Brain Health & Early Intervention Summit

LaLa Speaks Foundation proudly presents the Brain Health & Early Intervention Summit, a free physician-led, hybrid community experience created to open up real conversation around brain health, brain aneurysm awareness, and early intervention. This is our gateway to making this issue more visible across St. Louis and throughout Missouri.
Every 18 minutes, a brain aneurysm ruptures in the United States. Too many people do not know the warning signs until it is too late. This summit was created to help change that through education, visibility, and meaningful community connection.
This will not be a stiff or uptight environment. It is designed to feel welcoming, laid-back, engaging, and real. Guests can expect honest conversation, physician insight, community voices, and a setting that makes space for learning, reflection, and action.
Throughout the experience, we will highlight signature moments that help bring the message to life, including our Every 18 Minutes awareness activation and The Red Light Moment, which helps shine a light on urgency, warning signs, and the importance of taking symptoms seriously.
Guests will also have the opportunity to connect with vendors, resource partners, and community organizations in the room. From the opening experience to the networking and resource engagement throughout the day, this summit is designed to help people not only hear the message, but feel connected to it.
Held in honor of Jacqueline “LaLa” Rhone, this summit is part of LaLa Speaks Foundation’s larger mission to meet people where they are with education, advocacy, and pathways that help save lives.
Free admission. Registration required.

Event Type: Community Event
When: Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 08:30 AM
Location: The Post Building - Press Hall
Neighborhood: City-Wide
Ward: Many Wards
Admission: Free. LaLa Speaks Foundation presents the Brain Health & Early Intervention Summit, a free physician-led community event created to raise awareness, close the brain aneurysm awareness gap, and help more families recognize warning signs before crisis happens. The summit will take place on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at The Post, Press Hall, 1190 Cole St., St. Louis, MO.
Doors open at 8:30 AM. The main program begins at 9:00 AM and runs through 1:15 PM, followed by extended networking and resource partner engagement until 2:15 PM.
This hybrid experience will feature physicians, advocates, community partners, and guests in meaningful conversations around brain health, early intervention, warning signs that are often missed, vascular stress, mental health misclassification, prevention, and community action. Resource partners will also be on site to share education, services, and support.
This is not just another event. It is a public call to action. Every 18 minutes, a brain aneurysm ruptures in the United States. LaLa Speaks Foundation is working to make brain health awareness, early detection, and lifesaving education more visible across St. Louis and throughout Missouri.
Admission is free, but registration is encouraged.
Contact: Jazzie Ford
Founder, LaLa Speaks Foundation
hello@lalaspeaksfoundation.org
314-816-0067
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