Building Connections For Healthy Minds
March 5, 2019 @ 7:30AM — March 12, 2019 @ 11:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Mental Health - Innovations in Care
We would like to thank our speakers, sponsors, donors, and participants for attending this very special community event: "Building Connections", a symposium on mental health and innovations in care and cures.
If you would like to make a donation toward OPTIMUS Health Care's efforts on community education and awareness for mental health please do so by March 12th.
Our keynote speaker was Kaitlin Roig-Debellis, survivor, author, "Choosing Hope: Moving Forward from Life's Darkest Hours" and advocate. Kaitlin is a Sandy Hook survivor and the author of "Choosing Hope: Moving Forward from Life's Darkest Hours" She is the Founder and Executive Director of Classes for Classes, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to teaching students compassion and has been awarded an Ellis Island Medal of Honor for this work. Kaitlin was named one of Glamour Magazine's Women of The Year along with Malala Yousafzai and Gabby Giffords.
Other speakers included:
- Dr Michael Alfano - Sacred Heat University
- Dr. Elizabeth Ortiz-Schwartz, Silver Hill Hospital
- Thomas Burr and John Zvonek, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
OPTIMUS Health Care, a leading provider of primary healthcare, is committed to raising awareness about today's mental health needs and solutions in care. We all have a role to play, from early childhood and throughout life.
Sacred Heart University, through its College of Health Professions, College of Nursing and the Isabelle Farrington College of Education is our lead partner for this event.
For more information please contact Alexandra McGoldrick
203-696-3260 x3343 / amcgoldrick@opthc.org
