LIVE INTERNET SESSIONS/WORKSHOP TRACKS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 27
9:30 AM Welcome
Doug Beach, Chair, 2022 Pathways to Hope Conference; Rev Mignon Jones-Spann
9:35 AM Words of Inspiration
Lisa Goldstein Temple Beth El; Rev. Patrick Gahan, Sr. Rector Christ Episcopal Church; and Imam Mehmet Oguz, Rainbow Congregation
9:55 AM Imagining a Compassionate Community
Mayor Ron Nirenberg, City of San Antonio
Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, Asst. Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Former U.S. Rep., Dr. Tim Murphy, former politician, psychologist, and author of Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (2016)
11:00 – 11:15 AM
Break to Workshops
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28
Doug Beach, Chair, 2021 Pathways to Hope Conference; and Rev. Veron Blue, Family Life International Ministries, and Bridges to Care San Antonio
10:15 AM Plenary 1
Dr. Paula Dobbs-Wiggins, Chair, Board of Directors, Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Board Certified Psychiatrist, Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Ordained Pastor, and Recently Retired Professor of the Practice of Pastoral Care at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
10:45 AM Plenary 2
Soul Stories: Bridges to Care and My Life
Renia Lavender, Family Life International Ministries; Dominique Anderson, New Creation Christian Fellowship; Sydney Randall, Family Life International Ministries; and Rev. Veron Blue, Family Life International Ministries, and Bridges to Care San Antonio
11:10 AM Plenary 3
Supportive Communities and Wellness: How Bridges to Care has Changed our Faith Community
April Williams, Vertical Church; Dr. Andy Gray, Kingdom Life Christian Ministries; Bishop Alfred Blue, Family Life International Ministries; and Rev. Veron Blue, Family Life International Ministries, and Bridges to Care San Antonio
11:50 AM Plenary 4
Finding our Way: Addressing Mental Health Care Inequities
Dan H. Gillison, Jr., CEO, NAMI National
