​The Unconference for Social Wellness is a free event aiming to foster dialogue and collaboration across behavioral health specialists, integrative clinicians, and innovative community leaders.

​Doors open at 9:30am, and the event will start at 10:00 with a brief kickoff talk. Please arrive before 10!

​​With this event, we're asking: how can in-person social spaces for communities foster connection and positive health outcomes? What are workable models of collaboration between formal and informal care professionals?

​​An unconference is a day of impromptu, short-format talks and opportunities for connection across normal professional boundaries. Unlike a normal conference, no formal talks or presentations will be given; following an introductory talk we'll break out into groups based on themes we find interesting.

​​Social wellness themes we'll be discussing:

• ​​Embedding psychiatric and therapeutic care work into community settings

• ​​Collaboration between licensed professionals and community leaders / paraprofessionals in informal carework roles (healers, clergy, nonprofit leaders, community organizers)

• ​​Implementing biopsychosocial and culturally-informed care models

• ​​Financial models and incentives for financing public-private partnerships for third spaces, social wellness initiatives, bathhouses, social prescribing schemes

• ​​Reimbursement pathways (value based care, fee-for-service, HSA/FSA, patient-funded) for alternative social care spaces

• ​​Loneliness / social isolation interventions related to the built environment (urban mobility, public parks and space, street life)

• ​​Extending social wellness to underprivileged medicare medicaid populations

​​Who's invited?

​​We welcome:

​​Behavioral Health Clinicians & Wellness Professionals: mental health clinicians, licensed therapists, licensed social workers, psychiatrists, coaches, counselors.

​​Innovative Community Leaders + Entrepreneurs: Community leaders and organizers, facilitators and guides, clergy, spacemakers, and local wellness entrepreneurs.

​​Integrative Practitioners: mind-body practitioners, retreat leaders, integration guides, and psychospiritual workers.

​Event Creators

​Care Culture is a professional society for behavioral health professionals and community leaders working towards cultural and social health interventions.

​One Fact Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to transforming healthcare access and efficiency using open source technologies.

​Healwise is a tech nonprofit that connects help-seekers with affordable therapy, peer-based, and self-guided mental health services.