Black Mental Health Webinar Series
During the month of May 2021, Supervisor Keith Carson hosted a 4-part Black Mental Health Webinar Series that addressed Black mental wellness and provided advice, tools, and resources available to help manage one's own health, as well as how to help loved ones who might be in need of support.
SESSION 1 - ADULTS WITHOUT CHILDREN
May 6, 2021
Presenters: Delane Casiano, M.D.,Pathways to Wellness - AATA Program; Lorna Jones, Bonita House; and Babalwa Kwanele, LMFT, City of Berkeley Mental Health
SESSION 2 - TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH
May 13, 2021
Presenters: Dr. Teiahsha Bankhead, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY); Talia Benet, Health and Human Resource Education Center; Rochelle Collins, Project Eden-Horizon Services, Inc.; and Karriem Salaam, M.D., Pathways to Wellness - AATA Program
SESSION 3 - PARENTS WITH CHILDREN
May 20, 2021
Presenters: Neisha Becton, Pathways to Wellness - AATA Program; Tanya McCullom, Alameda County Behavioral Health Services; Rosa Warder, Alameda County Behavioral Health Services; and Karriem Salaam, M.D., Pathways to Wellness - AATA Program
SESSION 4 - SENIORS/OLDER ADULTS
May 27, 2021
Presenters: Dr. Delane Casiano, Pathways to Wellness - AATA Program; Dr. Derethia DuVal, Therapist, Private Practice; Kate Jones, Alameda County Behavioral Health Services; and Vanessa Baker, Alameda County Behavioral Health Services
RESOURCES
- Ring the Alarm: The Crisis of Black Youth Suicide in America
- Older Adult Resources
- 50 Ways to Take a Break
- May is Mental Health Matters Month
- Health and Human Resource Education Center
- HHREC Podcast Series
- Mind Matters: A Resource Guide to Psychiatry for Black Communities
Thank you to our community partners who sponsored this series: Alameda County Behavioral Health Services, African American Steering Committee for Health and Wellness, Berkeley Councilmember Terry Taplin, Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett, Oakland Councilmember Loren Taylor, Oakland Councilmember Treva Reid, BWOPA - Oakland Berkeley Chapter, AKA - XI Gamma Omega Chapter, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. - Oakland/ Bay Area Chapter, Bayard Rustin Coalition, Village Connect, Impact Oakland Now, OCCUR, Urban League of the Greater SF Bay Area, Pranamind, Eden Rose Chapter of The Links, Inc., and the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce.