DJ & MC
Qiana Coachman-Strickland
DJ Q-Boogie
Day 1 - June 8, 2021
Main Stage Speakers
Dr. Bruce Liang
Dean
UConn School of Medicine
Director
Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center
Luke Bronin
Mayor
City of Hartford
The Honorable Ned Lamont
Governor
State of Connecticut
Dr. Arthur C. Evans
Chief Executive Officer
American Psychological Association
Robyn Porter
State Representative
State of Connecticut
Dr. Maysa Akbar
Assistant Clinical Professor
Yale School of Medicine
CEO
Integrated Wellness Group
Dr. Shawn C.T. Jones
Assistant Professor
Counseling Program
Psychology Department at Virginia Commonwealth University
Dr. Riana Anderson
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health
Ron Walker
Executive Director
Coalition of Schools Educating Boys and Men of Color
Dr. Howard Stevenson
Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education
Professor of Africana Studies
Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division of the Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Executive Director
Racial Empowerment Collaborative
Kessonga Giscombé
Founder
Mindful Explorations
Mindfulness Instructor
UNC School of Medicine
Dr. Wizdom Powell
Director
Health Disparities Institute
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
UConn Health School of Medicine
Shawn Dove
Chief Executive Officer
Campaign for Black Male Achievement
Ismael Valdivieso
Youth Representative
Boys and Girls Club of Hartford
Andrew Woods
Executive Director
Hartford Communities That Care
Director
CT-Hospital Violence Intervention Program Collaborative
Eddie Brown
School Engagement and Behavioral Support Specialist
Greater Hartford Youth Leadership Academy Hartford Public Schools
Program Director
Hartford Communities That Care, Inc.
Dahmarre Bournes
Youth Leadership Academy Student
Khalil Lovejoy
Youth Leadership Academy Student
Quincy Evans
Youth Representative
MENTOR National
James Bell
Founding President
W. Haywood Burns Institute
Akeem Browder
President and Founder
Kalief Browder Foundation
Dr. Henry Anyimadu
Infectious Diseases Specialist
Hospital of Central Connecticut and Midstate Medical Center
Dr. Allison Mathews
Executive Director
Gilead COMPASS® Faith Coordinating Center
Marissa Miller
Founder and Executive Director
Trans Solutions Research and Resource Center
Laurenzo Surrell-Page
EPY Peer Navigator
RAIN
Mentor and Patient Advocate
ViiV's Positive Action for Youth
Breakout Session Speakers
Dr. Jaleel Abdul-Adil
Co-Director
Urban Youth Trauma Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry / part-time Professor of Clinical Psychology
University of Illinois at Chicago/Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Jonathan Johnson
Assistant Director of Student Health and Wellness
Teachers College, Columbia University
Kyle Richard
Sports Activist, Advocate & Speaker for Positive Manhood & Sexual Violence Prevention
Shawnee Benton Gibson
Co-Founder + Executive Director
Spirit of a Woman, L.L.C.
Mizuho Kanazawa
Licensed Creative Arts Therapist
Drama Therapist
Licensed Professional Counselor
Drama for Healing
Dr. Raphael Coleman
Director
Alice! Health Promotion Unit of Columbia Health at Columbia University
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Tulane University and City University of New York
Co-owner
Practademics LLC
Dr. Keoshia Worthy
Staff Psychologist
Columbia University’s Counseling & Psychological Services
Founder
WorthyTherapy Psychological Services
Kamora Herrington
Founder
Kamora's Cultural Center
Dayzra Bournes
Teaching Assistant
Wilson Gray YMCA
Nezra Adams
Youth Representative
Jerren Langford
Youth Representative
Dahmarre Bournes
Youth Leadership Academy Student
Dr. Maureen Allwood
Clinical Psychologist and a Professor of Psychology
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Victor Dempsey
Community Organizer
Community Justice Unit of the Legal Aid Society
Anthony Posada
Supervising Attorney
Community Justice Unit of the Legal Aid Society
Commander Michelle Sandoval-Rosario
PACE Director for Region 9
Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
Dr. Juan Salazar
Physician-in-Chief and EVP of Academic Affairs/Director
Pediatric and Youth HIV program
Connecticut Children’s
Keith Grant
Senior System Director for Infection Prevention
Hartford HealthCare
Marcus Stallworth
Co-Owner
Welcome 2 Reality
Dr. Paul Anthony
System Director for Occupational Health
Hartford HealthCare
Associate Director for Infectious Diseases
Hartford Hospital
Day 2 - June 9, 2021
Main Stage Speakers
Dr. John Santopietro
Physician-in-Chief
Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network
Sarah Lewis
Vice President for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Hartford Healthcare
Andreá Sellers
Musician
Dr. Isaiah Pickens
Founder + CEO
iOpening Enterprises
Dr. Torie Weiston-Serdan
Youth Mentoring Leader, Scholar + Practitioner
Youth Mentoring Action Network
Dr. John Rich
Professor of Health Management and Policy
Drexel Dornsife University School of Public Health
Co-Director
Drexel Center for Nonviolence and Justice
Vic Armstrong
Director of the NC Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, Substance Abuse Services
NC Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Troy Harden
Director
Race and Ethnic Studies Institute at Texas A&M University
Faculty
Sociology Department at Texas A&M University
Dr. Alice Farrell
President and CEO
Olive Branch Clinical and Consulting Services, LLC
Dr. Thema Bryant Davis
Professor of Psychology
Pepperdine University
Louis L. Reed
Director of Organizing and Partnerships
Dream Corps JUSTICE
Jinho "Piper" Ferreira
Writer, Rapper + Actor
Paige Fernandez
Policing Policy Advisor
National Political Advocacy Department - ACLU
Whitney Bunts
Policy Analyst
CLASP
Dr. Theo Hodge
Medical Director
Washington Health Institute
Dr. David Malebranche
Physician + Public Health Official
Morehouse Healthcare
Pastor André McGuire
Board of Directors Chair
Central Area Health Education Center, Inc.
Brian Ahimbisibwe
Co Founder
Ariel Superstars Group
Marc Philpart
Managing Director
PolicyLink
Breakout Session Speakers
Dr. Takeo Rivera
Assistant Professor in English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Boston University
Abdul-Rahmaan I. Muhammad
Executive Director and Founder
My People Clinical Services
Marcus Brown
Founder
Know Your Worth King Inc.
Dr. Steven Hoffler
Associate Professor
Department of Social Work at Southern Connecticut State University
Michael Mitchell
Owner and Operator
Red Carpet Barber Salon
Dr. Shardé M. Davis
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication at UConn
Dr. Martinque Jones
Licensed Psychologist and Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
University of North Texas
Dr. Paige Gardner
Co Founder
Career Killing Moves for Women of Color in Higher Education
Dr. Javeed Sukhera
Chair of Psychiatry
Institute of Living
Chief of Psychiatry
Hartford Hospital
Victor Dempsey
Community Organizer
Community Justice Unit of the Legal Aid Society
Anthony Posada
Supervising Attorney
Community Justice Unit of the Legal Aid Society
Richie Reseda
Founder
Question Culture
Malik McClain
Transgender activist
Dr. Rory T. Edwards
Chief Transformation Officer
Rory T. Edwards Group
Timothy Hersh Fraylon
Co-Founder
For Unity Community Outreach Corp
Andrew Woods
Executive Director
Hartford Communities That Care
Director
CT-Hospital Violence Intervention Program Collaborative
Rev. Dr. Michael D. Bailey
Pastor
First Cathedral Church, Bloomfield, CT
Rev. Nancy Kingwood
Executive Director
The Greater Bridgeport Area Prevention Program
Nancy Kingwood Ministries (Bridgeport)
Rev. Kelcy Steele
Pastor
Varick Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church
Rev. Dr. Timothy McNeil
Pastor
Community Fellowship Church
CEO
Revealing Everything At Last Ministries
Rev. Kristopher Reese
Pastor
Grace Baptist Church
Day 3 - June 10, 2021
Main Stage Speakers
Dr. Carl Lejuez
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
University of Connecticut
Dr. David Ikard
Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies
Vanderbilt University
Greg Corbin
Director of Restorative Justice
Mural Arts Philadelphia
Tariq Powell
Musician and Artist
Tracy "Mind Evolution" Caldwell
Spoken Word Artist
MInd Evolution
Tarishi Shuler
Spoken Word Artist
Jerome Geyer
Poet, Spoken Word Artist + Videographer/Vlogger
Alina Liao
Founder & CEO
Zenit
Dr. Imo Nse Imeh
Associate Professor of Art and Art History
Westfield State University
Patrick Williams
Author
Ricardo Rivera-Cardona
CEO
Value Based Consulting Services
Dr. Henry Willis
Postdoctoral Fellow
Columbia University
Artists
Keith Claytor
photography
Andre Rochester
painting
Zeph Farmby
painting
Iyaba Ibo Mandingo
painting
Trae Brooks
mixed media
Joe Sam
mixed media
David Elliot Waterman
photography
Dr. David Ikard
painting
Dr. Imo Nse Imeh
mixed media
Jordan Jones
painting
Danny Killion
sculpture
Gerald Filyaw
painting
Tyran Sampson
performance
Afro Yaqui
music
Qwes
music