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Pamela Hyde, JD, Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

How Consumers Can Play a Role in Health Care Reform - Panel Discussion

The comprehensive health care reform signed into law by President Obama in March 2010 represents a set of new opportunities and challenges for the consumer/survivor movement. Panelists will discuss how consumers can have an active role in the process.

Robert Whitaker - Award-winning journalist and author of Mad in America and the new book Anatomy of an Epidemic.

Black Men Speak: African American Men Tell their Story

Hear the story of what it is like to be African-American men with substance abuse and mental health issues and their individual roads to wellness and recovery. Interwoven in their stories are challenges of trauma, family issues, community violence, and the importance of faith, set in the context of the legacy of slavery.