FARMINGTON —  Col. Jack Mosher, Chief of Staff of the Maine National Guard, will be one of two featured speakers at the Bringing Worlds Together Conference for Veterans, Family Members and Community on from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at UMaine Farmington.

The free conference is the second annual gathering and is hosted by Tri-County Mental Health Services with support from the United Way of the Tri-Valley Area, Americorps Vista and community volunteers.

It will also feature nine workshops on topics ranging from legal issues and re-integrating into family and community life to traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress.

Mosher has been a leader in the Maine National Guard for more than 22 years. He has served as a national advocate for veterans’ wellness programming. In 2009, he founded the OneLife Warrior Campaign and the annual Resilience Run to elevate the national conscience on issues related to health awareness and risk reduction in the lives of America’s service members, families and citizens.

Cindy Williams, Lead Women Veterans Program Manager for the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 1), serving all of New England, will also be a featured speaker, and Maine’s First Lady Ann LePage will provide opening remarks.

Tri-County Mental Health Services is committed to building a strong network of supports in local communities for military veterans and their family members, whether they served decades ago or in the most recent conflicts.

“Our goal is to remove barriers and strengthen the supports available to vets and family members across Maine,” said TCMHS Executive Director Catherine Ryder.

The agency is host to Jerry DeWitt, a Vietnam era veteran working as a Vista Volunteer, who is a driving force in the outreach and conference planning. “This conference will show the many paths each of us might take to find our way back home from service life to civilian life,” he said.

For more information and to register, visit www.tcmhs.org or call DeWitt at 783-9141, ext. 228. Travel expense scholarships are available through Veterans For Peace. Contact Doug Rawlings at 778-7292 or [email protected].