4月28日， Miami Dade County, NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness（全美最大的基层心理健康组织）, Ethnic Media Services三家机构主持召开了zoom会议。在会议上，专家、家长、媒体等各界人士共同交流，探讨针对这种自杀率上升的情况，家人和朋友可以做什么；了解那些心理健康存在问题的人群，并如何寻求帮助和疏导；还有对于精神疾病的污名使人们远离寻求帮助的问题；目前精神卫生保健系统有哪些需要填补的空白。更具体地研究精神疾病的患病率和自杀意念儿童和青少年以及父母、老师和看护人可以做些什么。
主要与会人员包括：
Susan Racher is currently President of National Alliance on Mental Illness-Miami-Dade; Secretary of the Board and Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee of Thriving Mind Board of Directors; Chair of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Treasury Advisory Committee; and a member of International Women’s Forum. She is also Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, Susan has a B.A. from Smith College in English and Economics, and an M.B.A from the University of Chicago in Finance and Accounting.
Lisa LeSueur is the Suicide Prevention Coordinator at National Alliance on Mental Illness-Miami-Dade and Pastor of the Coral Gables Congregational Church. She was born and raised in Miami, Florida, earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Public Administration from Florida International University and worked as a manager at the Miami Dade Clerk of Court for 35 years, before retiring from that profession last October. Lisa has been a member of the church since 2000, serving on many of the church boards and committees.
Celia Morales is the Program Coordinator at National Alliance on Mental Illness Miami-Dade.
Daphney Michel is the Youth and Family Counselor at Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center and a National Alliance on Mental Illness Miami-Dade board member.
