Helplines
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Black Youth Helpline |
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| NASEEHA https://naseeha.org/ A mental health hotline for Muslims and non-Muslims; Phone: 1 (866) 627-3342 Text: 1 (866) 627-3342 |
Podcasts
| All my Relations https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/podcast All My Relations is a podcast hosted by Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) and Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation) to explore our relationships— relationships to land, to our creatural relatives, and to one another. |
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| Black Mental Health Matters https://www.drkerryann.net/ Black Mental Health Matters with Dr. Kerry-Ann started as a radio show, then became an online talk show, and now it is a podcast that uploads weekly on Sundays. On the show, you will hear discussions on overall wellness, community resources and personal experience. |
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| MENDING RACIALIZED TRAUMA: A BODY CENTERED APPROACH WITH RESMAA MENAKEM https://connectfulness.com/episode/010-resmaa-menakem-racialized-trauma Rebecca is joined by healer, author, and trauma specialist, Resmaa Menakem. Resmaa helps people, communities, and organizations find strength and healing that’s both holistic and resilient. He’s authored 3 books and this discussion is centered around his most recent. This interview was recorded in July 2019. |
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| Two Therapists and a Microphone https://www.twotherapists.com/podcasts/ A podcast about mental health, relationships, and social issues that personally affect you. |
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| A Date With Darkness https://adatewithdarknesspodcast.libsyn.com/ A Date With Darkness Podcast is hosted by Dr. Natalie Jones, Psyd, LPCC; and it's where we explore the effects of abuse and healing from relationship trauma through intimate discussions. |
Support Organizations
| Healing in Colour https://www.healingincolour.com/ Healing in Colour envisions a world where BIPOC, in all our intersections, have access to therapy that supports our healing and liberation. |
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| Across Boundaries https://acrossboundaries.ca/get-help/ Dignified, inclusive and compassionate mental health and addiction services for racialized communities. |
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| Black Health Alliance https://blackhealthalliance.ca/ A community-led registered charity working to improve the health and well-being of Black communities in Canada. |
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| Caribbean African Canadian Social Services https://cafcan.org/ A not-for-profit agency whose primary focus is on building and strengthening the service framework for African Canadians through the use of psycho-social Interventional approaches. |
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| Margaret's https://margarets.ca/ A not-for-profit agency whose primary focus is on building and strengthening the service framework for African Canadians through the use of psycho-social Interventional approaches. |
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| Harriet Tubman https://www.tubmancommunity.org/ Culturally Relevant and Responsive Youth Co-Created Development Programs and Initiatives for young Black (African) Youth. |
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| TAIBU https://www.taibuchc.ca/en/ A population based health centre established to provide primary healthcare and health promotion services to the Black community across the GTA. |
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| Access Alliance https://accessalliance.ca/ Access Alliance improves health outcomes for the most vulnerable immigrants, refugees, and their communities, by facilitating access to services and addressing systemic inequities. |
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| Unison Health & Community Services http://unisonhcs.org/programs-services/ Provides programs and services to people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds. Services are free, confidential and non-judgemental. |
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| Federation of Black Canadians https://fbcfcn.ca/ A national, non-profit organization, driven by organizations across the country that advances the social, economic, political and cultural interests of Canadians of African descent. |
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| Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre https://www.whiwh.com/mental-health-services WHIWH Community Health Centre provides Primary Healthcare to Racialized women from Caribbean, African, Latin American and South Asian communities in Toronto. |
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| Pathways to Care https://www.pathwaystocare.ca/ A 5-year project aimed at removing barriers and improving access to mental health and addictions services for Black children, youth and their families in 6 cities across Ontario. |
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| Asian Mental Health Collective https://www.asianmhc.org/ AMHC aspires to make mental health easily available, approachable, and accessible to Asian communities worldwide. |
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| Therapy for Black Girls https://therapyforblackgirls.com/podcast/ Therapy for Black Girls is an online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls. |
Websites and Articles
| "In our own voices: African American stories of oppression, survival and recovery in the mental health system" by Vanessa Jackson http://academic.udayton.edu/health/01status/mental01.htm) |
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| "New evidence regarding racial and ethnic disparities in mental health care: Policy implications" by Thomas G. McGuire & Jeanne Miranda https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18332495/ |
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| Black & African American Communities and Mental Health https://www.mhanational.org/issues/black-african-american-communities-and-mental-health) | |
| The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease by Jonathan Metzl https://www.amazon.ca/Protest-Psychosis-Schizophrenia-Became-Disease/dp/0807001279 |
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| "Racial disparities in mental health treatment" by Social Work, Simmons University staff https://socialwork.simmons.edu/racial-disparities-in-mental-health-treatment/ |
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| "How bigotry created a black mental health crisis" by Kylie M. Smith https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/29/how-bigotry-created-black-mental-health-crisis/) |
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