Post-COVID, mental health has increasingly been centered in conversations about social issues and marginalized communities. Particularly, conversations around mental health have become more acceptable and even normalized in many spaces of Blackness. However, as cornerstones of the community, Black women still face unique challenges & barriers to receiving financially accessible and culturally appropriate healthcare to address the complex & toxic stress, trauma, and alienation that have become an intimate part of our identities and day-to-day experiences. Supporting H.E.R. is an interactive, discussion-based learning event to explore and address these challenges in a way that reinforces the critical nature of ongoing recovery, connection, and peer support to address the wide range of mental health needs for all Black women. … [Read more...] about 365 Black: Supporting H.E.R. (Healing Empowerment and Restoration): A Mental Health Discussion for Black Women
Peer Support
Family Exchange: Peer Networking for Family Leaders who Foster and Support Family Engagement: Success: Stories & Strategies
March Family Exchange will be a panel discussion with parents who have used Parent Peer Support to successfully navigate child-serving systems in order to get the services they need and find success for their youth. Our panel will share their lived-experience, stories, strategies and journey to success. They will also be able to share why they then became Parent Peer Support providers to help others. … [Read more...] about Family Exchange: Peer Networking for Family Leaders who Foster and Support Family Engagement: Success: Stories & Strategies
Peers and Clinicians Together (PACT): An Interview with a Specialist
The mental health system is vast, complex, and often confusing. Peers and Clinicians Together (PACT) is a monthly series where you can ask anything that’s on your mind of a mental health clinician and peer support! This month focused on an interview with a specialist. … [Read more...] about Peers and Clinicians Together (PACT): An Interview with a Specialist
Family Exchange: Tools to Survive the Juvenile Justice System
This February Family Exchange will be a discussion on the tools needed for families of children and youth who are impacted by the juvenile justice system. We will also have a conversation about the needed policy and practice changes needed to sustain reforms. Our presenter will share her lived-experience in this field as well as her vast knowledge and expertise in the reform arena around the country. … [Read more...] about Family Exchange: Tools to Survive the Juvenile Justice System
Peers and Clinicians Together (PACT): Supporting Black Mental Wellness: Switching from Object to Subject: an Evolutionary Approach to Black Mental Health and Wellness
This session will focus on promoting Black Mental Health and Wellness by exploring evolutionary healing methods. We will focus on both principles and practices. We will engage the audience with relevant exercises, have opportunities for small and large group discussions, and explore ways in which each participant can take action. … [Read more...] about Peers and Clinicians Together (PACT): Supporting Black Mental Wellness: Switching from Object to Subject: an Evolutionary Approach to Black Mental Health and Wellness