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DAY 1 (IN PERSON): 2023 LA Suicide Prevention Network Summit - Connections Matter

We Are Better Together: Weaving Connections and Supports

 

Date & Time

09/14/2023 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM In-Person

Place

The California Endowment
1000 N. Alameda Street
Los Angeles 90012
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Deadline Date

9/12/2023 or when capacity is reached

ORGANIZER

Daphne Quick-Abdullah
dquickabdullah@dmh.lacounty.gov

For additional information regarding the LA Suicide Prevention Network Summit contact:

Prevention Services Division/Partners in Suicide Prevention

suicideprevention@dmh.lacounty.gov

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. D’Artagnan Scorza, County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office

KEYNOTE SPEAKER INFORMATION

Dr. D’Artagnan Scorza is the inaugural Executive Director of Racial Equity for Los Angeles County overseeing the Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion (ARDI) Initiative and working to expand the County’s work on anti-racism, equity, and inclusion. The Inglewood, California native brings years of experience to his role as a national expert on issues focused on poverty, education and public health.

 

Description

The LASPN will be hosting our 13th Annual Suicide Prevention Summit. The LASPN Summit brings together the brightest minds in suicide prevention, to present talks that foster hope, demonstrate the pathways of hope, support, and connection, and continue to demonstrate understanding the role we all play in suicide prevention.

 

AGENDA-AT-GLANCE

  • Breakfast and Check-In
  • Welcome
  • Opening Remarks: Dr. Lisa Wong
  • Keynote: Dr. D’Artagnan Scorza
  • Plenary: Planning for Living, Means Safety and Firearm Suicide Prevention - Stan Collins
  • Panel: A Candid Conversation on Loss and Survival Loss/Attempt Survivors - Facilitator: Christina Ortiz
  • AM Workshops
    • Neuroscientific Foundations of Restorative Practices: Fostering a Restorative Ecosystem for Crisis Intervention and Community Well-being
    • ResponseABILITY: Centering BIPOC 2SQT+ and Collective Liberation
    • Suicide Intervention in Schools:  Screening for Suicide Risk
    • Community Assessment During A Crisis
  • Lunch and Networking
  • Keynote: Dr. Ernest Harrison
  • PM Workshops
    • Contagion:  What’s a School to do?
    • Coping with Grief and Loss around Suicide: The Role of Expressive Arts 
    • Changing "The System" to Improve Safety and Wellbeing for TGI Youth
    • Substance Abuse, Suicide, and Recovery: Providing Education and Hope for Loved Ones
  • Closing and Network

 

Daily Agenda

14 September

Thursday
Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Location: Dr. Beatriz Solis Hall
Description: Continental Breakfast
Welcome
  • 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Location: Dr. Beatriz Solis Hall
Description: Jewel Forbes, MA/PPS - Los Angeles County Office of Education and Elisabeth Nails, MSW - LA County Departments of Arts and Culture
Opening Remarks by Dr. Lisa F. Wong
  • 8:45 AM - 8:55 AM
Location: Dr. Beatriz Solis Hall
Description: Dr. Lisa F. Wong, Director of County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health
Remarks by Dr. Barbara Ferrer
  • 8:55 AM - 9:00 AM
Location: Dr. Beatriz Solis Hall
Description: Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health
Welcome by Carolyn Kaneko, LCSW
  • 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Location: Dr. Beatriz Solis Hall
Description: Carolyn Kaneko, LCSW, Program Manager II, County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health
Keynote by Dr. D’Artagnan Scorza
  • 9:05 AM - 9:35 AM
Introduction
  • 9:35 AM - 9:40 AM
Location: Dr. Beatriz Solis Hall
Description: Carolyn Kaneko, LCSW, Program Manager II, County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health
Plenary by Stan Collins
  • 9:40 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
  • 10:15 AM - 10:25 AM
Location: Dr. Beatriz Solis Hall
Description: Carolyn Kaneko, LCSW, Program Manager II, County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health
Panel Discussion
  • 10:25 AM - 11:35 AM
Break
  • 11:35 AM - 11:45 AM
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Description: Transition to workshops sessions and break
AM Workshops
  • 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
ResponseABILITY: Centering BIPOC 2SQT+ and Collective Liberation
Description: This workshop will focus on uplifting and centering the experiences and historical significance and contributions of BIPOC 2SQT+ folx. Participants will learn how principles of accountability, 2SQT+ affirming, anti-racist frameworks can be utilized to actively resist everyday aggression and abuse towards BIPOC 2SQT+ folx and create communities and environments where BIPOC 2SQT+ can fully thrive and reduce incidences of suicide. Presenter will share from her own experiences as a queer and gender expansive Latinx immigrant muxer and engage audience in processing scenarios commonly experience by BIPOC 2SQT+ folx and equip them with response tactics and tools for becoming active advocates to resist BIPOC 2SQT+ oppression.
  • Speaker: Dr. Laura Minero
  • Room #: Redwood
  • Capacity: 120
  • Continuing Ed: 1.00 CE / CEU
Will Not Attend
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Lunch and Network
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Introduction
  • 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Dr. Beatriz Solis Hall
Description: Carolyn Kaneko, LCSW, Program Manager II, County of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health
Keynote by Dr. Ernest Harrison
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
PM Workshops
  • 2:50 PM - 4:15 PM
Contagion: What’s a School to do?
Description: Exposure to suicide is a significant risk factor of youth suicide and there is considerable evidence the suicidal behavior in some can lead to a contagion effect among vulnerable youth. Research has focused on the media and unsafe messaging in news reporting, books, movies, television and most recently, social media platforms. This workshop will focus on the phenomenon of contagion and how it can lead to community clusters. Most illuminating, in response to a devastating cluster in their community, one school district’s immediate and long-term interventions will be chronicled to serve as an example of school postvention.
  • Speaker: Richard Lieberman and Stephanie Murray
  • Room #: Catalina
  • Capacity: 50
  • Continuing Ed: 1.00
Changing "The System" to Improve Safety and Wellbeing for TGI Youth
Description: With record numbers of anti-trans bills being proposed and passed nationwide, we are navigating an unprecedented sociopolitical landscape affecting transgender, gender nonconforming, and intersex (TGI) community members. It can be challenging to fully grasp the meaning and impact of this legislation on the wellbeing of TGI young people and their allies, including in places like Los Angeles County that have thus far resisted the harmful systemic practices we are seeing across the United States. You will hear from professionals who are immersed in cultural and systemic transformation within Los Angeles County Departments of Mental Health (DMH), Health Services (DHS), and Children and Family Services (DCFS), who will describe successes and barriers related to expanding and improving services for TGI young people. This presentation will increase participants’ understanding of what safe access to gender affirming care looks like and why fostering an affirming, inclusive, and effective public sector is crucial to improving health-related and social outcomes. Presenters will also offer their perspective on our collective roles, responsibilities, and opportunities to support the wellbeing and empowerment of TGI young people.
  • Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Gitlin, Jamie Estrada and Dr. Katherine Gardner
  • Room #: Cabrillo
  • Capacity: 40
  • Continuing Ed: 1.00
Will Not Attend
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Networking
  • 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: The California Endowment
Description: