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SB Wellness Foundation events are designed to create healing, connection, education, and empowerment within our communities while directly supporting our mission. Through wellness experiences, workshops, community activations, and mental health programming, we raise funds to support our Youth Development Mentorship Programs and Healing Hearts Mental Health Scholarship Program, which helps increase access to therapy and mental wellness support for underserved communities. Every event attended helps us continue creating safe spaces, impactful programming, and accessible pathways to healing.
EmpowerFest 2026: Beyond The Silence
Wed, September 23, 2026 | 7:30–9:00 PM ET | Virtual | FREE
Join SB Wellness Foundation for EmpowerFest 2026: Beyond the Silence, a free virtual summit focused on suicide prevention, mental health awareness, and honest conversations within Black and Brown communities.
Moderated by Shanae Benito, MA, LPC, NCC, this 90-minute conversation brings together leading behavioral health professionals and advocates to address cultural stigma, the concerning rise in suicide among Black boys and men, recognizing signs of distress, substance use and mental health, culturally responsive care, and how we can better support someone in crisis.
Attendees will leave with practical tools, greater awareness, community resources, and strategies for prevention, intervention, and hope.
This conversation is for everyone, individuals, families, clinicians, educators, mentors, students, community leaders, and anyone who wants to better support the people they love.
FREE to attend. Registration required.
If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis or having thoughts of suicide, call or text 988.
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