2016 - Conference Program

Titles and Presenters

Concurrent Session I

10:00am to 11:15am

Title: Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) for the LGBT Community

Presenter(s): Iden Campbell McCollum and Jen Padron – The Campbell Center

Title: Race Still Matters: LGBT Elders of Color

Presenter: Gary Bailey, DHL, MSW, ACSW; Simmons College School of Social Work

Title: A Time to Heal

Presenter(s): Kaz Mitchell, Rosina Riley, LMSW, Chy Mitchell, RN

Title: Providing Culturally Competent Services in the First Appointment

Presenter(s): Shawneladee C. Cole, Ph.D., LCSW-R; Association of Black Social Workers, Hunter College, CUNY

Concurrent Session II

11:30am to 12:45pm

Title: The Service Model at the Hetrick-Martin Institute: Best Practices in Engaging LGBTQ Young People of Color in Mental Health Counseling

Presenter: Allison Berwald, LCSW, Anupama Kalyanam, LCSW, Aruna Krishnakumar, LCSW – Hetrick Martin Institute (HMI)

Title: Project IN-CARE: Impact of mental health and substance abuse on viral load suppression in men of color who have sex with men

Presenter(s): Amy Johnson, Roman Buenrostro, Adam Conway, Kelly Nowicki - AIDS Foundation of Chicago

Title: Examining LGBTQ and Mental Health Stigmas in Middle Eastern Culture and Societies

Presenter: Sarah Armentrout, Salisbury University

Title: The Mediation Effect of Discrimination on Substance Use among Transgender People of Color

Presenter(s): Natalie M. Alizaga, MPH, MPhil, Rodrigo A. Aguayo-Romero, MPhil - George Washington University, Department of Psychology

Concurrent Session III

2:25pm to 3:30pm

Title: Factors Influencing Depression and Anxiety Among Black Sexually Marginalized Men and Transgender Women Whose Bodies are Commodified in Various Ways

Presenter: Louis F Graham, DrPh, MPH - University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Title: Healing Through Communities of Faith

Presenter: Dr. Wilhelmina Perry, Ronald Moore, Rev. Nora Ann Thompson – LGBT Faith Leaders of African Descent

Title: Peer Support for Queer People of Color

Presenter: Dom Chatterjee - QTPoC Mental Health Initiative

Title: Our Wounds, Our Remedies: Decolonizing Accountability & Healing in QTPOC and Ally Mental Health Groups

Presenter: Tracey Brown (Clinical and Community Psychology & American Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa); Daniela Capistrano, The POC Zine Project and The Icarus Project