Black In Mental Health Week
September 19-25, 2022
More Info Coming Soon!
second annual
Black In Mental Health Week
September 19-26, 2021
SUNDAY
September 19, 2021
#StoryCollider
Join us online for a livestreamed show with The Story Collider, from Caveat in New York City! Hosted by The Story Collider’s Paula Croxson and Mani-Jade Garcia co-founder of Black In Mental Health. Stories produced by Paula Croxson and Gastor Almonte.
MONDAY
September 20, 2021
#BIMHRollCall
Roll Call
Join us as we kick off Black in Mental Health Week where you will get a glimpse of our founding members and planning team. We will also have a little fun with our #BIMH roll call where we want to hear from you and about what you are doing to support #BIMH
Monday starts off #BlackInMentalHealthWeek w/ the #BIMHRollCall! Whether you're a student, researcher, mental health professional, and/or activist, we want to know you, fam! Rememberber to tag us, use the #BIMHRollCall hashtag, & use Alt Text for any pictures added!
Monday you'll also get to be introduced to this year's #BlackInMentalHealth planning team & re-introduced to the #BlackInMentalHealth co-founders! A LOT has happened since our first week and we're excited to re-introduce ourselves to our #BlackInMH fam!
Tuesday
September 21, 2021
#BIMHPathways, #BIMHResearch
Mental Health Pathways and Research
Tuesday is #BIMHPathways & #BIMHResearch.
Join us as we discuss the variety of different pathways to mental health careers!
We'll discuss the variety of different pathways to mental health careers! There are many different pathways into becoming #BlackInMH & we want to explore them all - so share your story/research & your pathways into mental health career!
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We'll have a live #AskMeAboutMy Twitter chat with several #BlackInMH folks talking about their #BIMHPathways. It'll be a time to interact with them & share your own pathways & research.
The live Twitter chat will be from 12pm-2pm EST.
Tuesday we'll also have a #BIMHPathways discussion that will premiere on our YouTube channel at 5:30pm EST, hosted by co-founder Tanesha Johnson with Essence Rivers, Brian J. Dixon, MD, and FreePhire
ASL Interpretation provided by co-founder Mani-Jade Garcia.
Wednesday
September 22, 2021
#BIMHRacialTrauma
Racial Trauma
Racial Trauma has been present for centuries, but it was not until the last few years that we have really begun to understand and teach racial trauma. Today BIMH leaders will continue to highlight the importance of understanding racial trauma, treating racial trauma, but more importantly healing and centering Black people and their trauma.
If your research focuses on racial trauma & Black mental health, tag us & use the hashtag #BIMHRacialTrauma to tell us about your research.
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Join co-founder Dr. Broderick Sawyer for a lecture on "Racial Trauma and Critical Race Theory: Preventing Internalized Racism with Embodied CRT."
Pre-recorded lecture: 2pm-3:00 pm EST
Q&A: 3:30pm-4pm EST
ASL Interpretation provided by co-founder Mani-Jade Garcia.
Join co-founder Brianna A. Baker for a "Racial Trauma and Anti-Blackness in Mental Health" live Twitter chat at 5pm EST.
Join co-founder Mani-Jade Garcia for a live Twitter chat with The Radical Healing Collective on "A Psychological Framework of Radical Healing. 7-8pm EST.
Thursday
September 23, 2021
#BIMHHealing
Healing
Self Compassion and confidence are key elements in your healing journey, join MJ and Sashana today as they lead a day of healing and finish your day with Dr. Kirk as she leads a panel of Black professionals in a discussion on the importance of “rest.”
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Join co-founder Dr. Keri F. Kirk for "Black Women & Rest: Reclaiming Our Time" a live stream panel discussion at 6-7pm EST. The live stream will be available on our YouTube channel.
ASL Interpretation will provided by
Communities of Color Operating in Allyship (COCOA)
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Join us for a prerecorded lecture "Challenging Anti-Blackness: Embodied Self-Compassion and Confidence" by our co-founder Dr. Broderick Sawyer.
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ASL Interpretation provided by co-founder Mani-Jade Garcia.
Join co-founders Dr. Broderick Sawyer and Mani-Jade Garcia for a pre-recorded discussion with Brandon J. Johnson, MHS, MCHES on The Black Mental Wellness Lounge focused on "Unpacking Black Masculinity and Healing"
Join co-founder Mani-Jade Garcia, Syreeta for a pre-recorded discussion with Brandon J. Johnson, MHS, MCHES on The Black Mental Wellness Lounge focused on "Intersectionality, Identity, and Black Mental Wellness"
FRIDAY
September 24, 2021
#BIMHStigma, #BIMHStories
Mental Health Stories & Stigma
Stigma can cause fear and stall our healing process. Join us today as you hear your stories and how seeking help has been a life changing experience for many.
We will be highlighting stories throughout the day from our #BlackInMH #100Voices collab with Dr Zoë Ayres.
You can still submit to our #100Voices project by clicking on this link.
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Join us for a live twitter chat by co-founder Nkasi Stoll in collaboration with Black People Talk on:
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The power of using stories to heal #Stories2Heal from 12PM (GMT+1).
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Black love #BlackLoveStories from 3PM (GMT+1)
We are excited to release the FULL VIDEO OF OUR LIVE STREAMED SHOW from last Sunday 9/19/21. We filmed at the Caveat theater in New York City! .
The show was focused on Black mental health stories and was in collaboration with The Story Collider.
Our storytellers were Roque Rodriguez, our co-founder Mani-Jade Garcia, Dr. Camille A. Jones, and our co-founder Brianna A. Baker.
The show was hosted by The Story Collider’s Paula Croxson and our co-founder Mani-Jade Garcia. Stories were produced by Paula Croxson and Gastor Almonte.
CONTENT WARNING: THIS SHOW HAS STORIES THAT MENTION CHILDHOOD ABUSE, AND SUICIDE
Saturday
September 25, 2021
#BIMHJoy, #BIMHCommunity
Joy & Community
Join us for a day of community building, highlighting Black community organizations that promote Black mental wellness and advocacy. Today will also be a day of joy as we encourage our #BIMH fam to show off what Black joy means to them.
Use the #BIMHCommunity hashtag if you're a community organization that promotes Black mental wellness & advocacy. It's also a day of joy! We encourage our #BIMH fam to show off what Black joy means to them. Please use Alt Text in pictures.
Join us for a live stream of Sound Healing with Shawn J. Moore at 12:30pm EST on our YouTube channel.
Join us for some Gentle Movement with Roque Rodriguez of Suryaside Yoga at 1:30pm EST on our YouTube channel.
TODAY at 3pm EST is our FINAL SESSION of #BlackInMentalHealthWeek We will be live streaming "Breathing Space for Rest" with our co-founders Dr. Broderick Sawyer leading & Mani-Jade Garcia ASL interpreting.
Sunday
September 26, 2021
#BIMHRest
Rest
Today is a day of rest!
