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Conference: Changing the Conversation about Mental Health ruler
For Immediate Release
October 17, 2007

Contact:
Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9500

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:

Conference:

"Changing the Conversation about Mental Health"

WHEN:

Friday, October 26, 2007, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 27, 2007, 9:15 a.m. - 6:15 p.m.

WHERE:

Georgetown University Law Center
McDonough Hall - 1st and 2nd Floors
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001

Specific room locations will be posted at the conference.

SCHEDULE:

Friday, October 26, 2007

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Welcome

Alison Malmon, Founder and Executive Director, Active Minds, Inc.
Ross Szabo, Director of Youth Outreach, National Mental Health Awareness Campaign

3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
Hot Topics in Mental Health

Janis Whitlock, Director of the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injurious Behaviors (Self-Injury)
Yvonne Brock, Director, Outpatient Services, Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health Center (Co-Occurring Disorders)
Sally Spencer-Thomas, Executive Director, Carson J. Spencer Foundation (Men and Depression)

5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Mental Health in Minority Communities

Donna Barnes, Founder, National Organization for People of Color Against Suicide; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Howard University
Hochang Benjamin Lee, Associate Director of Research Development, Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Saturday, October 27, 2007

9:15 – 10:15 a.m.
Signs and Symptoms of Depression: How to Help a Friend
Casey Carr, Advisor, Cornell Minds Matter
Antoinette King, Event Coordinator, Cornell Minds Matter
Dahlia Raymond, President, Cornell Minds Matter

Taking the Stress Out of National Stress Out Day

Katharine Penzo, Co-President, Active Minds at Bryn Mawr
Meredith Boyd Sisson, Secretary, Active Minds at Bryn Mawr
Amy Gordon, Treasurer, Active Minds at Bryn Mawr
Heather Wiles, Publicity Chair, Active Minds at Bryn Mawr

Stomp Out Stigma

Lindsay Atkins, President, Active Minds at Niagara
Deandra Modica, Co-President, Active Minds at Niagara

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
How to Start a Chapter of Active Minds
Brian Altman, Director of Public Policy, Suicide Prevention Action Network
Becca Frazee, Chapters Coordinator, Active Minds, Inc.

1:15 – 2:15 p.m.
Working with the Administration: Advisors and Counselors
Ilene Rosenstein, Director, Counseling and Psychological Services, University of Pennsylvania
Amanda Pierce, Founding President, Active Minds at Windsor
Tonya Ackley, Residence Life Coordinator and Advisor to Active Minds, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Part of a Movement: Active Minds’ National Programs

Alison Malmon, Founder and Executive Director, Active Minds, Inc.
Becca Frezee, Chapters Coordinator, Active Minds, Inc.
Amy Tannenbaum, Chapters Coordinator, Active Minds, Inc.

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Continuing the Dialogue and Building Leaders

Vince Day, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Active Minds, Inc.
Becca Frazee, Chapters Coordinator, Active Minds, Inc.

Student Advocacy Nuts and Bolts: Fundraising
Amy Tannenbaum, Chapters Coordinator, Active Minds, Inc.

5:15 – 6:15 p.m.
Media and Messaging

Kelly Cox, Senior Associate, APCO Worldwide

NOTE:

This event is sponsored by Active Minds at Georgetown Law and the Potomac Ridge Behavioral Health Center in Rockville, Maryland.

The full program and registration information are available here:
http://www.activemindsoncampus.org/news/conference.php.

Active Minds is a national organization dedicated to utilizing the student voice to raise mental health awareness on the college campus. Georgetown Law is currently the only graduate school with an Active Minds chapter.

Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu.