Schedule Day 2


Thursday, October 17, 2024 

9:00 am - 3:45 pm


8:30 - 9:00

Registration, Meet & Greet

Light refreshments served

Mandinka and Mande music of West Africa 

Keenan Webster 

Jonas Center 

9:00 - 9:05

Welcome Address


Walter Turner | College of Marin Umoja Equity Institute Coordinator; Faculty & Chair Social Science Department


Stormy Miller Sabia, Ed.D | College of Marin Director of Student Services – Student Accessibility Services and Psychological Services 


Jonas Center

9:05 - 9:3

Poetry


Linda Noel 

Jonas Center

9:35 - 10:35

Keynote

Toward Our Liberation & Healing: The Role of Chicana/o/x Indigenous Psychology


Manuel Zamarripa, PhD, LPC-S 

Institute of Chicana/o/x Psychology and Community Wellness 

Jonas Center

10:45-12:00

Morning Sessions:


Writing to Remember: Creative Writing for Gratitude, Mental Health, Healing and Connection with Ancestors

Aimee Suzara


Community Care Plan Workshop

Tea Perales


Activate your Mental Health Equity Sweet Spot: Turn today’s theories, research, and data points into personal and practical mental health expressions

Saeeda Hafiz, B.B.A, Certified Yoga Instructor & Holistic Health Educator


Equity & Integrative Medicine

Tara Collins, MD, MPH, Marin County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services


Toward Our Liberation & Healing: The Role of Chicana/o/x Indigenous Psychology 

Continued Q & A with Manuel Zamarripa, PhD, LPC-S 

Institute of Chicana/o/x Psychology and Community Wellness 


Reflection Spaces: 

Reflection Spaces are an opportunity to gather together, slow down, and allow time for processing of the symposium individually and in community through discussion, journaling, and deeper reflection.  

12:00-12:40

Lunch 


Mandinka and Mande music of West Africa 

Keenan Webster 

Jonas Center 

12:40-1:45

Noonday Address


Abolition and Mental Health First Oakland

Asantewaa Boykin, R.N., Co -Founder of Anti-Police Terror Project, Co-Creator of Mental Health First

Jonas Center

2:00 - 3:15

Afternoon Sessions:


Relationship Building in Organizational Spaces

Phoebe Smith, Restorative Practices


Celebrating Imaginative Diversity and Finding Wholeness in Collaboration

Craig Coss, College of Marin Fine Arts Instructor


Healed in Nature: Promoting Post-Traumatic Growth Using Ancestral Creative Arts Therapy

Latajah Lasssus


Marin County HIV/AIDS Overview and Review of Essential Services  

Marcelino Alcorta, MPH 


Caring for the Caregiver

Daniela Domínguez, Psy.D. & Gricelda Correa, On the Margins


Elevating Mental Health Through Participatory Budgeting: Community-Driven Innovations
Jahmeer Reynolds, Founder/Executive Director, Marin County Cooperation Team 

Giuseppe Dezza, Director, Espacio Comunicaciones 

Connie Mann, LMFT, Regional Director Behavioral Health, Marin County and Suicide Prevention Hotline 


Reflection Spaces 

Reflection Spaces are an opportunity to gather together, slow down, and allow time for processing of the symposium individually and in community through discussion, journaling, and deeper reflection.  


3:25-3:45

Reconvene & Close of Day 

Mandinka and Mande music of West Africa 

Keenan Webster 

Jonas Center