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The First Annual Beyond the Game Dinner!
Join us for a powerful evening that goes beyond the game. We are looking forward to continuing the conversation about student athletes and their mental health journeys. Coaches, athletes, and their parents will be invited to learn how to have more resilience and find healthy boundaries in sports.
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Date: Friday, August 15, 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M.
Location: Madison Place, 1401 Madison Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507
Meet our Keynote Speaker
Josh Samarco
Josh is the Director at the Center for Intercultural Student Development at Calvin University. He has a powerful story about how sports, coaches, and mentors helped turn his life around. He uses that story to encourage young people today. Josh says, "I believe in our young people and student athletes, and for the rest of my life, I want to continue to give away tools/principles that helped shape me and make me the man, husband, dad, and leader that I am today."
Meet Our Panel Speakers
Samuel Jones, MA, LPC
Samuel Jones, MA, LPC
Samuel Jones, MA, LPC
Samuel is the Lead Therapist at Wisdom Center Counseling Services. He is passionate about supporting the youth because "their destiny is pulling on their present. So their present must be empowered, educated, and enhanced now.” This is my passion.
Lariesha Lee, LLMSW
Samuel Jones, MA, LPC
Samuel Jones, MA, LPC
Lariesha is a Clinical Therapist, Nonprofit Founder, Professor, and Community Wellness Strategist. She is passionate about supporting the youth because she was once a student athlete and remember how important it was for her to be with her friends, compete, and to do something to do outside of school. She is also a mother of five and love supporting the community.
Ardrace D Morris, MS, MA, TLLP
Ardrace D Morris, MS, MA, TLLP
Ardrace D Morris, MS, MA, TLLP
Ardrace Morris is a former student athlete and educator with years of experience as a basketball coach in the community. He is a licensed psychologist that believes mental health professionals are needed more than ever in the world today.
Nikki Trammell, LMSW
Ardrace D Morris, MS, MA, TLLP
Ardrace D Morris, MS, MA, TLLP
Nikki is the Assistant Athletic Director of Student Athlete Mental Health at Wayne State University. She is passionate about supporting student athletes to help them overcome challenges that she struggled with growing up as a student athlete and helping them realize they are not alone in navigating these difficulties.