About the Conference
With the Conference theme, Building Resilience Through Unity; Facing Changing Battlefields Together, on Friday, October 10 at The LGBT Center, 308 West 13th St, NYC; the planning team’s collective efforts for this one-day conference will focus on LGBTQIA+ Black and People of Color veterans mental health. The collective strengths and wisdom from clinicians, consumers, academics and advocates will examine the academic and personal narrative aspects of overcoming and creating.
The Conference’s planning team welcomes everyone and recognizes Same-Gender Loving (SGL) and Two-Spirit (2S) who are members of Black and Indigenous peoples of color communities. The Conference Program is divided into two distinct areas: Speakers (invited Speakers will address aspects of the conference Theme and Tracks) and Presenters (Workshops, Panel Discussions, and Stand-Alone Presentations conforming to the Conference Tracks). Abstract/proposal submitters are encouraged to complete the requirements for Continuing Education Units/Credits (CEUs) to ensure that LCSW, LMSW, LMHC attendees to their presentations receive credit toward their licenses. Here are the guidelines for abstract submissions; occasionally, an abstract submission may be selected to join our speaker roster. Carefully read these guidelines.
IMM25 Program:
IMM25 will take place on Friday, October 10 2025, with check-in/registration at 8:00am, the formal program beginning at 9:00am, continuing through the day, and concluding at 5:30pm; and will be held at The LGBT Center, 308 West 13th St., NYC.
This forum is for clinicians, academics, advocates, activists, community members with lived experience, and high school and college/graduate students.
The Conference will feature 45-minute Speaker presentations to establish common starting points, which will be followed by 75-minute concurrent single/stand-alone, small group presentations – some geared for clinicians and others for community members. On the Conference’s program, presentations will be marked by CE, indicating that the breakout presentation will provide Continuing Education Credits/Units (CEUs) for licensed professionals. Clinicians (LCSWs and LMSWs) requiring CEUs MUST attend a 75-minute presentation and complete the post-presentation requirements to receive the one-hour CEU for that presentation; a person could receive as many as three-contact/CEU hours.
Program: Abstract Submission and Tracks:
The Conference theme sets the tone for selected presentations from our abstract submission process, conforming to four tracks.
Track A – Advocacy
Track B – Community
Track C – Education, and
Track D – Research.
Click on each Track below to read the full description
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Envisioning methods of advocacy for LGBTQ+ peoples of color that craft critical space for mental health healing and practices.
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Creating community practices that offer new visions of support in mental health spaces for LGBTQ+ peoples of color.
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Exploring the role of education in building resources, action, and support for the mental health of LGBTQ+ peoples of color.
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Exploring the role of education in building resources, action, ad support for the mental health of LGBTQ+ peoples of color.
CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS
Submitted abstracts will be reviewed and selected by an independent panel, and a draft program will be made available in the first week of July, when early registration will commence; Speakers and Breakout Presenters receive complimentary registration. Selected Presenters are encouraged to obtain time off from work and make travel and accommodation arrangements to present at IMM25.