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Together We Stand: Educating Our Vision of the Future! Mental Health ConferenceFriday, October 8, 2010 at 8:00 AM - Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 4:00 PM (CT)Kingsville, TX |
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Event Details
Join Community leaders from Brooks, Jim Wells and Kleberg Counties, to discuss community Mental Health this coming October 8-9, 2010 in Kingsville, TX. The 2nd annual Together We Stand: Educating our Visions of the Future! – Mental Health Conference at Texas A&M University – Kingsville is free of charge and is open to everyone concerned about community Mental Health.
The Together We Stand: Educating our Visions of the Future, Mental Health Conference was established by dedicated community members throughout the Coastal Bend. These members, made up of consumers, providers and family members, collaborated to form Voices Leadership Group.
The Mission Statement of Voices Leadership Group is to promote Leadership and Trust by Educating and Informing ourselves and our communities to better understand what it is to live with mental health challenges. The Vision of the Voices Leadership Group is to create a growing community of Faith, Friendship, Peace and Respect.
For registration information or for additional information, please call 361-664-0145 Ext 283 or email at MHConference@cacost.org . See you on the 8th and 9th!
FREE ADMISSION
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 24, 2010
_Contact our Office If Interested in More Information_
After Deadline, Contact us. CEU’s are pending at a fee
On-site Registration based on space availability.
Tentative Agenda
October 8-9, 2010
Friday October 8, 2010 Day 1: Conference Itinerary
7:30 am – 9:00 am Breakfast and Registration
9:00 am – 10:15 am Welcome Ceremony & Opening Plenary
“Addressing Needs in a Consumer Centered Approach”
Welcome
Martín Ornelas, Director, Coastal Bend Rural Health Partnership
Charles Sportsman, Executive Director, Coastal Plains MHMR, Portland, TX
Honorable Pete de la Garza, County Judge, Kleberg County
Speakers
Lillian Perez, Consumer, Voices Leadership Group, Kingsville, TX
Brigida C. Gonzalez, Board Trustee, MHMR of Nueces County, Corpus Christi, TX
10:30 am – 11:30 am First Concurrent Workshop Sessions
11:45 am – 1:30pm Luncheon Plenary “Choices in Recovery”
Sponsored by Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1:45pm – 2:45pm Second Concurrent Workshop Sessions
3:45pm – 4:45pm Afternoon Plenary
“Creating a Vision of Recovery and Wellness”
Moderator:
Linda Ramos-Perez, Alice Clinic Director & Director of Youth Services, Coastal Plains MHMR
Speakers
David Luna, Director of Border Affairs, Texas Health & Human Services Commission, Harlingen, TX
Clara Reynolds, Consumer, Voices Leadership Group, Kingsville, TX
Saturday, October 9, 2010 Day 2: Conference Itinerary
7:30 am – 9:00am Breakfast and Registration
9:00am – 10:00am Morning Plenary “In our own Voice: Youth Perspectives”
Moderator
Michael Cox, Youth Engagement Specialist, CPC Children’s Youth Initiative, Llano Estacado Alliance for Children, Plainview, TX
Speakers
Panel of Youth from LLANO Estacado
10:15am – 11:15 am Third Concurrent Workshop Sessions
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Fourth Concurrent Workshop Sessions
12:45pm – 2:00pm Closing Plenary Luncheon “Challenges and Opportunities for the Future”
Moderator
Dr. Nancy Speck, Presidential Appointee, New Freedom Commission, Nacadoches, TX
Speakers
J.M. Lozano, Lozano Enterprises, Kingsville, TX
Miroslava Valerio, Consumer, Voices Leadership Group, Kingsville, TX
Invite Attendees to attend the 3rd Annual Downtown Artwalk in Downtown Kingsville, TX
When & Where
Texas A&M University - Kingsville: Student Union Building
1050 W. Santa Gertrudis Avenue
Kingsville,
TX 78363
Friday, October 8, 2010 at 8:00 AM - Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 4:00 PM (CT)
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Hosted By
Coastal Bend Rural Health Partnership
The Coastal Bend Rural Health Partnership (Partnership) focus is on rural communities in an eleven county region, which includes Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Refugio and San Patricio Counties.
The Mission of the Partnership is: To improve the health status of rural communities in the Coastal Bend
The Vision reads: To forge a leadership alliance among all sectors of the community to improve the health of our communities
The Partnership advances community health improvement by:
1. Building the capacity of members to plan more effectively and implement community based interventions to address the critical issues confronting the communities in the Coastal Bend.
2. Creating an opportunity for members to have a unified voice in public policy discussions that affect the communities they serve.
3. Generating additional public and private resources for improving the health of rural communities across the Coastal Bend region.
4. Encouraging and facilitating the networking and sharing of valuable information.
5. Exploring and providing members benefits that encourage growth and sustainability of member organizations.
6. Cooperating with local, regional, and/or national groups in the common endeavor to advance community health improvement.
Essentially, the principal role of the Partnership is to create a central, coordinating hub, which fosters broad community participation from a wide range of organizations and individuals. The current structure of the Partnership enables the rural collaborative to function in an umbrella coordinating role and serves as:
1. A vehicle for individual organizations to avoid duplications of effort and leverage resources, knowledge, and technical proficiency to advance their respective agendas, and
2. As an information exchange regarding: organizational updates/activities, technical developments, legislative/policy issues, etc.
Hotel Information
Please mention you are with the Mental Health Conference upon making your reservations.
Super 8 Kingsville
105 S US Highway 77 Byp. Contact Number 361-592-6471
Best Western Kingsville Inn
2402 E King Ave. Contact Number 800-780-7234
Rodeway Inn Kingsville
3430 South US Highway 77 Byp. Contact Number 361-595-4513
Flight Information
Listed are the nearest international airports to Kingsville, TX in alphabetical order:
Brownsville International Airport
2 hours 10 minutes - 125 miles
Corpus Christi International Airport
42 minutes - 35 miles
Laredo International Airport
2 hours - 120 miles
Mc Allen International Airport
2 hours 9 minutes - 166 miles
San Antonio International Airport
2 hours 38 minutes - 166 miles
Valley International Airport (Harlingen, TX)
1 hour 38 minutes - 97 miles
American Sign Language Interpreters and CART/ Communication Access Real Time
Translation or other accommodations will be provided