Community Connections, Spring 2002
Plans
Set for 8th Annual CMHP Training Meeting
By
Jessica Peterson
Excitement
is building for the 2002 CMHP Training Meeting, set for April 29th-30th
at the Best Western Sovereign Hotel in Albany, NY. Teams from all around
the state will have the opportunity to share their work and knowledge
with others, discuss their strategic plans, as well as learn from leaders
in the mental health and business communities.
We are pleased to announce that this year's keynote speaker will be Dr.
Daniel Fisher. As a person who has recovered from schizophrenia, Dr. Fisher
is one of the few psychiatrists in the country who openly discusses his
own experiences and recovery from mental illness. He seeks to dispel the
myth that people do not recover from mental illness, and serves as a role
model for others struggling to recover.
Dr. Fisher received his B.A. from Princeton, his Ph.D. in biochemistry
from the University of Wisconsin, and the M.D. from George Washington
University, and is a board-certified psychiatrist who completed his residency
at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of numerous articles in professional
journals, as well as chapters in many books. He has also been featured
on radio and television programs, including CNN Special Report.
Dr. Fisher is currently Co-Director of the National Empowerment Center,
and a practicing psychiatrist at Eastern Middlesex Outpatient Center/
Riverdale, Massachusetts.
We are also excited to have Ron Kermani as our workshop leader in public
speaking and marketing. In his position as vice president of public affairs
at the New York State Higher Education Services Corp., Mr. Kermani is
responsible for the agency's media and public relations campaigns and
oversees more than three dozen publications. He has won numerous state
and national journalism awards for his work, and was a finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize in 1995. He has also won more than two dozen national awards
for outstanding writing, public relations, and advertising campaigns.
This year's meeting is guaranteed to be interesting and motivational.
We look forward to seeing all CMHP team members there!
The Annual CMHP Meeting is exclusively for current team members. For more
information about the meeting or the Community Mental Health Promotion
project, please contact Jessica Peterson, CMHP Coordinator at MHANYS,
at (518) 434-0439 ext. 19, or jpeterson@mhanys.org
posted
4/9/02
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