Conversations Cafe: Boys Don't Cry

Today's Conversations Cafe episode is titled Boys Don't Cry. Recorded live at the UIC Forum, as part of Hope for the Day's Conversations Summit 2019, this panel focused on confronting stigmas that compel silence on mental health matters for those that identify as male and was expertly hosted by Hope for the Day COO, Carl Evans.

Our panelists included:

Davey Muise, musician and lived experience advocate

Dan Carcillo, retired Chicago Blackhawk and lived experience advocate

Adam Hill, director of the Chicago Bulls Stampede drumline

Jordan Meyers, founder of Banyan Treatment Centers

Jeremy Foster, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters Chicago

Hope for the Day's inaugural Conversations Summit 2019 educated, inspired, and activated attendees with an exciting mix of breakout sessions created and led by diverse groups of youth, mental health professionals and academic partners, covering a vast spectrum of topics from mental health, arts, and technology, to social justice and activism. The summit was graciously hosted by The University of Illinois at Chicago at the Isadore & Sadie Dorin Forum (The Forum).