THE CONCLAVE 2023
Presented by: Eris Brewery & Cider House & Natures Grace & Wellness

The Conclave is Eris Brewery and Cider House’s signature event commemorating World Suicide Prevention Awareness Day on Sunday, September 10th, 2023. Presented with Nature's Grace & Wellness the event will benefit The Hope For Us Network’s 2024 Proactive Suicide Prevention programming.

Conclave 2023 will feature:

$30 Gets You: App - Dinner - Dessert Buffets
Sneak Peak of Eris & The Network’s Proactive Prevention Training Program For Professionals set to launch in 2024
Proactive Pioneer Awards Recognizing Chicagoland Mental Health Activists
A Special Live Performance Experience: TRU In Concert

Plus activations, resources, and much more!

We're inviting all our allies to come together for an exciting evening full of activations, food, and music with the goal of building connections in the pursuit of transforming mental health care and suicide prevention in our community.

100% of the proceeds benefit the Hope For Us Network’s programming

2023 PROACTIVE PIONEER AWARD RECIPIENT
MICHELLE THOMPKINS - The CornerStore

The inaugural recipient Michelle Thompkins is a person who has dedicated themselves to creating safe spaces both physically and psychologically for youth in high adversity spaces in the south and west sides of Chicago.

In 2022 she launched an innovative and bold outreach and enrichment program in partnership with the Noble Charter School system.

“Black Boy Heal: See Me, Hear Me” is a powerful engagement presentation designed to destigmatize mental health and generate open discussion through a mix of facts, lived experience stories, music, and digital elements to create a safe open space for self-expression.

TRU IN CONCERT is a specially produced experience for Conclave 2023.

We will have the pleasure of hearing a selection of songs from the musical TRU performed live for us.

TRU was created by David Gosz and Leo Fotos who are musical theatre creators based in New York City. They are first-year members of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and members of the TNNY National Writers Lab.

TRU, was a finalist for the 2017 New York Musical Festival, and debuted with the first-ever sold-out run at the 2018 Chicago Musical Theatre Festival where it took home 14 nominations and 2 wins for "Best Choreography" and "Best Music".

The production has received wide praise and acclaim for its "impactful telling of the relationship between an individual and their mental illness."

The Network choose to make this the featured performance of the evening because of our commitment to amplify self-expression platforms that help destigmatize mental health and inspire understanding

Read More About TRU a mental health musical!

CRUSH THE STIGMA - CLOSE THE GAP

The Conclave 2023

A signature event commemorating World Suicide Prevention Awareness Day, benefitting Proactive Suicide Prevention