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Empowerment Congress Together Empowering for Community Wellbeing
September 16, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Join the Empowerment Congress Mental Health Committee for a free town hall event to inform community members and organizations about trauma impacting our Children and TAY populations, and to bridge the gap in access to resources to Mental Health services.Speakers include:
- Hon. Mark Ridley-Thomas, Chairman, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
- Paco Retana, LCSW, Vice President of Programs, Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic
- Dr. Aquil Basheer, Founder and Executive Director, Professional Community Intervention Training Institute
- Arvis Jones, BA, MT, MA, Founder, Damon’s Center for Grief, Loss and Trauma
- Remarks from two Transitioned Aged Youth (TAY) individuals with lived experience
RSVP: http://empowermentcongress.org/committees/mentalhealth/events/