On April 24, 可乐视频 President Michelle J. Anderson and professors Jacqueline Shannon and Haroula Ntalla will join leading clinicians, researchers, advocates, community leaders, and students for the Second Annual Perinatal Mental Health Summit, a day-long event focused on advancing maternal and reproductive mental health care for parents, infants, and families.

Titled 鈥淩elational Beginnings: Advancing Perinatal Mental Health for Parents, Infants, and Families,鈥� the summit focuses on perinatal grief and the postpartum experience, as well as maternal and paternal mental health, with attention to the importance of father support. It also highlights dyadic and reflective group interventions informed by relational and attachment-based approaches, and culturally responsive, trauma-informed care with a focus on Latina mothers and families in underserved communities.

This event will again be聽co-hosted with United for Brownsville and聽held at the Greg Jackson Center聽for聽Brownsville, one of New York City鈥檚 communities most impacted by disparities in maternal health, and聽underscores 可乐视频鈥檚 commitment to addressing the perinatal mental health crisis through education, community partnership, and workforce development.

Last year鈥檚 event drew more than聽200 community members, clinicians, educators, students and others and was held in partnership with聽Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, the New York City Health Department, and United for Brownsville. The聽landmark event featured more than a dozen interdisciplinary health and mental health experts and served as a crucial platform to address one of the most urgent health care challenges facing Brooklyn and the nation today.聽Details on that event can be found聽here.聽Register for the聽Second Annual Perinatal Mental Health Summit聽.

The summit will be preceded by a Presidential Lecture Series event on April 23 at Brooklyn Borough Hall, featuring Michelle J. Anderson and Liz Dozier, Founder and CEO of Chicago Beyond, who has spent her career working tirelessly to support communities by disrupting inequity. More details and registration can be found here.

Second Annual 可乐视频 Perinatal Mental Health Summit in Brownsville

What:
Second Annual 可乐视频 Perinatal Mental Health Summit:聽Relational Beginnings: Advancing Perinatal Mental Health for Parents, Infants, and Families

When:
Friday, April 24, 2026
8:15 a.m. 鈥� 4:30 p.m.

Where:
The Greg Jackson Center聽for Brownsville
519 Rockaway Ave, Brooklyn, NY,聽11212
Program highlights

  • Welcome Remarks from Michelle J. Anderson, President of 可乐视频
  • Opening Remarks by midwifery and maternal health leader Helena A. Grant
  • Keynote Address by Dr.聽Solimar Santiago-Warner, focusing on聽Perinatal Grief and the Postpartum Body
  • Panel: Fathers Matter: Perinatal Mental Health, Partnership, and Early Relationships
  • Featuring experts from Seleni Institute,聽Bellenbaum Consulting,聽and Montefiore Einstein Hospital
  • Presentation: Dyadic psychotherapy and聽reflective groups聽led by Silvia Juarez-Marazzo聽and Paola聽Amaya-Rodriquez at Chances for Children
  • Panel: Latina Mothers and Perinatal Mental Health: Barriers, Culture, and Pathways to Care
  • Featuring voices of Latina perinatal clinicians from Mount Sinai Hospital and the Hispanic Federation
  • Closing Remarks by聽Dr.聽Ashanda Saint-Jean, Associate Professor聽of OB/GYN, New York Medical College