2010 Awards Dinner
7th Annual Shining Lights: Outstanding Leaders for a Brighter Future for Hispanics
Thank you for your support!
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Congratulations to our honorees!
Excellence in Federal Government Leadership Award
H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., CAS, FAFAM
Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, United States Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Excellence in Hispanic Mental Health Research Advocacy and Leadership Award
William A. Vega, Ph.D.
Provost Professor, Director, Roybal Institute, University of Southern California
Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility Award
Pfizer, Inc.
Excellence in Hispanic Mental Health Advocacy and Leadership
Theresa Miskimen, M.D.
Vice President, Medical Services University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)– University Behavioral HealthCare; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ; President, New Jersey Psychiatric Association;
Treasurer, American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry
Excellence in State Government Leadership Award
Eduardo Vega, M.A.
Commissioner, California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountabilities Commission; Chief, Division of Empowerment and Advocacy, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Lifetime Achievement Award in the Advancement of Hispanic Mental Health
Ambrose Rodriguez, M.P.A.
Founder and President, Latino Behavioral Health Institute
Gala Background
The Shining Lights... Awards Dinner, an awards and fundraising gala of the National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health, an outgrowth of the New Jersey Mental Health Institute’s award-winning and nationally and internationally recognized Changing Minds, Advancing Mental Health for Hispanics program. We respectfully request your support as we honor ten outstanding individual and organizational leaders who have demonstrated a genuine commitment to creating a brighter future for Hispanics, and continue our mission of ensuring an equitable and respectful mental health service delivery system for all Hispanics, including those with Limited English Proficiency.
Proceeds from the Shining Lights… Awards Dinner will benefit activities of the National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health, which plays a key role in addressing the nationwide lack of availability of, access to and the provision of quality mental health services for Hispanics. The National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health specifically aims to reduce disparities and to increase treatment quality and availability of mental health services for Hispanics throughout the nation by implementing an array of strategies utilizing a four-prong approach:
- Developing culturally competent resources and tools.
- Developing and fostering the development of best practice programs.
- Delivering high-quality trainings on culturally competent mental health service delivery.
- Institutionalizing systems for access and eliminating disparities.
Additionally, the National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health also aims to heighten awareness, acceptance and understanding of mental illness among the Hispanic population.
Project activities that proceeds will benefit include, but are not limited to:
- The center’s Hispanic Higher Education Scholarship Fund, a scholarship program targeted to bilingual and bicultural individuals interested in pursuing a Master in Social Work degree from a New Jersey-based university.
- The expansion and/or creation of bilingual public education campaigns targeted to Hispanics on various mental health topics, including treatment compliance, stigma, and available mental health services.
- The production of videos and other training materials to educate mental health organizational providers and individual direct service clinicians nationwide on best practices in providing quality and culturally and linguistically competent mental health services to Hispanics.
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