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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