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