The 11th Annual EBP/CDEP Conference has officially wrapped, and we extend our heartfelt thanks to the nearly 500 attendees, presenters, sponsors, and community partners who made this year’s gathering a great success!
Over two days, leaders, providers, youth advocates, researchers, and community organizations from across California came together for professional development, exchange knowledge, and foster collaboration.
Check out this past year’s agenda.
Angela Y. Davis is distinguished professor emerita of history of consciousness and feminist studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. An activist, writer, and lecturer, her work focuses on prisons, police, abolition, and the related intersections of race, gender, and class.
She is the author of many books, from Angela Davis: An Autobiography to Freedom Is a Constant Struggle. Her most recent books include Abolition.Feminism.Now., written with Gina Dent, Erica Meiners and Beth Richie, and a book of essays entitled Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1.
She is a founding member of Critical Resistance, a national organization dedicated to the dismantling of the prison industrial complex.
Dr. Thema Bryant is a psychologist, author, professor, sacred artist, and minister who is leading the way in creating healthy relationships, healing traumas, and overcoming stress and oppression.
Dr. Thema is the author of recently released book Matters of the Heart (February 4, 2025; Penguin Random House), which aims to empower readers to connect with themselves and to others, delving into topics such as: control issues, emotional unavailability, practical activation activities, case studies, and teaching how to shift mindset and patterns around romance.
Dr. Thema Bryant completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Duke University and her post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical Center’s Victims of Violence Program. Upon graduating, she became the Coordinator of the Princeton University SHARE Program, which provides intervention and prevention programming to combat sexual assault, sexual harassment, and harassment based on sexual orientation. She is currently a tenured professor of psychology in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University, where she directs the Culture and Trauma Research Laboratory. Dr. Thema is an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and leads the mental health ministry at First A.M.E. Church in Los Angeles. Most recently, she was the 2023 president of the American Psychological Association (APA) and is the host of The Homecoming Podcast.
The conference offers training in specific EBP and CDEP models and opportunities for peer-to-peer sharing about lessons learned during start up, scaling, and expansion of these practices.
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Advancing EBPs and CDEPs Across Systems to Foster Equitable Community Change will emphasize strategies to improve the quality and evaluation of behavioral services through the implementation and expansion of EBPs and CDEPs.
Several key statewide initiatives require EBPs and CDEPs, including:
Interested in sponsoring the next EBP/CDEP Conference, contact us at communications@cibhs.org.
A limited number of scholarships were awarded for the 11th Annual EBP/CDEP Conference to support individuals who might not otherwise have been able to attend.
Each scholarship covered the full cost of a conference ticket, giving recipients access to all sessions—including the opening keynote with Angela Davis and the Day 2 keynote with Dr. Thema Bryant—as well as opportunities to learn, connect, and engage with leaders and peers across the behavioral health field.
We are grateful to our sponsors and partners whose support helped make these scholarships possible.
