizing Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Roles
Napa
1 - 3 pm
What Do I Say?
Folsom
Campus Professionals Track: Advisor Networking Session
Chardonnay
12 noon - 1 pm
1 - 3:30 pm
3:45 - 5 pm
Maggie Bertram, Associate Director of Training & Education, Active Minds National ShantĂŠ Lewis, Clinical Therapist and Joseph Kim, Clinical Case Manager, RYSE Youth Center
Houa Vang, Student Organizations & Leadership, Sacramento State Bre Williams, Program Coordinator, PEERS Ashlee Jemmott, Program Coordinator, PEERS Ashley Wiley, Intern, PEERS Laura Horne, Senior Chapter Manager, Active Minds National Jennifer Burton, Active Minds at Sacramento State Dustin Johnson, Active Minds at Auburn University Stephanie Preston, Active Minds at San Jose State University
Concurrent Workshops Utilizing Multiple Media Channels
Brandywine
Creating Sustainable Chapter Leadership
Chardonnay
Evidence-Based Programming
Sonoma
Fundraising with Campus and Community
Napa
Intersectionality 101
Folsom
Jordan Burnham: Survival, Recovery, Acceptance
Zinfandel
5 - 6 pm
VIP Reception (by invitation only)
Concierge Lounge
5 - 6 pm
Networking Social
Atrium-Solarium
6 - 9 pm
Annual Awards Dinner
Grand Ballroom
Sebastian Niles and Franco Zamora, Active Minds at Central Washington University Rae Madison Gerber, Active Minds at Oregon State University Kathleen McAdam, Active Minds at Towson University Jenna Montefiore, Active Minds at Emerson College Manal Amer Saeed, Active Minds at Indiana University Purdue University - Fort Wayne Matt Kridel, Active Minds at University of South Alabama Helen Burdeau and Raquel Sosa, Active Minds at East Stroudsburg University Laura Horne, Senior Chapter Manager, Active Minds National Grace Foster, Development Manager, Active Minds National Summer Lewis, Active Minds at Ithaca College Lauriann Elise Kormylo, Active Minds at Fordham-Lincoln Center Jordan Burnham, Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau
Mingle with chapter members, advisors, and Active Minds’ generous sponsors, including CalMHSA, Big White Wall, Kognito, and the Starr Coalition. Steven Lerman, Board Chairman, Active Minds National Alison Malmon, Founder and Executive Director, Active Minds National Wentworth Miller, Actor/Screenwriter and Active Minds Ambassador Dr. Robert Nelsen, President of Sacramento State Darrell Steinberg, Mayor-Elect of Sacramento
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SATURDAY
at Sacramento State’s University Union
Nov 5 | Schedule at a Glance
Registration, Store, Resource Area & Exhibit Hall Open
Ballroom Lobby
8 - 9 am
Breakfast
Ballroom
8 - 9 am
Expo Set-Up Time
Redwood Room
California Breakout Session: Each Mind Matters: California’s Mental Health Movement & Changing the Campus Culture
Orchard Suite
Morning Welcome from the Student Advisory Committee
Ballroom
8 am - 5:30 pm
8 - 10:50 am
Attend if you are a chapter member, advisor, student, or advocate in California. You’ll have a lime green rectangle on your name tag. Breakfast is provided.
9 - 9:20 am 9:30 - 10:50 am
Breakout Sessions: Membership Recruitment and Retention See the color image on your name tag for which session you should attend.
Small Schools
Forest Suite
Medium Schools (Public)
Foothill Suite
Medium Schools (Private)
California Suite
Large Schools
Ballroom
Campus Professionals Track: Membership Recruitment and Retention
Summit Room
Keynote: Mind/Game: How Telling a Story Can Flip a Narrative
Ballroom
12:15 - 2:00 pm
Lunch
Ballroom
12:45 - 2:15 pm
Creative Programming Expo
Redwood Room
[Red star on name tag] | For schools with less than 5,000 students [Green star on name tag] | For public schools with 5,000 - 15,000 students [Silver star on name tag] | For private schools with 5,000 - 15,000 students [Blue star on name tag] | For schools with 15,000+ students
9:30 - 10:50 am
Colleen Coffey-Melchiorre, Ed.D., Research & Retention Specialist, Phired Up Productions, and Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau
11 am - 12:15 pm
Featuring Chamique Holdsclaw, former WNBA player; Keith O’Neil, former NFL player; and Rick Goldsmith, award-winning documentarian.
2:30 - 3:45 pm
Afternoon Breakouts #1 Race, Ethnicity, and Mental Health
Orchard Suite
Fundraising That Adds Up
California Suite
Hosting a Story Sharing Event
Summit Room
Juliana Kerrest: It’s Okay Not to Be Perfect
Foothill Suite
Men and Mental Health
Forest Suite
RoLanda Wilkins, Founder/Director, Earth Mama Healing Sadaf Skandari, Active Minds at San Jose State University Kristina Keidel, Active Minds at Denison University Megan Larson, Active Minds at UCLA Danielle Mulligan and Kari McNeil, Active Minds at Tufts University Carly Stewart, Active Minds at Vanderbilt University Juliana Kerrest, Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau Featuring panelists from the Active Minds Speakers Bureau: Kevin Briggs (moderator), Bryan Adams, Jordan Burnham, Pablo Campos, and Dave Romano
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SATURDAY
at Sacramento State’s University Union 4 - 5:15 pm
Nov 5 | Schedule at a Glance
Afternoon Breakouts #2 Transform Your Campus
Summit Room
Sexual Assault and Mental Health
California Suite
LGBTQ+ and Mental Health
Orchard Suite
Veterans and Mental Health
Forest Suite
Colleen Coffey: A Complete Life
Foothill Suite
Tara Maestas, Active Minds at Colorado School of Mines Kathryn Murdock & Mikki Spangler, Active Minds at University of Portland Megan Larson, Active Minds at UCLA Becky Fein, California Statewide Program Manager, Active Minds National Poshi Mikalson Walker, MSW, LGBTQ Program Director for NorCal Mental Health America Nycole Fassbender, Active Minds at Marquette University Bryan Adams, Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau Colleen Coffey-Melchiorre, Ed.D., Research & Retention Specialist, Phired Up Productions, and Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau
SUNDAY
at Sacramento State’s University Union 8 - 11 am 8 - 9 am 9 - 9:15 am 9:30 - 10:50 am
Nov 6 | Schedule at a Glance
Registration, Store & Resource Area Open
Ballroom Lobby
Breakfast
Ballroom
Morning Welcome
Ballroom
Sunday Workshops Accept Da’Flow, Not Defeat
Orchard Suite
Different Lives, Same Story
California Suite
Rapping the Movement
Foothill Suite
The Art of Zentangle
Forest Suite
Keynote Speaker: Dior Vargas
Ballroom
Conference Farewell
Ballroom
Danée Sergeant, Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau Stacy Pershall, Author and Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau Kai Roberts, Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau Liz Moseley, Advisor, Active Minds at Pensacola State College
11 am - 12 noon 12 noon - 12:15 pm
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Session Descriptions FRIDAY, November 4
Our Stories, Our Strength
10 am – 3:30 pm | Brandywine Maggie Bertram, Associate Director of Training and Education, Active Minds National For pre-registrants only (you’ll have a yellow circle on your name tag). Studies have shown that one of the most effective ways for people to change their perceptions about mental illness is to make contact with someone who has been impacted by it. Whether you’ve experienced mental illness personally, supported someone through their mental illness, or survived the suicide of a loved one, you have an important story to tell. If you’re interested in learning how to tell your story in a safe and empowering way, through writing or spoken word, that changes minds and hearts, then this is the workshop for you.
Listening to Heal
10 am – 12 noon | Sonoma Shanté Lewis, Clinical Therapist, RYSE Youth Center Joseph Kim, Clinical Case Manager, RYSE Youth Center Ever heard the term “radical inquiry”? How about the words “action,” “empowerment,” “healing,” “hope,” and “justice”? The process of radical inquiry can bring all of these things to your chapter and campus—it just takes a little training. This session will showcase RYSE’s multi-media research, base-building, and healingcentered methods of the Listening Campaign, reflecting, elevating, and integrating youth development best practices (including youth-adult partnership), trauma stewardship, racial justice organizing, and systems change. If you’re ready to make a difference, this session is for you.
Inside and Out: Utilizing Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Roles 1 – 2 pm | Napa
Houa Vang, Student Organizations & Leadership, Sac State Have you ever gotten angry over reading an email or text message? If so, did you quickly react to it by typing a reply that you later regretted, or did you step away to stay cool and collected before responding? These are everyday decisions we make but are not usually conscious about. Here in this interactive workshop, you will learn to respond and not react to your emotions, and will identify how your emotional state can be an essential skill in your role as a leader. Page 10
Friday
What Do I Say?
1 – 3 pm | Folsom Bre Williams, Ashlee Jemmott, and Ashley Wiley, PEERS How should we talk about mental health so that we don’t offend? What words and phrases should we use? Which should we strike from our vocabularies? How do we go beyond political correctness and really address how people actually talk and how their words make us feel? Join us for an interesting, informative workshop where “mum” is not the word!
Campus Professionals Track: Advisor Networking Session 1 – 3:30 pm | Chardonnay
Laura Horne, Senior Chapter Manager, Active Minds National Jennifer Burton, Active Minds at Sacramento State Dustin Johnson, Active Minds at Auburn University Stephanie Preston, Active Minds at San Jose State University Faculty/staff chapter advisors are invited to attend this meet-and-greet to learn more about national office initiatives and hear successful advising strategies from experienced advisors. The session will include an overview of top resources for every advisor, a panel on the role of the advisor, and a facilitated discussion on supporting students with key areas of chapter development (membership, fundraising, marketing, etc.).
Utilizing Multiple Media Channels 3:45 – 5 pm | Brandywine
Sebastian Niles, Active Minds at Central Washington University Rae Madison Gerber, Active Minds at Oregon State University Kathleen McAdam, Active Minds at Towson University Do you draw crowds to your chapter events? Attract an impressive radio show or podcast following? Does everyone on campus know your chapter’s name and what you represent? Whether you are a video/social media guru, flyering all-star, or just getting started, you have something to learn from your peers in this session.
Creating Sustainable Chapter Leadership 3:45 – 5 pm | Chardonnay
Jenna Montefiore, Active Minds at Emerson College Manal Amer Saeed, Active Minds at Indiana University Purdue University - Fort Wayne Learn the secrets for developing strong student leaders. Ensure your chapter is successful for years after you graduate! You’ll hear from chapters who’ve mastered the steps, including how to identify potential chapter leaders, pass on important information, hold elections, and organize an executive board. Active Minds for Every Mind: Diversity. Inclusion. Unity.
Session Descriptions
Friday
Evidence Based Programming
Intersectionality 101
Matt Kridel, Active Minds at University of South Alabama Helen Burdeau, Active Minds at East Stroudsburg University Raquel Sosa, Active Minds at East Stroudsburg University
Summer Lewis, Active Minds at Ithaca College Lauriann Elise Kormylo, Active Minds at Fordham-Lincoln Center
This session will help participants understand what evidence-based programming is, why it is essential, and how to measure the impact of your programs. A step-bystep process, specific campus examples, and strategies for overcoming potential challenges will be shared.
Mental health does not discriminate. Complex in nature, it intersects with all identities, backgrounds, and experiences. Learn how chapters at Fordham University, Lincoln Center and Ithaca College have introduced conversations about mental health and one or more of these factors (gender, race, sexual orientation, culture, region, religion, etc.) on campus through panel discussions, blogs, social media campaigns, and partnerships.
3:45 – 5 pm | Sonoma
Fundraising with Campus and Community 3:45 – 5 pm | Napa
Laura Horne, Senior Chapter Manager, Active Minds National Grace Foster, Development Manager, Active Minds National Bring your fundraising questions to this interactive workshop! Hear about new, exciting fundraising opportunities and resources from the national office and exchange lessons learned and innovative ideas with other chapter leaders. Attendees will also have the opportunity to practice effective strategies with other chapters and staff in small groups.
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3:45 – 5 pm | Folsom
Jordan Burnham: Survival, Recovery, Acceptance 3:45 – 5 pm | Zinfandel
Jordan Burnham, Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau Jordan shares his incredible story of survival after experiencing depression, substance abuse, and a suicide attempt. He will discuss his ongoing physical and mental health recovery process, and what we can do to create healthier and more supportive communities.
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Session Descriptions SATURDAY, November 5
California Breakout Session: Each Mind Matters: California’s Mental Health Movement & Changing the Campus Culture 8 – 10:50 am | Orchard Suite
[Attend if you are a chapter member, advisor, student, or advocate in California. You’ll have a lime green rectangle on your name tag.] Calling all California-based students, professionals, and change-makers! Join us for a conversation about the unique statewide initiatives and opportunities that are in action here in California. We’ll talk about Each Mind Matters: California’s Mental Health Movement, unique opportunities for California Active Minds chapters, and utilizing the tools available to you to change our campus cultures!
Breakout Sessions: Membership Recruitment and Retention 9:30 – 10:50 am
See the color image on your name tag for which session you should attend. • Small Schools [Red star on name tag] | Forest Suite For schools with less than 5,000 students • Medium Schools (Public) [Green star on name tag] | Foothill Suite For public schools with 5,000 – 15,000 students • Medium Schools (Private) [Silver star on name tag] | California Suite For private schools with 5,000 – 15,000 students • Large Schools [Blue star on name tag] | Ballroom For schools with 15,000+ students
Campus Professionals Track: Membership Recruitment and Retention 9:30 – 10:50 am | Summit Room
Colleen Coffey-Melchiorre, Ed.D., Research & Retention Specialist, Phired Up Productions, and Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau Researcher and trainer Colleen Coffey-Melchiorre will draw from her experience growing campus sorority and fraternity membership to share tips of the trade with Active Minds chapter advisors.
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Saturday
Keynote Presentation: Mind/Game: How Telling a Story Can Flip a Narrative 11 am – 12:15 pm | Ballroom
This keynote presentation will feature excerpts from the documentary Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw as well as a panel discussion with Chamique Holdsclaw, former WNBA player; Keith O’Neil, former NFL player; and Rick Goldsmith, awardwinning documentarian. The panelists will take on what it means to disclose a mental health narrative when the subject is a public figure who also happens to be a professional athlete.
Race, Ethnicity, and Mental Health 2:30 – 3:45 pm | Orchard Suite
RoLanda Wilkins, Founder/Director, Earth Mama Healing Sadaf Skandari, Active Minds at San Jose State University Mental health advocate RoLanda Wilkins and Active Minds member Sadaf Skandari will share successful strategies for exploring the intersectionality of race, ethnicity, and culture with mental health and supporting the mental health of students of color through programming, advocacy, and partnerships.
Fundraising That Adds Up
2:30 – 3:45 pm | California Suite Kristina Keidel, Active Minds at Denison University Megan Larson, Active Minds at UCLA Not sure how to make fundraising work on your campus? Tired of the same old bake sales and car washes? Does the thought of asking for donations make you a little uneasy? Attend this fundraising session led by Denison University and UCLA to learn from your peers about ways to make creative fundraisers work.
Hosting a Story Sharing Event 2:30 – 3:45 pm | Summit Room
Kari McNeil, Active Minds at Tufts University Danielle Mulligan, Active Minds at Tufts University Carly Stewart, Active Minds at Vanderbilt University Ready to harness the power of personal experiences to host an inspiring event on your campus? Want to make sure you’re prepared to support storytellers and audience members during this emotional event? Gain insight into the planning process and best practices for these types of events from your peers at Tufts University and Vanderbilt University.
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Session Descriptions
Saturday
Juliana Kerrest: It’s Okay Not to Be Perfect
LGBTQ+ and Mental Health
Juliana Kerrest, Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau
Poshi Mikalson Walker, MSW, LGBTQ Program Director for NorCal Mental Health America
2:30 – 3:45 pm | Foothill Suite
Juliana is a successful Active Minds speaker, student, and entrepreneur who lives with bipolar II disorder. Join her as she introduces you to the highs and lows of her childhood, complications with diagnosis, and the many twists and turns that led to successful treatment and the realization that it’s OK not to be perfect.
Men and Mental Health
4 – 5:15 pm | Orchard Suite
LGBTQ+ populations are at an increased risk of experiencing negative mental health outcomes due to prejudice and a variety of other biases. Explore this topic further with an expert in the field and learn about how to collaborate with LGBTQ+ students groups and services on your campus.
2:30 – 3:45 pm | Forest Suite
Veterans and Mental Health
Featuring speakers from the Active Minds Speakers Bureau. Moderator: Kevin Briggs. Panelists: Bryan Adams, Jordan Burnham, Pablo Campos, and Dave Romano.
Nycole Fassbender, Active Minds at Marquette University Bryan Adams, Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau
4 – 5:15 pm | Forest Suite
What do men think about mental health? How do male identified people handle depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues and how do they overcome the stigma associated with mental illness? Learn the answers to these questions and more at this panel session.
Student veterans are an important group to reach with mental health education. Hear Speakers Bureau member and veteran Bryan Adams’ personal mental health story and an example of veterans outreach from Active Minds at Marquette University.
Transform Your Campus
Colleen Coffey: A Complete Life
Tara Maestas, Active Minds at Colorado School of Mines Kathryn Murdock, Active Minds at University of Portland Mikki Spangler, Active Minds at University of Portland
Colleen Coffey, Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau
4 – 5:15 pm | Summit Room
Looking to make a huge impact and leave a legacy on campus? Are there structural or policy changes that your university could make to better support student mental health? “Transform Your Campus” can help you make it happen. Learn more about “Transform Your Campus” and the ways that other chapters have used it in this session, led by chapter leaders at University of Portland and Colorado School of Mines.
4 – 5:15 pm | Foothill Suite
Active Minds speaker, Colleen Coffey, struggled with significant anxiety and panic disorders from childhood to young adulthood, spending most of college in a fog. Through a combination of doctors, therapy and a nutritionist, she broke out of the cycle and has become a widely-sought speaker devoted to showing audiences that they hold the power to transform communities.
Sexual Assault and Mental Health 4 – 5:15 pm | California Suite
Megan Larson, Active Minds at UCLA Becky Fein, California Statewide Program Manager, Active Minds National Schools all over the country are ramping up their conversations about sexual assault on college campuses, and its impact on students’ lives. Join us for a conversation about activating and empowering students to change the conversation about sexual assault, and support the mental health of those who have been affected by it.
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Session Descriptions SUNDAY, November 6
Different Lives, Same Story
9:30 – 10:50 am | California Suite Stacy Pershall, Author and Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau Part diversity training, part writing workshop, “Different Lives, Same Story” explores interconnectedness through a literary lens. Memoir author and teacher Stacy Pershall uses the work of William Faulkner and Vivian Gornick as guides for in-class writing exercises focused on universal human experience and emotion. Come with paper and pen, leave with a memoir outline and a greater understanding of your fellow human beings.
Accept Da’ Flow, Not Defeat 9:30 – 10:50 am | Orchard Suite
Danée Sergeant, Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau This workshop is an interactive, hands-on session where participants are given a chance to build the basic skills and confidence necessary to excavate personal stories and turn them into spoken word performance pieces. Participants are also given a chance to perform what they create in the workshop’s safe and supportive space, allowing them to bring their words to life.
Sunday
Rapping the Movement
9:30 – 10:50 am | Foothill Suite Kai Roberts, Speaker, Active Minds Speakers Bureau Over the past 3 decades, hip-hop has developed into one of the most influential cultures in the world. Session leader Kai Roberts is an up and coming producer, recording artist, songwriter, and educator from Pittsburgh, PA who has used hip-hop to explore and express his personal experiences with mental health and inspire his peers at Carnegie Mellon. In this workshop, participants will explore how to promote mental health awareness messaging through hip-hop music and performance. Give way to your inner recording artist by learning how to write meaningful lyrics, and perform a powerful piece. Get some great ideas about creative programming to bring back to your campus.
The Art of Zentangle
9:30 – 10:50 am | Forest Suite Liz Moseley, Advisor, Active Minds at Pensacola State College Do you find it difficult to focus on lectures and discussions in class? Do you feel anxious between classes, especially when waiting to take tests? Do you get quickly bored with meditation and other mindfulness techniques? Come learn how to draw Zentangle patterns as a way to relieve anxiety, increase focus, boost creativity, and supplement your Stress Less Week activities.
Keynote Presentation: Dior Vargas 11 am – 12 noon | Ballroom
This keynote presentation will feature Latina feminist and mental health activist, Dior Vargas, speaking about the intersection of mental health and race. Why is it important that people of color speak up? Where can we make space for these voices? And how can we all work together to ensure that access to mental health care isn’t just for some of us—it’s for all of us? Vargas presents a thoughtful and compelling narrative of her personal history with depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and how she used her experiences to help others.
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Keynote Speakers and Guest Presenters Rick Goldsmith
Rick Goldsmith is the producer/director of Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw, a 2015 recipient of a VOICE award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). A documentary filmmaker for more than 30 years, Goldsmith was twice-nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, for Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996) and The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009) (co-producer/co-director), which also won a Peabody Award among other honors. Both films were broadcast nationwide on public television, as was Goldsmith’s Everyday Heroes (2001) (co-producer/codirector), a behind-the-headlines look at AmeriCorps. Goldsmith is a member of the Documentary Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences; Writers’ Guild of America, West; and New Day Films distribution co-op. He is recently remarried and is the proud father of two teenage girls.
Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Holdsclaw was born and raised in Queens, NY, where she first made her mark as a high school basketball star at Christ The King High School. She went on to have a stellar collegiate career that included leading the Tennessee Lady Vols to three straight NCAA Championships, several AllAmerican honors and countless other awards. Chamique went on to be the #1 Pick in the 1999 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics. In 2000 she had the honor of winning an Olympic Gold Medal with Team USA at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Aside from her outstanding athletic career, Chamique has dedicated her life to mental health and wellness activism. She speaks at various conferences, panels, and events within the mental health community to share her own personal struggles with depression depicted in her documentary, Mind|Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw, and how she has been able to overcome her battles. In 2013 she founded the Chamique Holdsclaw Foundation, which works to support initiatives that facilitate the optimized mind, body, and spirit of individuals through its mental health and wellness-focused programs.
Alison Malmon
Alison Malmon is the founder and Executive Director of Active Minds, one of the largest mental health advocacy groups in the nation. Alison formed the organization at the University of Pennsylvania following the suicide of her only sibling, her 22-year-old brother Brian Malmon. After graduating in 2003, Alison formed Active Minds to develop chapters of the student group on campuses around the country and to support the chapters in creating an open dialogue about mental health. For her efforts, Alison has been named one of the “Top 15 Global Emerging Social Innovators” by Ashoka Changemakers and American Express, Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian Magazine, and a Woman of Distinction by the American Association of University Women. Alison has been profiled as a “Person you Should Know” on CNN, and in stories in the New York Times, Washington Post, Inside Higher Ed, and Glamour Magazine. Alison sits on the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Consumer/Survivor Subcommittee, Suicide Prevention Resource Center Steering Committee, and Crisis Text Line Advisory Committee.
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Keynote Speakers and Guest Presenters Wentworth Miller
Active Minds Hero Award Recipient Born in the United Kingdom, raised in Brooklyn, New York, and a graduate of Princeton University, Wentworth Miller is an actor and screenwriter whose credits span both television and feature film. Perhaps best known for playing “Michael Scofield” on Fox’s hit series Prison Break from 2005 to 2009, Wentworth received a Golden Globe nomination for “Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama” in 2006. Prison Break is set to return to TV screens in the spring of 2017. Wentworth’s first original screenplay, Stoker, was produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures and Scott Free Productions, premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and starred Nicole Kidman. Wentworth currently appears as “Leonard Snart/Captain Cold” on the CW’s The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.
Robert Nelsen
Robert S. Nelsen, who became Sacramento State’s president in 2015, grew up on a Montana cattle ranch. As the first in his family to attend college, he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science from BYU, where he also met his wife, Jody Hawkins. After earning his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1989, he got a job as a lecturer at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 1990, he moved to the University of Texas – Dallas where he founded the creative writing program, was a professor of Literary & Aesthetic Studies, and served as vice provost. In 2008, Jody Nelsen was hired as a vice president at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Nelsen followed his wife and was a professor of English and the associate vice president for Academic Affairs. Here at Sacramento State, he is committed to ensuring that students graduate with less debt and have jobs waiting when they finish school. He wants them to become lifelong learners and critical thinkers, and have an inclusive, safe, and healthy experience on campus.
Keith O’Neil
Keith O’Neil is a former NFL football player having played for the Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts and New York Giants. During his professional career, he served as team captain and was a member of the Colts Super Bowl XLI Championship team. Keith is also the President and Founder of the 4th and Forever Foundation which brings awareness to mental health and funds research for mental illness. Keith played in the NFL with undiagnosed bipolar disorder and is extremely passionate about helping others who live with mental illness. He is devoted to erasing the stigma of mental illness in our society through his own personal experience.
Stacy Pershall
Stacy Pershall is an author and teacher who lives with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and struggled with bullying and eating disorders. Since discovering dialectical behavior therapy and body modification, Stacy has been an outspoken mental health activist. She is committed to showing audiences that people with BPD can recover and that body modification can be a healing agent. The author of Loud in the House of Myself (W.W. Norton, 2011), Stacy is currently working on her second book. She teaches memoir writing at the Gotham Writers’ Workshop and teen creative writing at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth.
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Active Minds for Every Mind: Diversity. Inclusion. Unity.
Keynote Speakers and Guest Presenters Kai Roberts
Kai Roberts is an up and coming producer, recording artist, songwriter, and educator from Pittsburgh, PA. He is a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. During his time as a student, Kai gained local and national acclaim through his contributions to Pittsburgh-based groups The H&T, Jasiri-X, Armstead Brown, the Arts Greenhouse Program, and many other music initiatives. In November 2013, Kai released his Carnegie Cafe album that used hip-hop as a medium to enlighten fellow students on the college experience, stress, and mental health. The album has served as a resource for students and an inspiration for those dealing with mental health disorders and the stresses of life. As a previous sufferer of anxiety, Kai is a motivated performer with a passion for uplifting his audience.
J. Danée Sergeant
Danée is a member of the Active Minds Speakers Bureau, the nation’s premier young adult mental health speakers bureau. She is a survivor of trauma, homelessness, and the effects of substance abuse. Danée also lives with bipolar disorder. A graduate of Southern University at New Orleans, Danée is currently a graduate student at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service and works as a peer specialist at Rainbow Heights Club, an organization that provides advocacy and support to LGBT-identified mental health consumers.
Darrell Steinberg
Sacramento Mayor-Elect Darrell Steinberg has served in a variety of elected offices, including president of the Tahoe Park Neighborhood Association, city councilman, and representative to the state assembly and state senate. Today, Mr. Steinberg is working to leverage state mental health dollars for permanent supportive housing to help end the cycle of homelessness in Sacramento. A graduate of UCLA and UC Davis Law School, he is a founder and Board Chair of the Steinberg Institute for Advancing Mental Health Policy and is the Director of Policy and Advocacy and a visiting professor for the UC Davis Behavioral Health Center of Excellence.
Dior Vargas
Dior Vargas is a Latina Feminist Mental Health Activist. She is the creator of the People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project, a response to the invisibility of people of color in the media representation of mental illness. She is a former volunteer crisis counselor for Crisis Text Line and a co-facilitator for NAMI NYC Metro’s Young Adult Support Group. Dior is the recipient of numerous awards, including the White House Champion of Change for Disability Advocacy Across Generations, a Voices of the Year honoree under the Impact category at #BlogHer15: Experts Among Us Conference, 2015 Alternatives Conference Cookie Gant and Bill Compton LGBTQI Leadership Award. She was listed as one of the 15 Remarkable Women of Color Who Rocked 2015 in Colorlines. She has a B.A. in the Study of Women and Gender from Smith College and a M.S. in Publishing from Pace University. She lives in New York City.
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Active Minds Awards, 2015-16 These annual awards from Active Minds recognize the outstanding efforts of chapters, students, advisors, alumni, and others during the 2015-2016 school year. These awards will be presented at the Awards Dinner on Friday, November 4.
Active Minds Hero Award
This award recognizes mental health advocates who have used their personal influence to courageously change the conversation about mental health in society.
Chapter of the Year Award
This award recognizes a five-star chapter that sets itself apart by being an invaluable asset to its campus. The Chapter of the Year has an effective executive board and passionate chapter members, hosts innovative programs that reach a large portion of the school population, and makes significant strides in changing its campus culture surrounding mental health. This award is open to all Active Minds chapters that are in good standing with the national organization.
Student Leader of the Year Award
Sponsored by the Family Support Foundation for Mental Illness This award is given to students who have made significant contributions of personal time and talent to the Active Minds cause at their school. Student Leader of the Year recipients have led by example, set a standard of excellence, displayed leadership, facilitated change in the campus climate surrounding mental health, built coalitions, involved others in advocacy efforts, and developed trust with members of their campus community as individuals dedicated to changing the conversation about mental health. The recipient of this award receives a $1,000 cash prize.
Advisor of the Year Award
This award is given to advisors of Active Minds chapters who provide clarity, support, and meaningful counsel to their chapter. Advisor of the Year recipients demonstrate dedication to their chapter that goes well beyond the basics and has empowered their Active Minds chapter members to successfully use their voice to change the conversation about mental health on their campus.
Distinguished Alumni Award
This award is given to former members of Active Minds chapters for outstanding achievement or service to their community, Active Minds National, or the field of mental health advocacy by raising awareness and removing stigma around mental illness and mental health. Recipients embody the mission and values of Active Minds and demonstrate clear efforts to keep mental health education and advocacy a priority in their life. Contributions to Active Minds National may be a consideration, but not a requirement. Recipients of this award must have completed all of their studies and received an undergraduate or graduate diploma by July 1, 2015.
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Margaret Clark Morgan Transformational Change Award
This award recognizes a chapter that has achieved lasting change through effective advocacy for campus-wide policies, structures, systems, or practices that improve, protect, and prioritize student mental health. Examples include expanding counseling center hours, integrating mental health education into new student orientation, and impacting student I.D. cards. The award is named in honor of a compassionate advocate of change who had a transformative impact on mental health in Northeast Ohio, and is sponsored by the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation in her name.
Fundraising Innovation Award
This award recognizes a chapter that has demonstrated particular creativity and innovation in fundraising for mental health. This award is open to all Active Minds chapters that are in good standing with the national organization.
Programming Innovation Award
This award recognizes a chapter that has demonstrated particular creativity and innovation in programming for mental health. This award is open to all Active Minds chapters that are in good standing with the national organization.
Road Runner Award
This award recognizes a chapter that registered with the Active Minds national office on or after July 1, 2015, and hit the ground running on programming, leadership formation, and awareness efforts on its campus. This award is only open to newly registered Active Minds chapters that are in good standing with the national organization.
Uniting Voices Award
This award recognizes a chapter that has succeeded in building diverse coalitions of individuals, organizations, and partners on campus in order to break barriers and build understanding of Active Minds and our mission. The award celebrates chapters that have brought an array of groups together through their initiatives (including different levels of campus administration and faculty) and have reached diverse audiences (such as athletes, LGBTQ students, students of color, fraternities and sororities). This award is open to all Active Minds chapters that are in good standing with the national organization.
Luke Beischel Chapter Jumpstart Scholarship This scholarship, generously sponsored by Xavier University chapter alumnus Luke Beischel, is awarded to a chapter member through a competitive application process. Analogous to the support Luke received when he was a student, the scholarship includes funding and additional, invaluable mentorship from Luke.
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Who’s Who at Active Minds Active Minds Ambassador
• Wentworth Miller, Actor and Screenwriter
National Office Staff • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Alison Malmon, Founder and Executive Director Jose Arias, Office Manager and Database Coordinator Emily Armstrong, Program Coordinator Tonya Augustine, Senior Director of Development Maggie Bertram, Associate Director of Training and Education Candace Daniels, Senior Program Manager Becky Fein, California Statewide Program Manager Grace Foster, Development Manager Lee Ann Gardner, Director of Active Minds Speakers Bureau Angela Gillis, Communications Manager Hayley Harnicher, Speakers Bureau Coordinator Laura Horne, Senior Chapter Manager Nicole Kolenberg, Conference Volunteer Coordinator Pam McKeta, Director of Communications and Marketing Kelly Moore, Chief Operating Officer Robyn Suchy, Chapter Coordinator
Board of Directors
• Steven A. Lerman (Chairman) - Managing Member, Lerman Senter PLLC • Kelly Cox (Vice Chairwoman) - Senior Director, Johnson & Johnson • Rick Mosenkis (Treasurer) - President and CEO, WorkZone, LLC • Vanessa Melendez Mehta (Secretary) - Founding Partner, Accent Partners • Brad Blanken (Development Committee Co-Chair) - Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Bandwidth.com • Paul Di Vito (Development Committee Co-Chair) Marketing Consultant • Marc Kantor (Development Committee Co-Chair) - Senior Vice President, Broad Street, LLC • Anthony M. Bongiorno - Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Litigation, CBS Corporation • Ken Brody - Founder, Sutton Square Partners • Sue Cimbricz, Principal, Cimbricz Consulting • John A. Cutler - Senior Advisor, Chevy Chase Trust • Jen Hartstein, PsyD - Hartstein Psychological • Laura House, Ph.D, LICSW - Federal Government • William J. Lammers - Consultant, Healthcare/Finance/ Governance • Gail Kamer Lieberfarb - Former Chairperson and Executive Director, National Mental Health Awareness Campaign • Alison K. Malmon - Founder and Executive Director, Active Minds, Inc. • Kristina Keidel - President, Active Minds Student Advisory Committee • Ilene Rosenstein, Ph.D. - Director, Counseling and Psychological Services, University of Southern California • Jeremy Shure - Director of Invention, Horizon Media Inc.
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National Advisory Committee
• Bernard S. Arons, MD - Arons Psychiatric Consulting • Bob Boorstin - Marketing Consultant, Washington DC • John V. Campo, MD - Chair, Department of Psychiatry at The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center • Patrick W. Corrigan, Psy.D. - Professor of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology and Principal Investigator of the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research • Gregory Eells, PhD - Director, Counseling and Psychological Services, Cornell University • Daniel Eisenberg, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Principal Investigator, Healthy Minds Study • Laurie Flynn - Director of External Relations, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center • Stephen P. Hinshaw, PhD - Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, UC Berkeley • William H. Isler - Executive Director, Fred M. Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at St. Vincent College • Kay Redfield Jamison, PhD - Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and author • Richard Kadison, MD - Former Chief, Mental Health Service, Harvard University Health Services • Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy - Former Member of Congress, First District of Rhode Island; Founder, One Mind for Brain Research • Alan Leshner, PhD - CEO, American Association for the Advancement of Science • John Morahan BA, MPA, MHA - President/CEO St. Joseph Regional Health Network • Daniel S. Pine, MD - Chief of Child and Adolescent Research, Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health • Sally Pingree - Trustee, Charles Engelhard Foundation • Micky M. Sharma, Psy.D. - President, Association of University and College Counseling Directors (AUCCCD); Counseling and Consultation Services, Ohio State University
Student Advisory Committee
• Kristina Keidel, President - Denison University • Megan Larson, Chair, Fundraising - University of California, Los Angeles • Rae Gerber, Chair, Programming - Oregon State University • Emily Ahlin, Chair, Public Relations - University of Pittsburgh • Melina Acosta - University of Texas, San Antonio • Erica Cooke - Bridgewater College • Russell Fascione - University of Maine • Nycole Fassbender - Marquette University • Allison Friske - University of Rochester • Taylor Grant - Florida Gulf Coast University • Matthew Kridel - University of South Alabama • Tara Maestas - Colorado School of Mines • Tracia Rochelle - California State University, Sacramento • Carly Stewart - Vanderbilt University • Sara Treptow - San Diego State University • Elizabeth Williams - University of Alaska, Anchorage • Cody Winston - Rochester Institute of Technology • Jessica York - University of Missouri Page 19
The Active Minds Speakers Bureau is your source for inspiring speakers to headline your next campus event! Each speaker is a highly-trained mental health advocate who shares his or her personal story in a way that connects, educates, engages, and opens the conversation about mental health issues with your audience. Let us help you choose a speaker or type of presentation that best meets your goals. Contact the Active Minds Speakers Bureau today to get started on hosting a successful event!
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