SoundMinds 2026 "Share The Load: Learning, Lifting + Building Together"

Advocacy is beautiful work - but it’s heavy work. It’s the late nights praying over a child who’s struggling. It’s the person who keeps showing up to therapy even when hope feels thin. It’s the pastor trying to hold space for others while quietly battling their own anxiety. It's the close friend who keeps asking if everything is okay, but can't get a real answer. It’s the community leader who knows the statistics - and the pain behind them.

At SoundMinds 2026, we’re naming that weight and reminding every advocate, caregiver and community member: you don’t have to carry it alone.

“Share The Load” is rooted in love, resilience and responsibility. It’s a call for all of us - families, churches, schools, policymakers and neighbors to learn together, lift together and build together. Because when we share the load, we make room for healing, hope and wholeness for everyone.

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What You Can Expect

When we say “Share The Load,” we’re declaring that mental health is everybody’s business. We’re creating space to learn new tools and resources, to share information across communities, and to normalize reaching out for help - not as weakness, but as wisdom.

Through honest dialogue, lived experience and faith-centered solutions, SoundMinds 2026 will educate, encourage and empower Black and Hispanic communities to stand in truth: mental health matters. Mental illness is impacting our families and our communities.

At this one-day conference, there will be:

• Empowering Panels: Featuring mental health professionals, advocates and people with lived experience.
• Impactful Resources & Tools: Providing attendees with access to mental health resources and support services.
• Networking Opportunities: Facilitating connections among professionals, advocates and community members to foster collaboration and support.

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Because the truth is:
No one should have to carry this alone.

Mental health impacts every family, every community and every generation, yet too many people still feel like they have to face their struggles alone.

SoundMinds Mental Health Awareness & Solutions Conference creates a space where honest conversations, practical resources and lived experiences come together to help us better understand and support one another.

When you attend SoundMinds, you will:

Learn
Gain insight from mental health professionals, advocates, faith leaders and people with lived experience who are committed to changing the way mental health is shaped and shared in our communities.

Lift
Be encouraged through transparent conversations that reduce stigma, strengthen understanding and remind us that healing is not a solo journey.

Build
Leave with practical tools, connections and strategies to support mental health in your family, workplace, faith community and beyond.

Whether you are a parent, caregiver, educator, faith leader, advocate or someone simply looking to better understand mental health, SoundMinds is a place where your presence, your voice, your questions and your experience matter.

The parents holding it all together.

The caregivers doing their best with what they have.

The teachers noticing a shift in a young person’s behavior.

The pastors who want to learn how to serve their congregants better.

The neighbors who see something, but don't know how to say something.

The advocates who keep showing up.

And anyone who believes that healing is a community effort.

You don’t have to be a clinician to make a difference. You just have to care ... and be willing to learn how to be an advocate for yourself and others.

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Why Mental Health Conversations Matter

Yes - mental health affects everyone. But the disparities in stigma, care and advocacy for Black and Hispanic individuals are real. From misdiagnosis to lack of culturally competent care, from systemic barriers to deeply ingrained stigma, these challenges demand not just awareness, but action.

If we are to dismantle the barriers to care and healing, we need more than just those directly affected to show up. We need people willing to listen, learn and stand in the gap.

We need YOU in the room! Join us at SoundMinds 2026 online or in-person and be part of the solution.

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Registration is required by all attendees.

Register to attend in-person or virtually.

Early Bird (through May 8) In-Person: $30 | Online: $20

General (May 9 - June 24) In-Person: $35 | Online: $25

Late (June 25 - July 8) In-Person*: $40 | Online: $30

*In-Person is subject to close when capacity is reached.

Complimentary registration codes are available for those in need. Please email: [email protected].

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