January 2025
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Exploring the interconnection and bi-directional relationship of substance use and TAY mental health
This month, we explore the intersectionality of substance use and mental health.
November 2024
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Empowering Veteran Mental Health through Peer & Mentor Engagement
This month in honor of Veteran's Day, the meeting seeks to recognize, honor, and highlight free mental health resources available for young veterans in OC.
October 2024
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Mindfulness - ways to incorporate it into daily life.
Join us as we continue our exploration of mindfulness, including what it is, what it isn't, and ways to make our day-to-day lives and activities more mindful.
September 2024
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Mindfulness - Faith Practices & Art as Means to Mindful Experience
Join us for a conversation as we explore different approaches to mindful awareness, including the role art and faith practices can play.
July 2024
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Emotions: What are They and How Do We Relate to Them?
Join us for a conversation about emotions as we explore what they are and how we relate to them. Our panelists are:a. Christie Farley, MA, AMFT, Therapist at Soul Restoration Project
b. Colleen Ferreira, Coordinator, Social-Emotional Learning, Orange County Department of Education
May 2024
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: A Youth-Driven Approach to Mental Health Data
Join us for a conversation about a youth-driven approach to mental health data.
April 2024
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Mental Health and the Black Community
Join us for a conversation about Mental Health and the Black Community. Our panelists are Torhon ''Mr. T'' Barnes with Advance OC and the Mane Expressions project; Adaeze Osonwa, Alexia, and Zee Phillips with the Black Psychology Student Association at UCI, and Kelita Gardner with Second Baptist Church and the H.E.A.L. Collective.Mr. T also serves as guest facilitator for our panel discussion . We are fortunate to have him!
March 2024
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: A Culturally Responsive Approach to Vietnamese Mental Health
Join us for a special conversation with Paul Hoang, LCSW, President and CEO, Moving Forward Psychological Institute and Thu Tran, MPH, Program Manager, BPSOS Center for Community Advancement about how professionals can incorporate a culturally responsive approach to Vietnamese mental health.
February 2024
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Human Trafficking and TAY Mental Health
Join us for a special conversation with Linh Tran from the Orange County Human Trafficking Taskforce.
January 2024
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Psychosis, Early Intervention, and TAY Mental Health
Join us for a special conversation with Jason Schiffman, Ph.D. from Thrive Together OC and University of California, Irvine as we discuss psychosis, early intervention, and TAY mental health.
December 2023
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Homelessness and TAY Mental Health
Join us for a special conversation with Shelby Feliciano-Sabala, MSW, Chief Partnership Officer – Project Hope Alliance as we discuss homelessness and the TAY population.
October 2023