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'Bear Our Pain': The Plea For More Black Mental Health Workers
"I get calls from people right now asking, 'Can't you refer me to a Black psychiatrist?' And because there are so few of us, I'm limited...
sramos90
Jul 30, 20201 min read
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July is Minority Mental Health Month!
July is Minority Mental Health Month! Free toolkit available for download! Mental Health America has developed content for our 2020...
sramos90
Jul 3, 20201 min read
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We Don’t Need Cops to Become Social Workers: We Need Peer Support + Community Response Networks
“Replace the cops with mental health workers!” is a really well-intentioned statement, but the current mental health system is also a...
sramos90
Jun 25, 20201 min read
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Take Action!
Today, years of hard-fought civil liberty protections are under threat— and to influence lawmakers, we need everyone to get involved....
sramos90
Jun 16, 20201 min read
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Talking About Race
Talking about race, although hard, is necessary. The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is here to...
sramos90
Jun 11, 20201 min read
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'Defund the police' is a Call to imagine a safer America
Weeks of sustained anger and grief after the police killing of George Floyd have reignited a public debate over police brutality in the...
sramos90
Jun 10, 20201 min read
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Cal Voices' Response to the Killing of George Floyd and Resulting Protests
Cal Voices Condemns the Killing of George Floyd and Government Efforts to Infringe on Americans’ First Amendment Rights On May 25,...
sramos90
Jun 8, 20203 min read
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Open letter advocating for an anti-racist public health response to demonstrations
Open letter advocating for an anti-racist public health response to demonstrations against systemic injustice occurring during the...
sramos90
Jun 5, 20201 min read
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When We Normalize Racism And Bigotry, We Do Violence To Our Mental Health
The following statement can be attributed to Paul Gionfriddo, president and CEO, Mental Health America "The inexcusable and violent...
sramos90
May 29, 20203 min read
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Rising suicides in Mexico expose the mental health toll of living with extreme chronic violence
Mexico has suffered one of the world’s highest murder rates for over a decade, a consequence of the government’s aggressive, 12-year-long...
Cecilia Farfan-Mendez
Aug 2, 20181 min read
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Why Separating Families at the Border is a Recipe for a Mental Health Disaster
As terrified children, ripped from the arms of their asylum-seeking parents, shiver and cry in prison-like detention centers on the...
ERIN MAGNER
Jun 25, 20181 min read
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MHA Joins Leading Nonprofits to Condemn Border Atrocities
"Today, I joined nonprofit colleagues from around the nation in condemning the horrifying actions being taken by our government to...
Paul Gionfriddo, president and CEO
Jun 19, 20182 min read
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Strategic Plan to Reduce Mental Health Disparities
The California Pan-Ethnic Health Network is excited to release the California Reducing Disparities Project: Strategic Plan to Reduce...
dalarcon8
Apr 12, 20181 min read
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