[The Network] Fwd: 2-Day Black Mental Health Intensive

 

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Subject:	2-Day Black Mental Health Intensive
Resent-Date:	Tue, 6 Aug 2013 09:06:56 -0700
Resent-From:	andersonthayer@msn.com
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Date:	Tue, 6 Aug 2013 10:06:52 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
From:	brotherjeff1 <brotherjeff1@earthlink.net>
Reply-To:	brotherjeff1 <brotherjeff1@earthlink.net>
To:	andersonthayer@msn.com

  brother jeff’s Community Health Initiative presents:    Black Mental Health  “Moving Beyond Cultural Competency”    Don’t miss this intensive 2-day training for mental health   professionals, addiction counselors, case- workers, students, policy makers,   and more.     Thursday and Friday August 29 & 30, 2013  9:30 am – 4:30 pm    Blair Caldwell African American Research Library  2401 Welton Street, Denver CO 80205    Cost | $175.00    Continuing Education Credits and Limited Scholarships Available.    For more information   email:brotherjeff1@earthlink.net or call 303.293.0024    Save Your Space Today. Training is limited to 20 participants.     Workshop Facilitators Include     Peggy Mitchell Norwood, Ph.D is an ordained minister and a former psychology   professor who specializes in clinical psychology and personal   transformation. She is also the author of the book, Do Something   Different...For a Change: An Insider's Guide to What Your Therapist   Knows (But May Not Tell You).     An active community mental health advocate, Dr. Peg served as Secretary for   both the Denver-Rocky Mountain Association of Black Psychologists and the   Virginia Association of Black Psychologists and served on the Board of   Directors for the Colorado chapter of the National Alliance on Mental   Illness (NAMI). She can be seen weekly on Ask the Experts on the 9News   Morning Show and has been a frequent guest on HuffPost Live.    ...............     Antoinette Gomez, LSW, CAC III is a former school social worker and owner of   Harmony Counseling Services LLC, which specializes in couples, family, and   individual counseling and working with victims of crime. She also works with   children and adolescents in the school setting and in community mental   health.  ...............     Marilyn Cook, LMFT, CAC III established the Center for Individuals, Couples   and Family Therapy and is a former board member of DORA Marriage and Family   Therapy Board for the State of Colorado 2006-2012. She has been a clinical   supervisor and recently passed the Masters of Addiction Counseling exam.   ...............      brother jeff, is founder and director of brother jeff's Cultural   Center-located in the historic Five Points District in Northeast Denver-a   space committed to fostering growth, strength, and voice in the community.   He is currently mobilizing African Americans, stakeholders, and allies   around mental health education and resources in an effort to reduce stigma   and barriers to service delivery.      In 2000, brother jeff began organizing nationally to help reduce the   disproportionate HIV and AIDS rate in the African-American Community and has   served as an advisor to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the   Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and several other   governmental and non-governmental organizations committed to eliminating   HIV.       brother jeff      www.brotherjeff.com    If not us, who? If not now, when