Makesha Jones-Chambers, Psy.D., is Program Head of the LACDMH Antelope Valley Mental Health Center in Lancaster. Transcript

Carla Jacobs is a veteran mental health activist who has helped shaped the dialogue surrounding mental health public policies in California.  Motivated by family tragedies involving relatives suffering from schizophrenia, Ms. Jacobs began a personal crusade to change the treatment laws for people with severe mental illness.  She is guided by a basic principle that […]

Rose King is a Sacramento-based political and policy consultant, and a family member of several individuals with serious mental illness. After entering politics in 1968 by joining a campaign to recall Governor Ronald Reagan, King has worked for some of California’s most prominent politicians, including Bill Lockyer, Leo McCarthy, and Nancy Pelosi. As McCarthy’s Chief […]

Gaines Lyons was born in Little Rock and grew up in Cleveland.  He served in the Navy for four years, studying Chinese-Mandarin and spending time in Japan and the Philippines.  After returning to the U.S., he graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in Japanese Language and Literature.  He later worked for […]

Charlotte Lujan is a social worker of Native American heritage at the American Indian Counseling Center in Cerritos, CA. Transcript

Martha Long, C.P.R.P., helped revolutionize the public mental health system in Los Angeles County with her work as the first Director of the Village in Long Beach. After beginning her career as a teacher, Long began working in mental health at The Social Center’s clubhouse program in Fairfax County, Virginia. She moved to California to […]

Eddie Lamon grew up in Oklahoma and Northern California.  She became active in school and community affairs as a young mother living in South Central Los Angeles in the 1950s.  When she realized the need for mental health services in the community, she became a vocal and determined advocate, serving first on the Regional Citizen’s […]