Events
Platforms for conversation and learning through coordinated mental health events.Join the Conversation
In its early years, the Hogg Foundation’s leaders were “circuit riders for mental health,” driving from town to town to meet with small groups of people or give public lectures and trainings to raise awareness about mental health. Today, we offer a variety of ways to join the conversation, share, and learn with others to help transform mental health in your community. Check out ways to join the conversation below!
Robert Lee Sutherland Seminars
This free biennial event honors the legacy of the Hogg Foundation’s first executive director, Dr. Robert Lee Sutherland. For 30 years, beginning in 1978, Sutherland convened Texans through a series of seminars to reflect on the state of mental health and promote innovation and collaboration among consumers, providers, and advocates.
Young Minds Matter
A free event focused on children’s mental health, this conference features presentations by the foundation’s grantee and community partners, as well as a resource fair. Miss Ima Hogg, the foundation’s founder made Houston her home for 60 years and cared deeply about the mental, physical, and spiritual well-being of children. She served on the Houston Independent School District school board and supported a variety of children’s programs and services in the arts, health, and education. In keeping with Miss Ima’s legacy, this is just one of a variety of children’s initiatives the foundation supports in the Houston area.
For information, please contact Foundation Initiatives.
PeerFest
Inspired by the National Alternatives Conference, PeerFest is an educational and celebratory event for Texans who have faced mental health challenges and are striving for and achieving recovery. An event by and for consumers—persons with lived mental health experience—sessions provide opportunities to learn about well-being tools, explore taboo or inaccessible topics, and connect with peers.