Next Thursday (June 11, 2009), Mental Health America will honor Senators Edward Kennedy and Pete Domenici as part of its Centennial Conference and Gala, “Celebrating the Legacy: Forging the Future,” to celebrate its 100th anniversary working toward mental health education and advocacy.

Special guest speakers that night include:

• Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and former Second Lady Tipper Gore, both of whom have been very vocal in promoting mental health awareness and eradicating stigma.
• The late Senator Paul Wellstone’s son David Wellstone, who worked with Carter to pass the “Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act.”
• Neurosurgeon and media personality Sanjay Gupta.
• Oscar-nominated and Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe award-winning actress and mental health advocate Glenn Close.

Entertainment will include performances by Dwight Yoakam and Vanessa Carlton.

To my understanding, there’s still time to register; the entire conference is from June 10-13 in Washington, DC.

If any of you are planning on attending, be sure to stop back by Celebrity Psychings to let us know how it went!

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