Mental Health at the Intersections Conference: Queer Joy!

Mental Health at the Intersections Conference: Queer Joy!

Pacific Center's 7th Annual Mental Health at the Intersections Conference

By Pacific Center for Human Growth

Date and time

Thursday, May 22 · 8:30am - 4pm PDT

Location

The California Endowment Oakland Regional Office

2000 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94612

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

Agenda

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Arrival

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Pacific Center Welcome Remarks (Hybrid)

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Rooted in Presence: A Grounding Meditation to Cultivate Queer Joy (Hybrid)

Dana Wright (she/her), East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC)

This guided grounding meditation invites participants to connect with breath, body, and the earth as a source of stability and resilience, centering the wisdom and joy within queer experiences. Throu...

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Keynote Address: JOY-INFUSED COMMUNITY BUILDING (Hybrid)

Alexander Hardy (he/him), Get Some Joy

Sunshine in Raggedy Times: Using Joy as a Tool for Building Community, Fostering Soulful Engagement, and Facilitating Recovery:: What role does Joy play in your life and your approach to how you show...

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Breakout Sessions (Hybrid)

see breakout workshop descriptions below. Both workshops will offered hybrid.

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Literary Therapy: Centering Joy through Collaboration + Creative Wellness Prac

Alexander Hardy (he/him), Get Some Joy

Literary Therapy: Centering Joy through Collaboration + Creative Wellness Practices, with Get Some Joy: This writing workshop offers space to use mindfulness, music, food, and other creative wellness...

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Operationalizing Love

Durryle Brooks, PhD

Operationalizing Love: Developing A Critical Theory of Love In Our Social Justice Work Love within the U.S. context is often defined in overly individualistic, anemic, and depoliticized ways—almost e...

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Breakout Sessions

see workshop descriptions below

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Queer Joy & Spirituality (Hybrid)

Bex Mui (she/her)

This workshop is centered on the House Of Our Queer Core Principle: Queerness is a Blessing. Bex Mui, founder and author of House of Our Queer: Healing, Reframing, and Reclaiming Your Spiritual Pract...

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Come As You Are: Using Improv to Foster QTBIPOC Joy and Playfulness

Eisa Al-Shamma (they/them), Provocation Theater

Come As You Are is a play-based workshop that teaches participants the foundational skills of improv theatre and how to apply them to daily life. Our focus is on using "yes, and," deep listening, and...

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

empowerment through art and open hearts

Xochitl Martinez (she/her)

Create a leather medicine shield and conversation about our lives as queer and gender diverse individuals. During our workshop we will be completing leather medicine shields with several choices of d...

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Workshop Title TBD (Hybrid)

Jenna Robinson (she/her) LMFT, MA, PTR

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Closing Activity

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

After Conference Gathering @ Kinfolx ,1951 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA

~5 minute walk away from the conference venue. Join us for the after-conference gathering to unwind, network, and continue the conversations in a more relaxed setting. It's a fantastic opportunity to...

About this event

  • Event lasts 7 hours 30 minutes

Mental Health at the Intersections (MHTI) is a day-long conference for mental health providers, healing practitioners, and LGBTQ+ & QTBIPOC community members to engage in workshops, talks, and trainings that center the care & support for those who sit at the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality. This year we are focusing on QUEER JOY!


Hybrid Offering:

Our conference will have hybrid components from 9:00am-3:00pm. See workshop details under the agenda and note which workshops are offered hybrid. If you plan to join us viritually please select the Virtual Only Ticket at checkout to receive information on how to join us.


Accessibility:

  • ASL Interpretation confirmed.
  • We are requiring that masks be worn while indoors throughout the conference, unless you provide proof of a negative COVID test. Please take care of yourself and each other and plan to take a COVID test prior to arriving. If you are not feeling well please opt out of joining us in-person and participate in our conference offerings virtually. 
  • Venue meeting rooms and restrooms are wheelchair accessible.
  • All first floor restrooms are all-gender restrooms.
  • ~2-5 minute walk from 19th street Bart station.


Parking:

  • Street metered parking
  • Nearby Garage parking (full day parking price ranges from $15-40)


After-Conference Gathering:

Stick around after the conference and join us for our after conference gathering at Kinfolx.

4-7pm | 1951 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612 | https://www.kinfolxoakland.com/

~8-10 minute walk from California Endowment Conference Center

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Pacific Center for Human Growth

Pacific Center's Community Clinical Didactic trainings are tailored to enhance and deepen clinical skills to better serve the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities. Because our clinical program is a hybrid community based mental clinic with an overlay of private practice sensibilities, the training program is designed to address the contemporary needs of the clients and the community we serve through a multi-dimensional lens. The trainings offered include a variety of ideologies and orientations. Some examples of the training topics include: Assessment and Diagnosis, Crisis Intervention, Working with HIV+ Clients, Polyamorous relationships, and SOGIE (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression).

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