MLK Jr. Forum on Racial Justice:

The Disproportionate Impact of the Mental Health Crisis on Communities of Color

Wednesday, January 18, 2023 @ 6:00pm - 8:00pm EST

Virtual on Zoom | 2 CEUs available for FREE!

NASW-MA’s 9th annual MLK Jr. Forum on Racial Justice: The Disproportionate Impact of the Mental Health Crisis on Communities of Color will focus on inequities in access to mental health services and barriers to care facing Black, Indigenous and other people of color. Social workers will come together through this annual forum to learn strategies for engaging in advocacy to address this crisis, working together with those most impacted. Our moderator, Melissa Dagher works at Codman Square Health Center and is steeped in these issues daily. Panelists will discuss approaches to addressing inequities in the provision of mental health services, disparities in outcomes, and the role of implicit biases in feeding structural inequities in our Commonwealth and our nation. 

Panelist speakers: Scune Carrington, LICSW, MSW, Kevin McCarthy, LICSW, Nichole Mayweather-Banks, LCSW,MSW and Kathy Lopes, LICSW.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand barriers in access to mental health care for Black, Indigenous, and other people of color in Massachusetts.
• Learn strategies to engage in advocacy centering communities most impacted by disparities.
• Learn specific approaches to addressing mental health disparities in social work practice across the range of settings where social workers live and work.

Earn 2 CEUs for FREE!

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Event details and zoom link will be shared a few days before the webinar.