*** Media Advisory *** 4th Annual Mental Health & Wellness Day Fair at the State Capitol on Friday, May 1st.

[Conner, Desmond]

 

For PLANNING PURPOSES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Contact: Desmond Conner

Tuesday, April 28, 2026                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         desmond...@cga.ct.gov

 

 

*** Media Advisory *** 

 

State Representative Kai Belton (D-Middletown) will host the 4th Annual Mental Health & Wellness Day Fair at the State Capitol on Friday, May 1st.

 

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

 

There will be a press conference in the North Lobby of the Capitol beginning at 9:30 a.m. ahead of the fair, which begins at 10 a.m.

 

Nearly 40 agencies/vendors will participate in the Wellness Day Fair, which will take place near the Rotunda and North Lobby area of the Capitol to highlight maternal health, mental well-being, and overall wellness.

Who: State Rep. Kai Belton, House Vice Chair, Public Health Committee; Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey, House Chair, Public Health Committee; Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, House Chair, Human Services Committee; Rep. Treneé McGee, Art Therapy Advocate; Christina Smith and Jazz Borst, Mental Health Connecticut.

What: 4th Annual Mental Health & Wellness Day Fair and Press Conference

When: Friday, May 1^st, 2026

9:30 a.m. Press Conference, North Lobby

10:00 a.m. Mental Health & Wellness Fair, Rotunda, North Lobby

Where: 210 Capitol Ave., Hartford

  

 

 

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Desmond Conner

Press Department

Connecticut House Democrats

Office: 860-240-0071

Cell: 203-376-0847

 

Rep. Belton (Middletown), Chair, Black Maternal Health & Infant Care

Rep. Biggins (East Hartford, Manchester)

Rep. Bumgardner (Groton, Stonington), Vice Chair, Environment

Rep. Exum (West Hartford, Avon), Deputy Maj. Leader, Vice Chair, Appropriations, Tri-Chair, Transforming Children’s

Behavioral Health

Rep. Jacobson (Stamford)

Rep. Kavros DeGraw (Avon, Canton), Chair, Planning and Development; Co-chair, Bipartisan Women’s Caucus

Rep. McGee (West Haven), Dep. Maj. Leader, Vice Chair, Black Maternal Health & Infant Care

Rep. Paris (Stamford), Chair, Committee on Children; Vice Chair, Appropriations

Rep. M. Sanchez (New Britain), Chair, Labor and Public Employees Committee

Rep. Wilson (Norwich), Vice Chair, Labor and Public Employees

Rep. Wood (Rocky Hill, Wethersfield), Chair, Insurance and Real Estate