Track
Advocacy in Action: Amplifying Voices for Mental Health Equity
Date
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Time
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
Name
Creative Campaign to Challenge the Status Quo of Criminalizing Mental Illness
Description
This session invites you to engage with a powerful creative campaign, commissioned by the Sozosei Foundation, that directly challenges the status quo of criminalizing mental illness. You'll experience impactful visual vignettes and then play a crucial role in guiding the campaign's next phase: its website. Your feedback, gathered through real-time voting and a facilitated discussion, will directly shape a meaningful advocacy campaign to decriminalize mental illness.
Speakers
Melissa Beck , Sozosei FoundationMichael Compton , Columbia University
Leah Pope , New York State Psychiatric Institute
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