This month’s roundtable dialogue will focus on policy advocacy, particularly at the local and state level, as a lever for systems change. 

We are excited to be joined by Dawn Yuster, a civil rights lawyer, with over 20 years of experience leading campaigns to win policy change, leading and collaborating with coalitions and state and local government agencies, and developing and implementing policies on mental health, juvenile/criminal, school discipline and police and education justice issues. Dawn also has life-long experience as an individual with mental health challenges navigating and advocating for changes in the mental health care system, particularly for low-income students, people of color, and people who are incarcerated, homeless, and disproportionately targeted by the police.

Join us to learn from Dawn’s experience – and to share your own - advocating for behavioral health policy change at the local and state level to influence systems change. Dawn will share real-life examples and strategies and will engage in dialogue with the audience on how to advocate for policy change in your community or region.

This month's member meet and greet is an opportunity to get to know your CBHL colleagues, to have a leadership conversation around how best to support one another as leaders, and to learn about CBHL's strategic directions.

Join us for a CBHL Member Roundtable on July 26 at 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET. This roundtable is the first of a series of six bi-monthly dialogues and will focus on an overview of the Principles of Change. Subsequent roundtables will deep-dive each of the five Principles of Change.

Join us for our monthly networking conversation and meet and greet to get to know your CBHL colleagues and to support one another as leaders.   This series was born […]

On September 12, a webinar will be held to discuss building and scaling effective mental health programming and initiatives , including global collaborations focused on school mental health, the successes and challenges of the implementation of evidence-based models, and the value of effective leadership in school mental health programming.

This roundtable dialogue is for members of the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL), the International Initiative for Disability Leadership (IIDL), and the College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL). Join us to engage in a critical dialogue with school mental health subject matter efforts to deep dive lessons learned from global collaborations.

How do racism and oppression show up in behavioral health?

As a leader, how can I use this knowledge to challenge historical and current practices, policies, and norms to advance health equity?

Join us together with Ebony Chambers, CBHL’s Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership, at our CBHL Member Roundtable on September 20, to explore these questions. This roundtable is the second in a series of six bi-monthly dialogues to deep-dive each of the Principles of Change.

On September 28, a dialogue will be held to discuss the enormous value of the meaningful engagement of youth and young adults in the design, development, and implementation of programs or services intended for them.

This roundtable dialogue is for members of the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL), the International Initiative for Disability Leadership (IIDL), and the College for Behavioral Health Leadership (CBHL).

As a leader, how can I use power and privilege to lift historically and currently marginalized voices in decision-making processes?

How do I empower people to empower themselves?

The equity-grounded leadership concept was co-produced with cross-sector behavioral health leaders from around the country, who, over more than a year, developed the equity-grounded leadership competencies, or Principles of Change. Each of the five Principles is accompanied by the necessary knowledge, values, skills, and operational practice behaviors associated with each principle.

Join us together with Ebony Chambers, CBHL’s Director of Equity-Grounded Leadership, at our CBHL Member Roundtable on November 8, to explore these questions. This roundtable is the third in a series of six bi-monthly dialogues to deep-dive each of the Principles of Change.

Meet Dr. Gary Blau, Senior Advisor for Children, Youth and Families at SAMHSA! Join us for a new series in our monthly networking conversations, called "Profiles in Behavioral Health Leadership.” […]

Meet Dr. Ron Manderscheid!

Join us for a new series in our monthly networking conversations, called "Profiles in Behavioral Health Leadership.”   This series is designed to highlight inspirational leaders who are eager to share their personal leadership journey and the things that make them tick. You’ll gain valuable insight into the lessons they've learned, their proudest achievements, and how they maintain the passion and drive to cultivate healing, wellness, and recovery through their work.

Meet Dr. Larissa J. Estes, DrPH, Executive Director of Racial Equity Commission for the Office of the Governor, State of California

Join us for our monthly networking conversation, called "Profiles in Behavioral Health Leadership.”   This series is designed to highlight inspirational leaders who are eager to share their personal leadership journey and the things that make them tick. You’ll gain valuable insight into the lessons they've learned, their proudest achievements, and how they maintain the passion and drive to cultivate healing, wellness, and recovery through their work.

This roundtable discussion will bring together a diverse panel of senior and emerging leaders from three organizations, each sharing their experiences and strategies to best support emerging leadership development, highlighting what has worked well for them and what has not.