8:00 – 8:30 am Registration and Breakfast
8:30 – 8:50 am Greetings and Introductions:
Sheila Thorne, President and CEO
Multicultural Healthcare Marketing Group
Thomas E. Gaiter, MD
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Howard University College of Medicine
Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia
Wes Sowers, MD
President
American Association of Community Psychiatrists
William Lawson, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Howard University Hospital
Walter Hill
Executive Director
Washington Psychiatric Society
8:50 – 9:30 am Annelle B. Primm, MD, MPH
Director, Minority and National Affairs (OMNA)
American Psychiatric Association
OMNA on Tour
9:30 – 11:00 am Session I:
Access to Recovery – Engaging for Equity
Panel: Jackie Feldman, MD; Charles Huffine, MD; Fred Osher, MD; Margaret Heldring, PhD; Gladys Baxley, PhD
Session will examine issues related to access to mental health care, including mental health and primary care, rights of consumers
11:00 – 11:15 am Break
11:15 – 12:30 pm Session 2:
Collaboration and System Governance – Advocacy for Equity
Panel: Stephen Goldfinger, MD; Hunter McQuision, MD; Wes Sowers, MD; Roger Peele, MD
Session will examine the bridging and development of partnerships between agencies, between clinicians and consumers, as well as the interface of local, state, and federal partners
12:30 – 1:30 pm Luncheon Keynote
Martha Knisley, Commissioner
DC Department of Mental Health
Yvonne Wilson (invited)
DC Mental Health Association
Thomas Green
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Adeline Benovil
Woodley House
1:30 – 2:30 pm Session 3:
Policy and Community Mental Health – Legislating for Equity
Panel: Anthony Ng, MD; Mary Gardiner-Jones, Esq; Anita Everett, MD; Ken Thompson, MD
Session will look at the legislative process, how community mental health psychiatrists foster the bridge and work closely with legislators in mental health policies development
2:30 – 3:30 pm Session 4:
Research to Practice – Outcomes for Equity
Panel: Mario Cruz, MD; Jack Haggerty, MD; Andres Pumariega, MD; William Lawson, MD
Session will examine critical issues of how to enhance integrating research into practical clinical practice
3:30 – 3:45 pm Break
3:45 – 5:00 pm Session 5:
Healthy Communities: The Future of Equity
Panel: Satya Chandragi, MD; Reta Floyd, MD; Russell Lim, MD; Michael Torres, MD; Jesse J. Prince, Sr.
Session will summarize the proceedings from the previous four sessions and identify and develop with partners a paradigm of next steps for community mental health clinicians to be greater advocates with consumers to increase equity
5:00 – 5:15 pm Closing Remarks