2025 Resilience & Wellbeing Summit

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and at Tanager, we believe it is our duty to provide everyone the opportunity to increase their personal awareness of mental health, gain knowledge to become an advocate for mental health change, and try out new activities or practices that can help increase personal mental wellbeing.

This year, we are celebrating with the theme Your Story, Your Strength. Every person’s journey with mental health is unique and powerful. By embracing your story and listening to the experiences of others, we build empathy, connection, and resilience. Your voice can inspire change, and your strength can help others find their own.

Join us for a powerful conversation with Imani McGee-Stafford—lawyer, mental health advocate, poet, and former WNBA athlete—who brings her lived experience and profound insight to the stage in “Erasing the Stigma.”

In this keynote, Imani shares her own journey with mental health and the challenges of growing up in environments where silence and stigma often overshadowed healing. With honesty and compassion, she invites audiences to recognize the prevalence of mental illness and sexual violence, and to reclaim their narratives by speaking their truth.

Imani’s story is one of resilience, purpose, and transformation. As the founder of the Hoops and Hope Foundation and a passionate advocate for creating safe spaces, she exemplifies what it means to live beyond trauma and lead with authenticity. Through her words, she inspires others to believe in the power of their own story and to find strength in vulnerability.

This event is part of our “Your Story, Your Strength” campaign for 2025 Mental Health Awareness Month—centered on building a culture of mental wellness, empowerment, and shared healing.

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