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Kicking off MHASF's 75th Anniversary, leaders of the peer movement will discuss the recovery process, accessible tools for healing including art and yoga, and alternatives to the traditional 'medical model'. An educational webinar for peers, consumers, advocates, and people on your team—Intersecting Paths to Recovery offers space for professional development, community inspiration, and accessible education for all. Join us on Thursday, May 5, 2022, from 10-11:30AM to:
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Feel connected to one another through a virtual format
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Reflect on your own recovery journey and hear encouraging stories that inspire you
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Learn about different accessible tools you can use to take care of your mental health
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Understand that there are many pathways to recovery outside of traditional “medical model”
with presentations from special guests:
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Andrea Wagner [Interim Executive Director, CAMHPRO]
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Ebony Carter [Assistant Director, The Healing Well]
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Zach Burton [PhD, Co-Founder & Executive Director, The Manic Monologues]
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Kenneth Kozi Arrington [Programs Outreach Coordinator, PEERS]
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Nicole Steward [MSW, RYT, Leader & Teacher of Radical Self-Care]
Andrea Wagner
Andrea L. Wagner recently stepped in as the Interim Executive Director for CAMHPRO (CA Assoc. of Mental Health Peer Run Organizations) with the mentorship and blessing of outgoing founding director Sally Zinman, a 45-year advocate and pillar in the Peer Movement. Andrea has worked closely with Sally as a program manager for CAMHPRO since 2020.
Previously, Andrea worked for five years at Butte County Crisis Services. During that time, she continued local advocacy efforts for peer support services that resulted in wage increases, permanent full-time peer jobs, and a re-classification of peer support specialists in the county. Her efforts also supported Northern Valley Talk Line and the development of the Diverse Minds North State program of Iversen Wellness and Recovery Center.
Diverse Minds is an art and writing project including participants from wellness communities throughout California that has hosted a film festival, an art show, and the creation of six annual books of writing and art, as an empowerment to individuals and to reduce stigma.
Andrea studied journalism at Chico State University and worked as a newspaper reporter. She currently lives in Chico with her son and an incredibly devious cat named Jeff. She will complete her master’s in public administration from USC this summer.
Ebony Carter
Ebony Carter, CYT is a trauma-informed, certified yoga therapist and assistant director of the Healing WELL in San Francisco. The Healing Well is a non-profit in the Tenderloin that offers free wellness-based classes (yoga, meditation, art, 12-step, etc) to address isolation, addiction, and trauma. Ebony has extensive experience working with youth and families in the foster care system providing trauma-informed education and training to potential foster parents. In addition, she provides community-based yoga therapy, training, and workshops for teachers, social workers, and foster families focused on restorative practices.
Zach Burton, PhD
Dr. Burton co-created and leads The Manic Monologues to eradicate stigma surrounding mental illness. He serves as board or advisory council member to organizations including Australia’s batyr, Kenya’s Coalition for Action for Preventive Mental Health, San Francisco’s The A2A Alliance, Columbia-WHO Center for Global Mental Health, and Harvard Business Review, is 2021–2023 committee co-chair to Yale School of Medicine’s Latino Recovery Colectivo, and is a peer educator and proud member of MHASF SOLVE. Dr. Burton is a frequent speaker for audiences ranging from Amazon to San Francisco General Hospital, TEDx to the U.S. Department of State. His writing has been published by Devex, United Nations, International Bipolar Foundation, and others, and his poetry appears in The Wall Street Journal. Dr. Burton previously worked as a scientist for the U.S. Department of Energy and NASA. His research is published in various scientific journals and has been featured by CNN, Daily Mail, Popular Science, and others. Dr. Burton earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University and lives with bipolar disorder, psychosis, and suicidality.
Kenneth Kozi Arrington
Kenneth is a 67-year-old, African American, gay male-identified, Bay Area Hearing Voices Network board member, and weekly group co-facilitator. He co-facilitates an offshoot of the HVN program called Special Messages as part of his job at Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services (PEERS) in Oakland, California.
Kozi co-facilitates the Buried in Treasures curriculum about Hoarding and Cluttering as well as co-facilitating WRAP. A well-liked staff member, he often collaborates with MHASF and has presented a number of workshops at the Redefining Crazy Conference over several years. His well-attended workshops are on point, engaging, educational, and thought-provoking.
Nicole Steward
Nicole Steward is a social worker (MSW), homeless/foster youth liaison, and certified yoga instructor with a focus on community engagement, public education, and trauma-informed yoga. With more than two decades of social work practice in non-profits and accountability work in K-12 education, Nicole has noticed the need for a trauma-informed lens in the worlds of social services and education to better help us understand the needs of those we serve. Nicole also believes self-care is a radical tendency we must adopt if we are to discharge the toxic stress we absorb through our work and sustain ourselves as service providers, educators, and human beings. In addition to her day job, Nicole teaches yoga, mindfulness, and offers trauma-informed self-care workshops and retreats. A quote that drives her forward in her work is by Lilla Watson, “If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together."
Zoe Galle
My name is Zoe Galle and I am a queer, white, gender fluid femme, an artist, writer, educator, leadership facilitator and body-centered coach. I am offering an upfront deep dive session with 2 weeks worth of coaching support, tailored to fit your needs. My coaching partnership starts with a 90 minute deep dive, so I can get to know you, and you can get to know the process. You will get 2 extra follow up sessions over the course of a month, a package valued at $900! Features of the coaching partnership include: a 90-minute deep dive session, 2 1-on-1 hour long coaching sessions, texting and email access to answer questions and provide emergency support, weekly homework to support your transformation, access to resources to supplement your journey and 1-on-1 work, and tools/ practices to cultivate a newly defined relationship to your embodied sense of self.
Since launching virtual trainings in 2020, the MHASF Training Institute has facilitated 70 trainings for over 1,095 participants from government agencies, businesses, clinicians, and nonprofit supportive housing agencies.
