The 2025 Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month Event
Honoring emotional fitness through community and culture.
Directions:
Rooted in Strength: Honoring Emotional Fitness Through Community and Culture – July 19, 2025
The event will be in Room 180 of the WSU Metroplex which is located in the southeast corner of the building. Attendees, please enter through door “N” with the covered walk-way. This is a family-friendly event. Come-and-go or stay for the entire event! See below and the flyer for more information.
There are six different flyers available in two different file formats:
Posters Media Images
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PDF 2 PNG 2
PDF 3 PNG 3
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11:45 a.m. – Doors Open
12:00 p.m. – Welcoming Remarks – Eric Hargrave
12:15 – 1:00 p.m. – Session 1: Shattering Stigma: Open Conversations on Emotional Fitness
Panelists: Bernestine Williams, Winnia Sithideth, Ngoc Vuong, Elizabeth Brunscheen-Cartagena
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Break – Resource Tables, Activity Tables, Door Prize Giveaways
Music from Handpan Dan
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. – Session 2: Therapy Uncovered: Breaking Myths and Finding Support (Audience Q&A included)
Panelists: Jamaal Jones, Yeni Silva-Renteria, Dr. Rhonda Lewis
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. – Break – Resource Tables, Activity Tables, Door Prize Giveaways
Music from Handpan Dan
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Session 3: From Symptoms to Solutions: Expert Answers on Mental Health Care (Audience Q&A session)*
Panelists: Dr. Htet Htet Lin, Dr. Hiba Abualama, Dr. Alisha Sapkota, Dr. Rojal Rijal
*Styled after NAMI Wichita’s monthly “Ask the Doctor Hour”
RESOURCE TABLES
- Bel Aire Recovery Center
- Breakthrough Clubhouse
- CPAAA
- COMCARE
- DCCCA
- Fountain of Life Ministries
- GetYaColorOn
- Grace and Hope Recovery
- Hunter Health Clinic
- Kansas Association for Black Psychology
- Mental Health America of South Central Kansas
- NAMI Wichita
- Project Access
- Ross & Associates Counseling Services
- Sedgwick County Health Department
- Soma Therapy
- Suspenders4Hope (WSU)
- The Gates Institute
- Urban League of Kansas
- Valley Hope Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery
- Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center
- Wichita State Community Engagement Institute
- Safe Streets Wichita, Inc.
FREE ACTIVITY TABLES
- Calming Bottles
- Gratitude Journals
- Photo Booth
- Kid’s Coloring Corner
FREE GIVEAWAYS
- NAMI Wichita Swag Bags (until supplies run out)
- Door Prizes (must be present to win) including:
- Texas Roadhouse gift basket
- Self Care gift basket
- Jewelry by Soul Sisters Custom Designs
- Game On gift card
- and much, much more!!