CONFERENCE ON MANY MENTAL ILLNESS ARE HOPING TO BREAK
THE STIGMA. ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE A MENTAL HEALTH
DISORDER EACH YEAR. NEARLY ALL
OF US ARE AFFECTED IN SOME WAY?
WELL JOINING US NOW IS DOUG
BEECH FROM THE PATHWAYS TO HOPE
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
AND DOUG'S HERE TO TELL US A
LITTLE MORE ABOUT
THE CONFERENCE. THIS WILL BE
THE FOURTH YEAR THAT WE'VE DONE
THIS AND WE STARTED THIS IS A
TO HAVE A COMMUNITY WIDE
CONVERSATION ON MENTAL HEALTH
AND MENTAL ILLNESS BECAUSE WE
KNOW WHEN PEOPLE ARE BETTER
INFORMED THEY GET HELP EARLIER
THAT THEY HAVE MUCH BETTER
OUTCOMES. AND WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO PEOPLE THAT YOU IF THAT WELL
IT'S NOT ME IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
IN MY FAMILY WELL WHEN ONE OUT
OF FIVE PEOPLE HAVE A MENTAL
ILLNESS IN OUR MENTAL HEALTH
DISORDER IN ANY GIVEN YEAR IT'S
REALLY 47 PERCENT OVER A
LIFETIME. SO IT DOES AFFECT
ALMOST EVERYBODY YOU EITHER
KNOW SOMEBODY OR YOU HAVE
SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR
WORKPLACE WHICH MAY BE HAVING A
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AT ANY
GIVEN TIME. AND WHAT ARE SOME
OF THE FOCUSES OF THE FRANCIS
SHARE. WE HAVE THREE. WE HAVE
ACTUALLY FOUR TRACKS MENTAL
HEALTH US COUNSELING AND
THERAPY PEER PROGRAMS AND FAITH
COMMUNITY ROLE AND INVOLVEMENT.
SO WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EACH
OF THOSE TRACKS AND WE WE COME
OUT WITH GREAT PLENARY
SPEAKERS. DR. MARK SALTER FROM
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY. PETE EARLEY
WHO IS AN AWARD WINNING ARTIST
OR AUTHOR. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO
WILL BE DOING WORKSHOPS ON
THINGS LIKE DEPRESSION ANXIETY
SUICIDE HOW TO BE MORE
INCLUSIVE FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE
A MENTAL ILLNESS SO THAT
THEY'RE NOT ISOLATED. SO WE
HAVE WORKSHOPS PLENARY SESSIONS
GOING OVER TWO DAYS SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WE'LL HAVE SOME
SPECIAL SESSIONS FOR HISPANIC
FAMILIES AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN
FAMILIES AND CHURCHES. SO
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY YEAH.
AND IT IS LIKE YOU SAID FOR
EVERYONE IT'S NOT JUST FOR
THOSE WHO WHO WORK AS
COUNSELORS OR THEORIZE THINGS
LIKE THAT. TELL ME MORE ABOUT
THAT YOU KNOW THE SOME MOST
IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN A PERSON'S
LIFE OR THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR
FRIENDS AND SO WE FIND WE'RE
WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SUPPORT. AND
PEOPLE AROUND THEM CARE PEOPLE
DO BETTER. SO ONE OF THE THINGS
WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IS YOU KNOW
TO GET PROFESSIONAL HELP BUT
ALSO DON'T ISOLATE YOU GET
EDUCATED. AND THAT'S A LOT OF
WHAT THIS CONFERENCE IS ABOUT
GETTING EDUCATED CREATING A
HIGHER LEVEL AWARENESS AND
BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS
IS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE
DON'T TALK ABOUT IT? IT CAN
BECOME A PROBLEM AND WHEN WE
DON'T TALK ABOUT IT IN
THE RIGHT WAY. THAT'S A PROBLEM
ALSO STARTING THAT CONVERSATION
IS SO IMPORTANT. YES. AND WHAT
DO YOU THINK YOU SAID THIS IS
THE FOURTH YEAR YOU'VE HAD
THE CONFERENCE. WHAT DO YOU
THINK THE IMPACT HAS BEEN ON
OUR COMMUNITY AFTER STARTING
THAT CONVERSATION. WELL WHAT
WE'VE SEEN IS THAT FOR EXAMPLE
LAST YEAR 60 PERCENT OF
THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO
THE CONFERENCE HADN'T BEEN
THE FIRST TWO YEARS. SO HOW
LOTS OF NEW PEOPLE COME IN.
THE BIGGEST IMPACT I THINK IS
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MORE AS A
COMMUNITY AS A NATION AS A
STATE. AND IT SEEMS TO BE IN
THE NEWS A LOT. BUT I ALSO
THINK PEOPLE ARE MORE
INTERESTED IN DEALING WITH THIS
AND TALKING ABOUT IT THAN THEY
EVER HAD BAND IS IT'S A PROBLEM
THAT WE HAVE JUST LIKE ANY
OTHER ILLNESS AND HEALTH CARE
PROBLEM. WE NEED TO GET
TREATMENT AND GET HELP. THAT'S
GREAT THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
ABOUT IT NOW AND SO TELL US
WHEN THE CONFERENCE IS WHAT ARE
THE TIMES HOW DO YOU REGISTER
OK. IF YOU'VE GOT A W W W
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REGISTER NOT ONLY FOR
THE CONFERENCE BUT FOR SPECIFIC
WORKSHOPS THAT I'M GOING TO
ATTEND AS WELL. IT'S THIS NEXT
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THE TWENTY
THIRD AND FOURTH DOORS WILL
OPEN AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN
THE MORNING. OK. AND THEN WE
ALSO HAVE ON FRIDAY EVENING WE
HAVE A YOUTH AND FAMILY EVENT
WHERE WE'LL HAVE MUSICAL
ARTISTS OUR FEATURE ARTIST IS
RAP ARTIST S O AND IT'S A GREAT
EVENT FOR FAMILIES AND FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THAT'S FRIDAY
EVENING AND THAT'S FRIDAY
EVENING AT DOORS WILL OPEN AT 6
O'CLOCK ON THAT. OK. AND THEN
THE CONFERENCE CONTINUES
SATURDAY AS WELL OK. AND ONE
MORE TIME DOUG FOR MORE
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HOPE CONFERENCE PATHWAYS TO
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RIGHT DANIEL THANK YOU FOR
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