All events are free of charge unless otherwise noted.
Presented by the Riverhead Free Library and Family Services League Location: Riverhead Free Library, 330 Court Street, Riverhead, NY 11901 Contact: Laura J. B. La Sita, Senior Services Coordinator, 631 -727-3228 Ext. 119 The program will be presented by Robyn Berger-Gaston of Family Service League where she is a social worker and division director. Presented by Unified Behavioral Health Center: Northwell Health Location: Bay Shore YMCA, 200 West Main Street, Bay Shore, NY 11706 Contact: Mayer Bellehsen, Director, 631-647-2530, UBHC@northwell.edu This event will be hosted by the Unified Behavioral Health Center in partnership with the VA Caregiver Program to celebrate our military and veteran families. Please join us for a day of fun filled activities for the children that will include bouncy houses, games, pumpkin painting, and a raffle. Presented by the Joseph P. Dwyer Veterans Peer Support Project: www.dwyerproject.org Location: Suffolk County Community College, Ammerman Campus, 533 College Road, Veterans Plaza, Selden NY 11784 Contact: Marcelle Leis, Program Director, 631-853-8345 mleis@mhaw.org To promote awareness of the issues surrounding Veterans suicide as well as healthy ways to promote positive mental health through physical health and wellness. Our goal is provide important resources to student Veterans and peers on organizations providing physical health and wellness programs. The "22" number was part of a statistic that was originally released through a case study done by the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2012, but since then have release an updated study showing the rate had fallen to "20" veteran suicides per day. We will do 22 push-ups every 22 minutes. In between, sponsoring organizations will speak for a few minutes either sharing a personal story or talking about some of the programs that are offered and how physical health and wellness has changed their outlook on life and the impact it has had on their life. Veteran resource tables will be on display to hand out organization and community information. The challenge is not just doing push-ups but to explain the concept of a buddy check, battle buddy, or wingman, as well as to help dispel misconceptions of talking about suicide, and remove the stigma about asking for help. Date, time, and location subject to change. Presented by Stony Brook School of Medicine Location: Stony Brook School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Health Science Center (HSC) Level 3, Lecture Hall 6, Stony Brook, NY 11794 Contact: Evelyn J. Bromet, PhD, 631-632-8853 More information to follow. Presented by the Suffolk County Library System Details about this event will soon be announced. Presented by the Joseph P. Dwyer Veterans Peer Support Project: www.dwyerproject.org Suffolk County Community College, Eastern Campus, 121 Speonk Riverhead Road, Peconic Bldg., Riverhead NY 11901 Contact: Marcelle Leis, Program Director, 631-853-8345, mleis@mhaw.org To promote awareness of the issues surrounding Veterans suicide as well as healthy ways to promote positive mental health through physical health and wellness. Our goal is provide important resources to student Veterans and peers on organizations providing physical health and wellness programs. The "22" number was part of a statistic that was originally released through a case study done by the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2012, but since then have release an updated study showing the rate had fallen to "20" veteran suicides per day. We will do 22 push-ups every 22 minutes. In between, sponsoring organizations will speak for a few minutes either sharing a personal story or talking about some of the programs that are offered and how physical health and wellness has changed their outlook on life and the impact it has had on their life. Veteran resource tables will be on display to hand out organization and community information. The challenge is not just doing push-ups but to explain the concept of a buddy check, battle buddy, or wingman, as well as to help dispel misconceptions of talking about suicide, and remove the stigma about asking for help. Presented by the Joseph P. Dwyer Veterans Peer Support Project: www.dwyerproject.org Location: Suffolk County Community College, Grant Campus, 1001 Crooked Hill Road, Captree Commons, Brentwood, NY 11717 Contact: Marcelle Leis, Program Director, 631-853-8345, mleis@mhaw.org To promote awareness of the issues surrounding Veterans suicide as well as healthy ways to promote positive mental health through physical health and wellness. Our goal is provide important resources to student Veterans and peers on organizations providing physical health and wellness programs. The "22" number was part of a statistic that was originally released through a case study done by the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2012, but since then have release an updated study showing the rate had fallen to "20" veteran suicides per day. We will do 22 push-ups every 22 minutes. In between, sponsoring organizations will speak for a few minutes either sharing a personal story or talking about some of the programs that are offered and how physical health and wellness has changed their outlook on life and the impact it has had on their life. Veteran resource tables will be on display to hand out organization and community information. The challenge is not just doing push-ups but to explain the concept of a buddy check, battle buddy, or wingman, as well as to help dispel misconceptions of talking about suicide, and remove the stigma about asking for help. Presented by Unified Behavioral Health Center: Northwell Health Location: Association for Mental Health and Wellness, 2040 Ocean Avenue, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 Contact: 631-647-2539 or mbellehsen@northwell.edu Time and location is subject to change. Co-Presented by the Patchogue-Medford School District, the Association for Mental Health and Wellness, the Mental Health Association of Nassau County, and the Mental Health Association in New York State (MHANYS) Location (Tent.): Saxton Middle School, 121 Saxton Street, Patchogue, NY 11772 More information to follow. Presented by Pilgrim Psychiatric Center: www.omh.ny.gov/omhweb/facilities/pgpc Location: Suffolk County Community College, Grant Campus, Sagtikos Theatre, 1001 Crooked Hill Road, Brentwood NY 11717 Contact: Kelly Lane, Conference Chair 631-761-2296, kelly.lane@omh.ny.gov Please Join Pilgrim Psychiatric Center for our Annual Peer Run Conference The conference theme and focus is "Recovery in Action: Moving Forward." We will hear from two very well known speakers in the nation and community speak on how they are Raising the Recovery Bar in their personal and professional life. The audience will be invited to respond with feedback, experiences, and ideas how the recovery bar can be raised. Featuring Keynote Speaker: Leah Harris, M.A.: Leah is a mother, advocate and storyteller who has written and spoken widely about her lived experiences of trauma, addiction, mental health challenges, and healing/resilience. Ms. Harris is the CEO of Shifa Consulting, a woman owned and operated enterprise specializing in customized training in mind-body resilience practices and creative expressive arts, including theatre and storytelling. Featuring Motivational Speaker: Terri Muuss: Terri is a multi-career tour de force who balances a full-time social work gig with directing shows, writing books, a motivational speaker at conferences and colleges, and running a private practice. Mrs. Muuss' second book, God-Spine, is forth coming. This conference is free of charge! Additional Information Coming Soon! We hope to see there!
Presented by the Mental Health Association of Nassau County Location: Mental Health Association of Nassau County, 206 Clinton Street, Hempstead, NY 11550 Contact: Fern Schanback, LMHC, CASAC-T, 516.489.2322 Ext. 1111, fschanback@mhanc.org Details regarding this event are in development. Tickets are tentatively set at $15. Community partners will be on-site with information and referral services.
Registration will begin 8:30 a.m. and the conference will start promptly at 9:00 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m.