Families, educators, mental health professionals and advocates are set to converge on Sacramento next week with the common goal of reducing the stigma of mental illness.

The 2025 NAMI California Annual Conference will be held Thursday and Friday, Oct. 16-17, at the Sheraton Grand Hotel and provides an opportunity for listening, learning and networking.

NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

The keynote speaker for the conference’s first day is former Major League Baseball player Drew Robinson. Robinson became a mental health advocate after surviving a suicide attempt in 2020 and now works with the San Francisco Giants, sharing his journey and promoting mental health care.

Day two’s keynote speaker is former Rhode Island Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, who was the lead sponsor of the

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