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Meetings

Connect-OC Coalition meetings are held on the last Friday of every month from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. via Zoom. Meeting recordings are uploaded monthly and can be accessed the week of the next meeting. If you are interested in joining future meetings and would like to receive the agendas and Zoom link please sign up with your email.

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Mindfulness - ways to incorporate it into daily life.

October 2024

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Mindfulness - ways to incorporate it into daily life.

Join us as we continue our exploration of mindfulness, including what it is, what it isn't, and ways to make our day-to-day lives and activities more mindful.
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Mindfulness - Faith Practices & Art as Means to Mindful Experience

September 2024

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Mindfulness - Faith Practices & Art as Means to Mindful Experience

Join us for a conversation as we explore different approaches to mindful awareness, including the role art and faith practices can play.
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Emotions: What are They and How Do We Relate to Them?

July 2024

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Emotions: What are They and How Do We Relate to Them?

Join us for a conversation about emotions as we explore what they are and how we relate to them. Our panelists are:

a. Christie Farley, MA, AMFT, Therapist at Soul Restoration Project
b. Colleen Ferreira, Coordinator, Social-Emotional Learning, Orange County Department of Education
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: A Youth-Driven Approach to Mental Health Data

May 2024

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: A Youth-Driven Approach to Mental Health Data

Join us for a conversation about a youth-driven approach to mental health data.
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Mental Health and the Black Community

April 2024

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Mental Health and the Black Community

Join us for a conversation about Mental Health and the Black Community. Our panelists are Torhon ''Mr. T'' Barnes with Advance OC and the Mane Expressions project; Adaeze Osonwa, Alexia, and Zee Phillips with the Black Psychology Student Association at UCI, and Kelita Gardner with Second Baptist Church and the H.E.A.L. Collective.

Mr. T also serves as guest facilitator for our panel discussion . We are fortunate to have him!
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: A Culturally Responsive Approach to Vietnamese Mental Health

March 2024

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: A Culturally Responsive Approach to Vietnamese Mental Health

Join us for a special conversation with Paul Hoang, LCSW, President and CEO, Moving Forward Psychological Institute and Thu Tran, MPH, Program Manager, BPSOS Center for Community Advancement about how professionals can incorporate a culturally responsive approach to Vietnamese mental health.
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Human Trafficking and TAY Mental Health

February 2024

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Human Trafficking and TAY Mental Health

Join us for a special conversation with Linh Tran from the Orange County Human Trafficking Taskforce.
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Psychosis, Early Intervention, and TAY Mental Health

January 2024

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Psychosis, Early Intervention, and TAY Mental Health

Join us for a special conversation with Jason Schiffman, Ph.D. from Thrive Together OC and University of California, Irvine as we discuss psychosis, early intervention, and TAY mental health.
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Homelessness and TAY Mental Health

December 2023

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Homelessness and TAY Mental Health

Join us for a special conversation with Shelby Feliciano-Sabala, MSW, Chief Partnership Officer – Project Hope Alliance as we discuss homelessness and the TAY population.
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting:  Crisis Response Services

October 2023

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting:  Crisis Response Services

Join us for a special presentation about Crisis Response Services from Matthew Kee, LMFT, Health Services Manager - OC Heath Care Agency
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Step Down/Step Up Programming Along the Continuum of Care 9.27.2023

September 2023

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Step Down/Step Up Programming Along the Continuum of Care 9.27.2023

Join us for a special panel presentation exploring the role of step-up/step-down services in the mental health continuum of care.
Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Intrusive thoughts & OCD 8.25.2023

August 2023

Connect-OC Coalition Meeting: Intrusive thoughts & OCD 8.25.2023

Join us for a special presentation from Matthew Codde, LCSW from Restored Minds as we continue our Summer series on anxiety by focusing on intrusive thoughts and OCD.