Conference Schedule
Thursday, July 30, 2026
8:00 Registration and Exhibit Tables Open for Networking
8:30 Welcome Remarks - Worship Music by Genesis Elizondo
8:50 Pastor John Hereford - Hope Rising
9:00 Opening Presentation Pastor Raul Elizondo - Bridging the Gap
9:30 Christian De Leon, LCSW - Inside the School Walls: What Every Mental Health Professional Should Know About Supporting Students
10:20 Break and Exhibit Tables
10:50 Adriana Jovel, MPH - "Talk saves lives" Suicide prevention
11:40 Lunch/Networking/Sponsor Updates
12:10 Meme Johnson - Unmasking a Smile - Music and Testimony
12:30 Expert Panel - Finding Resources
Chad Armstrong, Eric Richardson, Linda Madrigal, Janna Shoe, Gloria Hernandez
1:10 Wendell Campbell - Beyond Fentanyl; New Opiods and Synthetic Drugs
2:00 Dalanna Burris, LPC, LCDC, CSAT - The Adolescent Digital Behavioral Trifecta: Pornography, Cannabis, and Gaming
Thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors
Our hope today is that you will begin your journey to recovery.
Whether you currently have a diagnosis or are the loved one of
someone who has been diagnosed, mental illness and addiction
are medical conditions that can be managed. Today you will hear
about all the elements of what enables recovery and achieve
living a full and rich life in spite of a diagnosis. Our hope is that
this conference will encourage you to begin or continue on that
journey to recovery.
Blessings,
by Pastor John Hereford in 2018
Conference Founder