A Decade of Stories
Shining a Light on Behavioral Health
You are invited to join us
May 15th, 2024
at the corner of L & 15th St.
California Sate Capital Park
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Register below to receive a ticket for a scoop of Gunther’s Homemade Ice Cream, served by Rich’s Ice Cream Catering!
Speakers
Announcing Our Keynote Speaker!
Heather Bodie
Making Room For Light
Celebrating the Brightness Within Our Stories of Struggle
About Heather:
Heather Bodie is a public speaker, artist, and mental health advocate who has spent the last 15 years creating events and sharing stories to disarm the deadly stigma surrounding mental illness. She joined the Chicago-based non-profit Erasing the Distance in 2013 and served as Executive Artistic Director, facilitating conversations about mental health in a wide variety of industries across the country.
She is deeply invested in exploring the role that language plays in the ability to acknowledge and address mental health challenges both personally and professionally. She has worked within a multitude of professional industries, identifying ineffective communication patterns, ideating mental health-focused approaches to solutions, and coaching management teams to invest in open conversations about mental health with their teams.
Learn more at HeatherBodie.com
LaVontae Hill
LaVontae Hill was born and raised in Richmond, CA. LaVontae carries the title of an Associate Clinical Social Worker with over half a decade of experience as a Mental Health Therapist. LaVontae graduated from California State University, Sacramento with a BASW and The University of Southern California with a MSW. LaVontae, has over a decade of experience working with children, youth, and families residing in impoverished communities. LaVontae has recently began his journey as a Motivational Speaker and has become a member of the Stop Stigma Sacramento Speakers Bureau as well as a TEDx speaker. LaVontae considers himself to be a Wounded Healer as he utilizes his life story of trauma to inspire while breaking generational curses for all who face and struggle with mental health challenges and mental illness.
Claudia Fernandez-Niedzielski
Claudia is a thriver and a woman who has learned to succeed despite the many challenges she has faced. She endured a psychotic break at the age of 22 and was hospitalized for 6 months with no end in sight for her illness nor a way to get better. It was through the tireless dedication of an entire team of doctors who refused to give up, the loving support of her entire family and those who knew her and to Electro Convulsive Therapy (ETC) that she was brought back to life. She is now a mother of two adult children, a wife of 29 years, and a woman who has found a way to create a successful and beautiful life despite of her diagnosis of bipolar disorder and the ups and downs of mental illness. She loves her parents, brothers, children, husband and extended family with all her heart and continues to learn how to live a life full of passion and in full harmony with herself. Claudia is currently on a quest to be the best version of herself and as she shares the lessons she has learned and use to find meaning, self-discovery, understanding and compassion for herself and others and her deep self-worth. Through her seminars and classes, she has a genuine and profound impact on those she mentors and leads.
Sponsorship Opportunities
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Exhibitors
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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Anthem
BeingwellCA
Cal Voices
California Alliance of Child and Family Services
California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies
California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies
California Department of Rehabilitation
California Youth Crisis Line
CAPS Academy
Consumers Self Help Center
CAYEN
Disability Rights California
I Am Collaborative
July Forward
Lightfully Behavioral Health
National Union of Healthcare Workers
NAMI Sacramento
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
NorCal Services for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Pacific Clinics
Peers Envisioning & Engaging in Recovery Services
Postpartum Support International
PRC
Saint John’s Program for Real Change
Soluna
Stars Behavioral Health Group
Steinberg Institute
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Through the Years | Program Books and Themes
- 2023: BUILDING BRIDGES | BREAKING STIGMA
- 2022: THE POWER OF MENTAL HEALTH: Pathways to Collaborative Healing
- 2021: RESILIENT CALIFORNIA Celebrating Diversity & Connecting for Wellness
- 2020: 2020 VISION: HOPE • CHANGE • ACTION
- 2019: FROM TRAUMA TO HOPE
- 2018: CALIFORNIA STRONG!
- 2017: Building Momentum & Strength TOGETHER
- 2016: AWARENESS. ACTION. CHANGE.