The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law


 

 

Bazelon Leadership 21

The Leadership 21 Initiative is an effort by the Bazelon Center to identify and engage the next generation of citizen-leaders to continue this important work to promote civil rights and human dignity for people with mental disabilities. The Center is developing a core committee of 12-15 of the most innovative and dynamic new leaders in the fields of mental disabilities, public policy and legal advocacy to support and inform our work.

Now accepting applications for new membership.

Purpose of the Committee

The Leadership 21 Committee:

  • Assists the Center in outreach efforts to young Americans concerned with mental disabilities and civil rights issues;

  • Identifies new trends in the area of mental disabilities;

  • Designs and develops innovative approaches to addressing community mental health needs and services for others with mental disabilities;

  • Helps to inform the Center’s public policy and legal advocacy strategies; and

  • Provides a networking venue for leading mental health, health policy, and disability and civil rights advocates.

Membership Criteria

Members of the Committee must pledge a strong commitment to the Bazelon Center’s mission, and meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • Have displayed innovation, activism or leadership in mental disabilities, health policy or civil rights advocacy; or

  • Demonstrate the capacity to advance the Bazelon Center’s mission through other appropriate skills.

Projects

Bazelon Center 's Leadership 21 Advisory Committee
Members of the Leadership 21
Advisory Committee

Lidia S. Bernik
Director of Network Development, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Alexis Chappell
Student, University of North Carolina School of Law

Angela Downs
Cary, North Carolina

Edith Coakley
Washington, DC

Brian Lombrowski
Youth Involvement Specialist, New York State Office of Mental Health – NYC Field Office

Alison Malmon
Founder and Executive Director, Active Minds, Inc.

Rob MacKay
Long Island City, NY

Anastasia Pappas
Freelance writer, producer and consultant for branding and image campaigns in cable television

Allison White
Mental Health Advocate (Maryland)

Kathryn Whitehead
Executive Director, Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth (Brooklyn NY)

*Affiliations are for identification purposes only.

 

 

 

 

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  Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 1212
Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202-467-5730
Fax: 202-223-0409
Email: webmasteratbazelon.org

 
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 1212
Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202-467-5730
Fax: 202-223-0409
Email: webmasteratbazelon.org