When:   Wednesday, April 27, 2011
             1:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Where:  Centennial Hall, The University of Arizona
             1020 E. University Blvd, Tucson
             (Just inside UA's Main Gate)

Cost:     Free
        
Parking: Free shuttle from paid parking garages as shown on map.

Reception immediately following event.

For More Information and/or to RSVP: (520) 784-5365

Panelists will address written questions submitted at the event and
via e-mail to the Arizona Daily Star.  E-mailed questions must be
submitted by Friday, April 22.

These partners will host a panel discussion and a question-and-answer
period with the audience, and invite people to take action to address
mental illness as a public-health issue that affects not just individuals
and their families, but the entire community.

Moderator

Nicholas Breitborde, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of
Arizona and director of the Early Psychosis Intervention Center at UPH Hospital.

Speakers and Panelists

Ron Barber, district director for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Mr. Barber
served with the Arizona Division of Developmental Disabilities for 34 years.

Neal Cash, president and CEO of Community Partnership of Southern
Arizona (CPSA), which oversees public behavioral healthcare in Pima County.

Kenneth Duckworth, M.D., medical director of the National Alliance on
Mental Illness (NAMI) and assistant professor at Harvard University Medical
School.

Joel A. Dvoskin, clinical psychologist specializing in forensic psychology and assistant professor at the UA College of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry.

Laurie Flynn, executive director, TeenScreen National Center, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center.

John Pedicone, superintendent of Tucson Unified School District (TUSD).

Clarke Romans, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
of Southern Arizona and family advocate.

After one of their children was diagnosed with mental illness in 1975, Eleanor and Si Schorr began a campaign to increase public understanding of serious mental illness.

In 1995, the Schorrs established the Schorr Family Award for Distinguished Contribution in Furthering Public Understanding of Mental Illness, an endowment that honors an individual or organization who has helped further public understanding and acceptance of mental illness.

For 30 years, the Schorrs have steadfastly served alongside mental health professionals, maintaining their quiet, focused campaign. Eleanor, a UA Law School graduate and a former member of the Arizona State Legislature, has served as an advisory board member of the Center for Mental Health Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and on the governing board of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Si, a senior partner at the law firm of Lewis and Roca, is the former chair of the Governor’s Task Force on the Seriously Mentally Ill and most recently was chair of the State Transportation Board and the Regional Transportation Authority.