A free conference for advocates, legislators, human service agencies and other professionals shaping the social landscape of New Hampshire
*Check-in and complimentary breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m. Complimentary lunch is also included.
As we cross the 50-year threshold of Waypoint’s advocacy program, explore the future of child advocacy with an eye-opening perspective on child abuse prevention.
Assistant Regional Administrator
Region 1, SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
Taylor Bryan Turner serves as part of SAMHSA’s leadership team and works to advance SAMHSA’s mission in the six New England States and tribal nations. She is recognized as the creator of the Diversity Inclusion Project Showcase, a forum designed to provide underserved community-based organizations an opportunity to present their purpose, populations served, and community impact to regional behavioral health leaders to increase partnerships and funding potential. Taylor has over 20 years of experience cultivating diverse relationships among stakeholders, elected officials, and private and non-profit organizations to implement policy. She has been nationally recognized for her contributions to housing initiatives to end homelessness, affordable housing, health and wellness, and sustainability.
How do the conditions in which people are born, live, learn, grow, play, work, and age, affect health and quality-of-life outcomes? Taylor raises this question and explores our opportunities to impact child, family, and community well-being. Features a revealing look through the lens of race equity.
Joe Ribsam, director, NH Division for Children, Youth & Families
Kim Firth, program director, Endowment for Health
Rob Dapice, executive director, NH Housing Finance Authority
Honorable Susan Ashley, deputy administrative judge for New Hampshire Circuit Court
Keith Kuenning, director of advocacy, Waypoint
Join us in honoring three New Hampshire citizens with the Jack Lightfoot Voice for Children Award: Representatives Patrick Long, Kimberly Rice, Mary Beth Walz
Fundraiser to benefit Waypoint at the Richie McFarland Center
Saturday, September 17, 2022 | 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
