Organized by Callen-Lorde and New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

This virtual panel will cover topics such as understanding depression and anxiety, strategies for healthy coping, tools to help manage stress, and Brooklyn resources to look to for more help.

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Panelists: Genna Ayers and Q Hailey | Moderator: Renair Amin

Genna Ayres is a behavioral health provider who strives to create safe and affirming spaces in medical and mental health care for LGBTQ people. Since graduating from Columbia with a masters in social work and a masters in public health, Genna has spent most of their therapy career working in an integrated care setting in community health centers where they work to increase access to mental health care and support medical providers in caring for LGBTQ folks and folks with mental health struggles. Genna spends a lot of their time thinking about ways to make LGBTQ folks feel seen and supported in the health care system. When not working, Genna can be found spending time with their family and community, roller skating, and in the sunshine.

Quanita Hailey is an alum of Mount Holyoke college and Union Theological Seminary where she received her Masters of Divinity with a focus in Womanist Queer Ethics. Lovingly, nick-named Q, she currently serves as a Staff Chaplain at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist hospital. She is the creator of the Women of Color Trailblazers Leadership Conference at Mount Holyoke College. Q is a lover of her family and a peer advocate. She can be found dreaming up new creative convening ideas for FreeXone 4 Us, a free QTPOC communal space that seeks to evoke the sacred and promote healing in NYC.