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May 15

2026 Breaking the Stigma: African American Mental Health Symposium: Resilient Mind, Body, Spirit

Join us for a restorative conference dedicated to holistic resilience in Black, Brown, and multicultural communities. Move beyond coping with strategies that integrate faith, culture, and ancient wisdom with modern wellness.

Engage in three tracks: Mind, focusing on decolonizing mental health and digital wellness; Body, exploring trauma release practices and sacred rest; and Spirit, connecting to ancestral wisdom. Key sessions address professional burnout and the future of healing. Leave equipped with practical tools to strengthen your inner self and sustain collective well-being.

May 15, 2026, at McGregor Memorial Conference Center in Detroit.

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Register Here


 Resilient Mind, Body, Spirit

Breaking the Stigma: African American Mental Health Symposium 2026 serves as a vital platform to raise awareness among businesses, professionals, educators, advocates, clergy, and individuals, as well as the Black community nationwide, about the mental health experiences specific to Black culture. The event helps facilitate meaningful discussions on current racial issues, provides culturally relevant and competent mental health training, explores strategies to navigate systemic racism and its traumatic effects on the Black community, and offers systems of care to ensure individuals receive optimal support and advocacy.


Those who attend will have the chance to listen to inspiring speakers and choose from breakout sessions with experts in the field on Resilience: Mind, Body, Spirit, which is structured around tangible, high-value takeaways, ensuring your sponsorship directly fuels community empowerment, including:


  • Keynote: Resilient by Design
  • Rewiring the Narrative: Overcoming Stigma
  • AI, Apps and Afro-Futurism: Bias, Barriers & Breakthroughs
  • The Weight We Carry: Stress, Burnout & Black Bodies
  • Sacred Rest: Self Care as Acceptance
  • Resilience of the Soul: Prayer, Meditation, and Breathwork
  • Redesigning our Wellness Blueprint: Future Mental Health Healing
  • Lunch and Panel Discussion: The Future of Healing: Faith Forward
  • Keynote: Resisting Erasure: Reclaiming Black History
  • Collective Circle of Healing: Gathering the Fragments


Registration is Open!


Support Our Work

  • Donate online at www.synergykzoo.org. Click the DONATE button and select “Breaking the Stigma.” 
  • Call the office at (269) 323-1954 and donate via credit/debit card.

McGregor Memorial Conference Center
495 Gilmour Mall, Detroit, MI 48202
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Friday, May 15, 2026
09:00am - 05:00pm ET