2022 Annual Celebration
The Annual Celebration is Mental Health Advocacy Services’ largest event of the year bringing together attorneys, mental health professionals, advocates, consumers, and supporters to honor those fighting to protect and advance the rights of people with mental health disabilities. This year's Annual Celebration will return as an in-person event!
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, TICKETS, AND TRIBUTES
When represented by a knowledgeable attorney, our clients are much more likely to obtain a favorable outcome in their public benefits, housing discrimination, and employment cases. Your support helps low-income people with mental health disabilities obtain access to free legal advice and representation.
Our Sponsorship Packet includes a complete list of benefits, including tickets and tributes. To confirm your contribution, fil out page 6 of our Sponsorship Packet or visit our online event page.
2022 HONOREES
Jim Preis Memorial Award: Adriana Alejandra Alejandre
Adriana Alejandre is a Licensed Family and Marriage Therapist and Founder of Latinx Therapy, the first directory and bilingual podcast that destigmatizes mental health myths & provides education through technology and in-person services. Adriana's inspiration to create Latinx Therapy in 2018 derived from her experience as a single, teen mom with postpartum depression, and her later frustration in finding relatable, relevant resources for her Latinx clients as a therapist.
Adriana owns her own bilingual, multicultural practice, EMDR and Trauma Therapy. She specializes in adults who struggle with anxiety, PTSD and traumas like mass shootings, homicide attempts, violent assaults, & other crimes. She has done disaster relief work for Hurricane Harvey, the Woolsey Fire and the Las Vegas shooting providing Psychological First Aid to survivors in shelters.
Advocates Award: Dr. Devika Bhushan
Dr. Devika Bhushan is a pediatrician, public health practitioner, and California’s former Acting Surgeon General. She has led systems innovation at a statewide level, conceiving of and launching efforts to enhance resilience and promote health equity for millions.
Dr. Bhushan co-launched and led implementation of the ACEs Aware Initiative, the first-in-the-nation, $500 million program focused on treating toxic stress after childhood adversity to transform health. So far, the Initiative has trained more than 24,000 clinical team members and has directly screened nearly 1 million patients.
She is also a leading voice in destigmatizing living with mental illness. Dr. Bhushan recently penned an op-ed in which she shared her journey with bipolar disorder.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
EMERALD
Platinum
GOLD
SILVER
Alston & Bird LLP ∗ Association for Corporate Growth Global ∗ Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP ∗ FTI Consulting ∗ Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP ∗ Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
BRONZE
Areta Crowell, Ph.D. ∗ Association for Corporate Growth LA ∗ Calini ∗ Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP ∗ John Preis & Allison Cheffer ∗ Lighthouse ∗ O'Melveny & Myers LLP ∗ Palatine Capital Partners Management, LLC ∗ Sycamores ∗ Vanaman German LLP
MISSION
The mission of Mental Health Advocacy Services (MHAS) is to protect and advance the legal rights of low-income adults and children with mental health disabilities and empower them to assert those rights in order to maximize their autonomy, achieve equity, and secure the resources they need to thrive.
Visit www.mhas-la.org to learn more about our work.