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Tickets Are Closed

Registration for the 2nd Annual Educational Summit has officially closed. Thank you to everyone who secured their spot. We can’t wait to bring this community together for 1.5 days of education, connection, and collective momentum. See you in Nashville!

About the Summit

The Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioners of Color is bringing its 2nd Annual Educational Summit to Nashville, Tennessee — and this year, we are going further.

Following a powerful inaugural gathering in Baltimore where over 100 PMHNPs from across the country came together for bold conversations, learning, and community, we are expanding the experience to 1.5 days of education, connection, and collective momentum.

This summit is built around a vision of what psychiatric-mental health nursing looks like when PMHNPs of Color lead — with innovation, cultural responsiveness, and unapologetic community impact.

This year’s theme, Forward Together: Innovation, Advocacy & Excellence in PMHNP Practice, reflects the full scope of what PMHNPs of Color bring to this profession — as advocates, clinicians, leaders, educators, and system changemakers. It honors both the science of our work and the cultural contexts that shape it.

Session Topics

This year’s program includes sessions on:

• AI psychosis considerations & clinical management
• Sports psychiatry
• Women’s mental health across the lifespan, including perinatal, perimenopause & menopause
• Substance use, emerging substances & equity-centered care
• Advocacy in action, including community partnerships & systems-level change
• Sustainable entrepreneurship
• Partnering with Medical Science Liaisons & utilizing them in your clinical practice
• Rest as a clinical imperative

Summit Schedule

Continuing Education

What to Expect

At the 2026 Educational Summit, you can expect:

• High-impact educational sessions led by experienced PMHNPs and mental health leaders
• Continuing education credits to support your professional development
• Bold, culturally informed conversations on advocacy, innovation, equity, and leadership
• Networking with PMHNPs of Color from across the country
• Space to connect, be seen, and leave re-energized for the work ahead

This is more than a conference. It is a movement — and you belong in the room.

Travel & Hotel Information

Summit Location

Hutton Hotel — Lyric Ballroom 1808 West End Ave Nashville, TN 37203