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CT4A Reception
Join us for an opening-day reception at CT4A 2024 on Friday, September 27, 2024, from 6–7:30 PM.
- Welcome from Cynthia Handrup, CT4A Planning Committee Co-chair
- Presentation of the Global Alliance Recognition Awards by Rebecca Singer, Board President
- Special address by Shekhar Saxena, MD, the 2024 Presidential Citation for Lifetime Achievement Awardee, on The Future of Global Mental Health
- Light hors d’oeuvres’ and networking
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Coming Together For Action (CT4A) is an interdisciplinary symposium on behavioral health, social justice, and healthier communities.
With a theme of Toward Mental Wellness, our 2024 symposium furthers our call to action in addressing individuals, families, and communities in local, national, and global contexts through an interdisciplinary lens.
CT4A brings together individuals with backgrounds in psychology, psychiatry, social work, nursing, law, planning, education, international community development, political science, technology, economics, and more. Our attendees include early and mid-career professionals, teens, college students, retirees, and people of all kinds with valuable lived experience at the intersections of health, justice, and communities.