The Cost of Failing - A live Spotlight PA storytelling event about Pa.'s mental health systems

Schedule

Thu Jul 30 2026 at 05:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00
Location

Albright Memorial Building | Scranton, PA

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Spotlight PA is hosting a live storytelling event and panel on Pennsylvania’s mental health systems. Special guests who have experience with the state’s system will share their perspectives. The event will also feature a panel of experts to discuss how we got here and what the future of mental health care in Pennsylvania might hold.
Host: Danielle Ohl, Spotlight PA’s justice reporter, who has been covering the intersection of mental health and the criminal justice system for more than three years.
Expert panelists will include:
Joan Erney, former deputy secretary of the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Molly Candon, PhD, Asst. Professor at the Penn Center for Mental Health.
Louis Bianco, registered nurse and peer specialist, former Program Coordinator for NAMI Cumberland and Perry Counties PA.
Storytellers will include Pennsylvanians from York, Allegheny, Lancaster and Philadelphia with experience as parents, advocates, and patients navigating Pennsylvania’s mental health system.
Resource tables will include Scranton Counseling; Disability Rights Pennsylvania; and NAMI Northeast Pennsylvania.
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Albright Memorial Building, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

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