Events

Minding the Gap: Funding Youth Mental Health Panel

At the 2025 Mental Wealth Expo, Dr. Alfiee and Charlamagne tha God co-hosted a day long free event for the Newark, NJ community on the importance of creating safe, inclusive spaces for mental health conversations, particularly for diverse people.

At a recent Kate Spade New York event, Dr. Alfiee underscored the urgent need to center mental health support for children and teens of color as essential to their growth and identity. Through her work with The AAKOMA Project, she highlighted the unique stressors young people of color face—from cultural...

The NAACP National Convention is an empowering and immersive experience held each year to celebrate our community's collective power. The Convention attracts innovative change-makers, thought-leaders, entrepreneurs, scholars, entertainers, influencers, and creatives to network and exchange ideas. Dr. Alfiee was a featured speaker at this year's Convention. https://naacp.org/convention

NYU School of Social Work and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Dr. Alfiee was a panelist during this event where leading scholars, community members and policy experts gathered to discuss progress and challenges within the five years that have passed since the Congressional Black Caucus Emergency Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide...

The roundtable will discuss how the community works to address and support those impacted by mental illness.

This year's summit centers on the theme of "Transforming Leadership: Building Resilient, Inclusive, and Forward-Thinking Organizations."

On June 2, 2025, National Alliance for Eating Disorders, with their partners @mentalhealthcoalition, @clintonglobal, @officialwondermind, @huntsmanmentalhealth, and @thechain, hosted the third-annual World Eating Disorders Action Day (worldeatingdisordersday.org) Summit at the @unitednations.⁠ Dr. Alfiee participated in a discussion panel, Breaking Bias and Supporting Families, along with @chelseaclinton, @williamhornby, @cheveseturner, and @shaliniw88.⁠⁠

Dr. Alfiee joined For The Gurls podcast hosts Breanna Aponte and Cece Coston for an unforgettable evening of raw conversation, heartfelt storytelling, and healing energy.

Dr. Alfiee will be giving a keynote at the 2025 Weitzman Institute Symposium. Time: 2:10pm-3:15pm ET / 11:10am-12:15pm PT Speaker: Alfiee M. Breland-Noble, MHSc, PhD, MA Moderator: April Joy Damian, PhD, MSc, CHPM, PMP Objectives: Identify ways to promote youth mental well-being, support caregivers, and normalize conversations about mental health...