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Call for Proposals
About the Summit
The Mental Health Equity and Liberation Summit is a unique national event that focuses on the importance of culturally competence in mental health care and advocacy. The summit is open to the public.
Who Should Attend
This event focuses on collaborative conversations about improving quality of mental care and dismantling stigma for historically disenfranchised and underrepresented populations. Target audiences include licensed mental health professionals, university students with interest in mental health, non-profit professionals, social workers, nurses, educators, consumers (and loved ones), mental health advocates, community health organizers and religious leaders.
Presentation Format
Presentations time slots are 60 minutes (including Q/A) and are designed to be interactive. Presentations may be made by single or multiple presenters. Specially consideration is given to proposals that include collaborations with licensed mental health professionals, peers/consumers and community grassroots organizers advocates. Priority is given to presentations that feature a licensed mental health professional presenting in partnership with an individual living with a diagnosis.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
· Developing Culturally Competent Mental Health Advocacy Skills
· The Impact of Discrimination and Social Inequality on Mental Health
· Disparities in Mental Health
· Decolonizing Mental Health
· Community-Based Systems of Support
· Story-Telling and Inclusive Mental Health
· PTSD and Race-Based Trauma
· Faith-Based Approaches to Mental Health and Wellness
· Supporting the Mental Health Needs of the LGBTQIA+ population
· Peer Support Specialist and Sustainable Inclusive Mental Health Promotion
· Fostering the Mental Health of First-Generation Immigrant Families
· Social Construction of Mental Illness and its Impact on Stigma