POCC 4th Annual Awards and Conference Program

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Hilton Fountain Room

8:30 A.M.

Breakfast and Registration

9:00-11:30 A.M.

POCC Annual Membership Meeting

Welcome -- Khatera Aslami-Tamplen, CED Manager & Mary Hogden, POCC Manager

POCC State of the Union – Michelle Campbell-Mateo

Meet the Candidates - Elections

Hilton Ballroom Foyer

11:30-Registration

Ballroom

12:30-1:30 P.M.

Welcome/Housekeeping – Mary Hogden

Lunch Performance by Purchase

Raffle – (Must Be Present To Win) Announce POCC Election Results

1:30-4:30 P.M.

Mary Hogden – Introduction: Manuel Jimenez – BHCS Director

Karyn Tribble – Deputy Director Khatera Aslami-Tamplen – Introduction to keynote speaker:

Chacku Mathai –Director of NAMI Star Center

Making Wellness and Recovery Real in Our Communities

Chacku Mathai is the Director for the NAMI STAR

Center; a National Technical Assistance Center funded

by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration (SAMHSA). Chacku is an Indian-American, born in Kuwait,

who has over twenty-eight years of experience in systems transformation

leadership.

2:30-2:40 P.M. 10x10 Energizer- Tiffany Bell 2:40-2:45 Musical selection-Kenneth Kozi Arrington 2:45–4:00 P.M. POCC Awards – Mary Hogden, Paulette Franklin 4:00-4:25 P.M. Raffles & Closing Mary Hogden, Paulette Franklin (Must Be Present to Win) Hilton Pacific Room - Friday

The Wellness Zone hosted by HHREC‘s Tiffany Bell will be open Friday all

day. Come in and receive a massage, acupuncture or participate in other

wellness events that will be happening.

Thank you for your support, see you tomorrow

The courses offered at this event meet the qualifications for continuing education credits for MFTs, LPCCs and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider Approval Number PCE 307; the California Board of Registered Nurses, BRN Provider Number 12040; and the California Foundation for Advancement of Addiction Professionals (CFAAP), Provider Number 4C-04-604-0616.

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POCC 4th Annual Awards and Conference Program

Friday June 26, 2015

Hilton Ballroom Foyer

8:30-9:00 A.M. Registration and Continental Breakfast Hilton Ballroom 9:00-9:05 A.M. Welcome / Housekeeping - Mary Hogden 9:05-10:00 A.M. Susan Manzi - Youth Panel – POCC TAY 10:00-10:10 Musical selection - Kenneth Kozi Arrington

Early Morning Workshops **************

10:15-11:15 A.M. Hilton Ball Room “Lived Experience Leadership” Chacku Mathai In this highly interactive, interplay workshop, we will explore 5 habits of healthy relationships, discover the power of incrementally and reflect on our own experiences with leadership, community organizing and building a movement to make recovery a reality in our communities. Attendees who like to get up and move around and “people in chairs” will all benefit

and have fun together as we playfully interact and re-engage with the best of our selves.

10:15-11:15 A.M

Hilton California Room Stephen Marks, PhD, Melodee Jarvis, Dequincey Lezine “Hope” (Honoring Our Perseverance and Empowerment) The Effectiveness a Peer-Led Support Group for People Considering Suicide “Numerous support groups for family members of someone who died by suicide, exist in the nation. There are, however, less than half a dozen support groups for suicide attempt survivors. The Peer led HOPE group is one of them. Presenters/consumers key to development of this project will provide an overview. Hilton Room I “Tales of “Lulu Bell” Regina Gage A Spiritual Tale by Rachelle “Lulu Bell” descendant of the Cherokee Indian Nation and Black Freedmen. Presentation will give the spiritual background life and the foundation as a descendant of the Negro and Cherokee Indian nation as a black Indian known as Freedmen. Regina will give true-life story accounts of oral traditions passed down to her from grand and great grandparents who were emancipated slaves as of 1865 in the State of Georgia. Regina will show factual evidence from the U. S. census records, the Dawes rolls and Black Freedmen permanent records located at the national archives to show authenticity of her ethnic background. Hilton Room II “Are we as Mental Health Peers ready for the Years 2020 & 2030?” Ann Hawkins Mental health issues are widely underestimated throughout the world. The WHO (World Health Organization that is part of the UN/United Nations) has conducted a worldwide study called the Global Burden of Disease (GBD). The GBD study projects that unipolar major depression will rank #2 in the world by 2020 (this is in terms of leading causes of disability worldwide). By the year 2030 the WHO projects that unipolar major depression will rank #1 throughout the world, with 4 out of the top 10 causes of disability worldwide being mental health challenges. What might be the role(s) of

peers and consumers in this projected future? What might “people with lived experience” offer in these circumstances?

Hilton Room III “Language Matters” Julian Plumadore and Terri Byrne Join us for a lively, interactive discussion on the language we use to talk about mental health challenges and how we can work together to improve it. Learn the concepts behind inclusive language, how to implement new and dynamic language that honors the unique lived experience of each individual, and ways to ensure the messages we intend to send are the messages that get received. Hilton Room IV “Strategies for getting a job when you have a criminal record” Jackie Pogue Finding a job can be extra challenging when people have a criminal record. This workshop will share information about people’s rights and the relevant employment laws, along with a variety of strategies that we have found to be useful when interacting with employers during the job search process. Hilton Pacific Room The Wellness Zone hosted by HHREC‘s Tiffany Bell will be open today all day. Come in and receive a massage, acupuncture or participate in other wellness events that will be happening.

Late Morning Breakout Workshops

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11:15-12:15 P.M.

Hilton -California Room – Behind Ball Room “PEER Certification is coming to California” Sally Zinman Peer Certification is coming to California In the form of a bill in the California Legislature. This workshop will describe peer certification and the history of efforts toward implementing it in California. This workshop will also describe current legislation to create a peer and family support specialist certification

program, and help participants learn how to have a voice in this legislative process.

Hilton Ball Room I “Self Care for the Caregiver” Bettye Foster and Michelle Wms-Smith As family members/caregivers, it’s no secret that we often neglect our own self-care. In this workshop you will explore brewing some bliss for relaxation and how to hit the reset button to re-energize throughout the day. In this interactive workshop participants will have an opportunity to engage their sensory system to promote overall wellness. They will discover how various teas can assist in relaxation and promote a healthy balance. We will discuss the effects of stress on the body and how self-care is vital to encouraging holistic well-being. Hilton Room II “Alphabet Soup an LGBTQ 101” Dana Sacks March, MPH, PPSC, LCSW Come learn the basics about working with LGBTQI2-S identified people! From gender pronouns, to unique health issues, you will learn more about the experience of LGBTQI2-S folks and how to better assist them. This workshop is great for service providers, friends, and family members. Hilton Room III “Special Messages” Tim Dreby, Avonelle Hanley-Mills, Al Weary, Basila Padila, Heather Reimer, Naomi Wesley A peer training and approach to community outreach. Can training Peer Counselors by re-defining “psychosis” in trauma-sensitive and spiritually focused manners help them engage isolated individuals in outreach? As a group we are exploring this. We invite people who experience what we prefer to call Special Messages to learn from each other, engaging them across diagnostic categories and diverse communities. Hilton Ball Room IV “Just be you: Love Yourself Beyond Labels Workshop” Bre Williams, Jenee Darden, Kenneth Kozi Arrington, Lyndsey Ellis The PEERS Transition Age Youth Program Manager and Advanced Level Wrap facilitators will lead this fun mask making workshop that will offer

participants the opportunity to express themselves creatively and remove labels.

Hilton Pacific Room The Wellness Zone hosted by HHREC‘s Tiffany Bell will be open today all day. Come in and receive a massage, acupuncture or participate in other wellness events that will be happening. 12:15-12:45 Lunch -- Hilton Ballroom

12:45 Housekeeping/Introduction -- Mary Hogden

Music by Purchase

Raffle – Mary Hogden, Paulette Franklin (Must Be Present To Win) 1:15 Khatera Aslam-Tamplen – Introduction of Keynote

Keris Myrick

Keris Jän Myrick, M.B.A., M.S., Ph.D.c

Keris Jän Myrick is the Director of Consumer Affairs for the Center for

Mental Health Services (CMHS) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration (SAMHSA). Ms. Myrick is a leading mental health

advocate and executive, known for her innovative and inclusive approach

to mental health reform and the public disclosure of her personal story.

Ms. Myrick has a Master of Science degree in organizational psychology

from the California School of Professional Psychology of Alliant

International University. Her Master of Business Administration degree,

with an emphasis on marketing, is from Case Western Reserve

University.

Friday Afternoon Workshops

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2:45 -3:45 P.M.

California Room “African American Men Telling Their Mental Health Stories” Ernest Hardmon: Black Men Speak Black Men speak is a know organization statewide and around the country. Joe Anderson will be the master of ceremonies and will do a presentation about his life challenges; Ernest Hardmon will present on the legacy of slavery with a twist, mentioning PTSS and the new Jim Crow; Roscoe Moseby will be speaking about the road to recovery; John Black will talk about the History of Black Men Speak and how we came about and where we are at now; Tommy Bell will share his journey to recovery, Kenneth Davis will be telling his story about family and his walk through recovery, ending with a song. Hilton Room I “Consumer Careers – Another Path” Ali Gibson For years consumers who wanted to work in healthcare utilized their lived experience and became Peer Specialists in Behavioral Healthcare Facilities. Now, because of the Affordable Care Act, this law mandates integration of mental healthcare into mainstream healthcare, consumers have potentially other places to work and other careers. This workshop addresses new places for employments and the variety of positions to be filled by consumers. Hilton Room II “P.A.T.H. Promoting Access to Health” Brenda Bracy, Jordan Boehler, Martha Hernandez, Casey Cuddy P.A.T.H Promoting Access to Health Project has experience with multiple symptoms related to severe psychiatric illness including social phobia, anxiety, depression, and difficulty with social interactions. Recreational, Physical activities, Educational awareness group sessions, and can be helpful to reduce consumers’ daily stress and help them improve their socialization skills. Hilton Room III “Recovery through Work sharing our stories”

Theresa Razzano Over the past several years, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services has been helping people get jobs using the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model. This workshop will highlight back to work stories from several consumers who have received the service. Come to hear people’s inspiring stories of recovery through work. Hilton Room IV “Recovery Connections Community: The Program and History of the Therapeutic Community Model Jennifer Hollowell Recovery Connections Community is a recovery support service provider that offers various levels of opportunity to persons with substance use disorders and process addictions. The program emphasis is on building community, rebuilding healthy relationships, developing a strong sense of self, productive habits, and a foundation of life skills to promote long lasting recovery. This is accomplished through peer role modeling, substance abuse education, a connection to community support resources, animal therapy and a focus on aftercare and nurturing relationships with others. The presentation will educate the audience about the program and the history of therapeutic communities. Hilton Pacific Room The Wellness Zone hosted by HHREC‘s Tiffany Bell will be open today all day. Come in and receive a massage, acupuncture or participate in other wellness events that will be happening. 4:00-4:30 Ballroom Raffles & Closing / Mary Hogden-Paulette Franklin (Must Be Present To Win)

Thank you for your support

*2015 Call for Art Winner Carol Patterson submitted the award winning butterfly that is featured on the front cover of the POCC Conference Program. Carol

graciously donated her $250.00 winnings to the POCC scholarship fund. Thank you Carol!

Bios

Ali Gibson is the CEO and founder of Gibson Gates Workforce Training School. Her passion is helping people reach their full potential through developing their innate and unique skills and finding their place in society as productive members. Ali has worked in healthcare and vocational education placing hundreds of graduates since 1999. Ann Hawkins is a mental health peer and currently works in Alameda County for BestNow! This is the organization that trains Peer Support Specialists. She found out fairly late in life that there were mental health issues in her family – and that she was vulnerable as well. Ann has her masters and her PhD from Cornell University; she spent 10 years working in Indonesia; and she was climbing the ladder in academia – when she had her first mental health break. Ann continues to have an interest in issues happening at the community and international levels. Bettye Foster: I have over 20 years of lived experience as a family member to someone with a mental health challenge. I am dedicated to helping family members find tools that will help them cope while working with there loved one on their journey to wellness and recovery. I am the Lead Family Advocate at FERC. I am a NAMI trained facilitator for family/caregiver support groups and the Family-to-Family course. I also facilitate Provider Education workshops and the Public Education Campaign for Future Mental Health Providers. Brenda Bracy: is currenty employed with Alameda County Behavorial Health Care Services OCSC Eastmont Clinic PATH Promoting Access to Health Project as a Mental Health Specialist II. She was employed as a recovery coach with Choices Pilot Program. She has gained her Associate Degree Community Social Service, Substance Abuse Counselor, and behavioral science She is an active member of church a native of San Francisco. She has completed various vocational class with ceritificates. Brenda has survied many traumas, victorious on her journey of recovery, which is a never ending battle, she knows in her heart, body mind and spirit this journey would not be as successful without the love grace and mercy of a loving and wonderful guide and that one is God. She never forgets and will always remember on this journey those who have been instrumental in her process to have been a shoulder to lean on, remind me of my milestones and push me from my comfort zones to continue this journey.

Casey Cuddy: currently completing his second year of the UCSF psychiatric and mental health nurse practioner program. He has been a member of the psychiatry team at Oakland Community Support Center since August 2014, and also provides support to the case management team. Previous to entering the UCSF program, Casey worked in various capacities within psychiatry and internal medicine, the most recent of which was as a registered urse on a neuroscience intensive care unit. Casey hails for the Finger Lakes region of New York State, and before transitioning to healthcare performed various functions within the internaet industry here in the bay area and elsewhere. Cole Dunlap, CPSS is a consumer in recovery for over two years and a resident at Recovery Connections Community. He has been employed as a staff member and manages the daily operations of the mountain program in the Asheville area. He is also working on his counseling credentials in the state of North Carolina. Dania Sacks March, MPH, PPSC, LCSW, Principal, At the Intersection Wellness Dania has a private psychotherapy practice and facilitates trainings for youth, adults, and service providers around a variety of mental and physical health topics with a focus on trauma, and adolescent and LGBTQI2-S issues. She is Lead Trainer for the Queer & Trans Network of Alameda County Dequincy Lezine Ph.D. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Co-Chair, Consumer Survivor Subcommittee Dr. Lezine has been engaged in suicide prevention in varying regions and capacities for 15 years, including roles in community (Brown University), state (California and Rhode Island), and national (National Strategy for Suicide Prevention) strategy development. He is the author of “Eight Stories Up: An Adolescent Chooses Hope Over Suicide”. Ian Hays CPSS was a two-time resident of FIRST Inc. and graduate of Recovery Ventures Corporation. He has returned to a therapeutic community setting, the place where he is most successful in life, and is currently a staff member at Recovery Connections Community managing its farm outside of Raleigh, NC. Jackie Pogue is the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Trainer for Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services. She works with mental health agencies to develop evidence-based supported employment programs through training, technical assistance, fidelity reviews, and contract monitoring. Jackie worked for several years helping people with criminal records find jobs in Chicago. Jennifer Hollowell MA, CPSS has dedicated her life to helping those suffering from substance use disorders. She graduated from FIRST Inc. in 1996 and stayed on as the Dean of Women and later Clinical Director under the tutelage

of her mentor, Mary Hogden. She went on to be the founding and therapeutic director of Recovery Ventures Corporation and later established Recovery Connections Community, a 12-step recovery program in April of 2011. She has been clean and sober for over 21 years and continues to lead and inspire others to change their lives. Julian Plumadore studied Literature and Humanities at the University of Oregon and has 30 years of lived experience as a mental health consumer. As Community Advocate for the Mental Health Association of San Francisco (MHASF), Jules has taken an active role in issues affecting San Francisco’s mental health community, including AB 1421 (Laura’s Law) and the SFPD’s Taser Proposal. Jules is the Program Manager of Mental Health Association of San Francisco’s (MHASF) Stigma Reduction Program; SOLVE (Sharing our Lives Voices and Experiences). Jules facilitates conversations about discrimination of people with mental health challenges and educates audiences about how they can fight stigma. Lucinda Dei Rossi Public Policy Coordinator at California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies (CASRA) Inspired and impassioned champion of recovery & resiliency 20+ years of executive level management experience in community mental health programs Consultant to Working Well Together (WWT) CA Peer Certification Project Developed two curricula for Consumer/Family Employment, Retention & Support. Melodee Jarvis Warm Line Program Manager Mental Health Association of San Francisco Certified WRAP Facilitator Melodee Jarvis’s experience includes the administrative and training aspects of the crisis line program at San Francisco Suicide Prevention. With a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies she is a candidate at California Institute of Integral Studies for a Counseling Psychology MA with a concentration in Community Mental Health. Michael Castilla is an Employment Specialist with Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Vocational Program. He assists people with finding and keeping jobs of their choice and has been working in employment services since 2008. Michael worked with people with developmental disabilities prior to starting with the Vocational Program. Michele Wms-Smith is a Family Advocate with the Family Education and Resource Center (FERC) who provides advocacy and support services for families who have loved ones with mental health challenges. As a Family Advocate, she serves Alameda County; her satellite office is located at the Fremont Resource Center. She is the Lead for the FERC’s Transition Age Youth -

Family Member (TAY-FM) group - that focuses on peer support for family member youth between the ages of 16-24 years. Phillip Warren CPSS has been in recovery since 2007. He graduated from Recovery Ventures Corporation and established the business framework for Recovery Connections Community, completing the necessary paperwork for non-profit status. He is our Operations Director and is a natural counselor at Recovery Connections. He is a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor Intern and is working toward his full certification. Regina Gage: 40 year survivor of Incest B.A. Liberal Arts-AA Gen. Ed, Ethnic studies at merrit college and Grambling State Unicweaitry. Poet and writer resident of Oakland California Sally Zinman – Executive Director of the California Association of Mental Health Peer Run Organizations (CAMHPRO) Pioneer in the consumer/survivor movement almost 40 years Founding (Member) & Coordinator of many consumer run agencies in Florida and CA Keynote speaker & consultant on public policy, self-help, empowerment, & organizing issues throughout the country. Published books and articles on these issues, including, Reaching Across: Mental health Client Helping Each Other Sherree Swain graduated from the Gibson Gates program in 2006 before it was formed as a nonprofit. Sherree was hired immediately upon graduation. She has enjoyed a successful career in healthcare beginning as a Medical Record File Clerk, transitioning to a Medical Image Assistant, to her most recent position as a Unit Clerk, SDS, Pre-op, SPD and Surgery/ Administrative Assistant. Stephen K. Marks, Ph.D. Director of Education and Training Mental Health Association of San Francisco Stephen Marks is an Advanced Level WRAP Facilitator, a Certified Anger Management Facilitator and an eCPR Trainer. He has facilitated groups as diverse as Asian immigrant drug addicts, Stanford graduate students and inmates at San Quentin. He is a survivor of involuntary hospitalization, shock treatments, seclusion, restraints and suicide attempts

Terri Byrne CPRP has worked in the mental health field for over 30 years. She has witnessed firsthand the transformation of the mental health system. Over 20 years ago, Terri worked in a Psychiatric Social Rehabilitation agency that valued employing people with lived experience. She is passionate about mental

health recovery and has worked as a Recovery Educator and Trainer for several years. Terri is the Project Manager of PROPEL (The Bay Area’s Peer Professional Network).

Theresa Razzano has been a Rehabilitation Director for Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Vocational Program for the last 17 years. This program assists individuals from mental health service teams in acquiring and retaining competitive jobs by the use of the Evidence Based Practice of Individual Placement and Support. Theresa has worked at Goodwill Industries and Baker Places assisting individuals in reengaging in work and life and has a private practice. Tim Dreby currently collaborates with PEERS to help train, teach and revise the Special Message paradigm that he and supporters at Highland Hospital (where he currently works) co-created. Tim has a memoir published with Hidden Thoughts Press entitled, Fighting for Freedom in America which documents a two-year period (mid-career) when Noteshe was in Special Messages Crisis.

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