Back row: Moderator Catherine Baez-Sholl, Community Systems Administrator, Children’s Services Council of Broward County; Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, Criminal Division, 17th Judicial Circuit of Broward County; Emery Cowan, Director of Clinical Services at One Community Partnership (OCP2), Broward Behavioral Health Coalition; Dr. Charlene Grecsek, Coordinator at ESE/SS Multiagency Network for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities; Jackie Rosen, Executive Director/CEO of Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention; Front row: Susan Nyamora, President/CEO of South Florida Wellness Network; Cindy Arenberg-Seltzer: President/CEO of Children’s Services Council of Broward County; and Robin Bartleman, Broward County School Board Member.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – United Way of Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse (UWBCCSA) held “Let’s Talk: The State of Mental Health Town Hall Meeting” on Friday, October 14th at Nova Southeastern University. During the panel, Elkin Alfred, Prevention Specialist at UWBCCSA, introduced guests to the newly-launched UWBCCSA Mental Health Promotion Action Team and the team’s activities that are aimed at enhancing the capacity of Broward County residents to take control of their lives and health, promoting resiliency, decreasing suicide rates and eliminating the stigma associated with mental illness.
The panel addressed topics related to mental illness and suicide including how to build awareness in our community and what organization leaders are doing to increase mental health promotion activities countywide. Presentations were also given by Dr. Charlene Grecsek, Coordinator at ESE/SS Multiagency Network for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities, and Jackie Rosen, Executive Director/CEO of Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention. The event ended with a Q&A session for attendees and the panelists.
The panel was moderated by Catherine Baez-Sholl, Community Systems Administrator, Children’s Services Council of Broward County (CSC); and panelists included Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, Criminal Division, 17th Judicial Circuit of Broward County; Dr. Charlene Grecsek, Coordinator at ESE/SS Multiagency Network for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities; Emery Cowan, Director of Clinical Services at One Community Partnership (OCP2), Broward Behavioral Health Coalition; Robin Bartleman, Elected Official, Broward County School Board Member; Jackie Rosen, Executive Director/CEO of Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention; Susan Nyamora, President/CEO of South Florida Wellness Network; and Cindy Arenberg-Seltzer: President/CEO of Children’s Services Council of Broward County (CSC).
For more information or to get involved with the Mental Health Promotion Action Team, please visit http://www.drugfreebroward.org/MentalHealth.
