For Immediate Release:
September 16, 2015

Contact: Stacy Morse
(573) 751-3599

MEDIA ADVISORY

Sen. Keaveny to Participate in Hear Our Voices
Town Hall Forum

JEFFERSON CITY— Minority Party Leader Sen. Joseph Keaveny, D-St. Louis, will join with other St. Louis area leaders for Hear Our Voices Town Hall Forum, tomorrow, Thursday, October 8, for a conversation about mental illness in the St. Louis community.

The evening will include a discussion about how the Hear Our Voices schizophrenia simulation has changed the public’s perception of living with severe and persistent mental illness, specifically schizophrenia. There will also be a panel discussion regarding mental health within the community.

Who: Sen. Joe Keaveny, D-St. Louis; Joe Yancey, executive director of Places for People; Dr. Collins Lewis, psychiatrist for Washington University; Officer Chris Koester, assistant crisis intervention team coordinator for the St. Louis County Police Department; and Ashlyn Brewer of Standing Partnership and the St. Louis Social Media Club.
What:  Hear Our Voices Town Hall Forum
When:  Thursday, October 8 from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Where:  The Ethical Society of St. Louis , 9001 Clayton Road, St. Louis, MO 63117