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Mental Health Summit
Sat, Sep 16
|Hilton Garden Inn, Waltham, MA
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Time & Location
Sep 16, 2023, 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Hilton Garden Inn, Waltham, MA, 450 Totten Pond Rd, Waltham, MA 02451, USA
About The Event
AGENDA
1:30-2:00 pm:
- Registration
2:00-2:05 pm:
- Welcome and Opening Remarks by Suguna Chunduri, Executive Director & Founder
2:05-2:10pm:
- What is Mental Health, and Why Are We Gathered Here? By Ramya Chunduri, Director of Mental Health Programming
2:10-2:20 pm:
- Keynote Address by Dr. Jagan Chilakamarri, MD DFAPA
(Private practice at Atlanta Psychiatric Institute, Co-Director, Center of excellence for Tourett syndrome at Department of Neurology, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, Emory University School of Medicine)
2:25 pm - 3:15 pm:
- Panel #1: Creativity and Mental Health Awareness
- (Annika Sharma, M.Ed, MPH; Bailey Merlin, MFA, MS; Sahana Narayan, MS, MSPH)
3:15 pm - 4:10 pm:
- Panel #2: Caregiving, Coercion, Autonomy & Mental Wellbeing
- (Dr. Asha Rao, OTD, OTR/L; Cynthia Thomas, MSW, LSW; Taylor Phillips)
4:10 pm - 4:55 pm:
- Panel #3: Empowering Advocacy and Community Based Solutions: Embracing Diversity, Cultural Curiosity, and Dialogue
- (Lupita Almuhana; Aanchal Chugh; Ramya Chunduri, LMSW, MS)
4:55 pm - 5:05 pm:
- Keynote Address by Annika Sharma, M.Ed, MPH
(South Asian Author, Podcast Host, Pregnancy Loss Advocate, Mental Health & Social Justice Advocate)
5:05 pm - 5:15 pm:
- Sai-Connect presentation by Suguna Chunduri
- Mindfulness brief gratitude, exercise.
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm:
- Check out Mass Behavioral Health and Sai-Connect tables before dinner.
"SUMMIT ONLY" PARTICIPANTS EXIT AT THIS TIME!
5:30 pm – 7:00pm:
- Networking (Thought exchange, group discussion, and community solutions)
- Dinner
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