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“Mental Health Awareness Equity Month” By: Madhuri Jha, LCSW, MPH (she/her/hers) – Director, Kennedy-Satcher Center for Mental Health Equity One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, it is again Mental Health Awareness Month. This pandemic has exposed systemic fractures in healthcare, where already disenfranchised populations now face an unstable resource base to meet their needs. National attention to urgent issues like police brutality and anti-Asian rhetoric have generated an era where social justice is a prioritized talking point for leaders across disciplines. “Equity” has become a buzz word -- a word that carries power, if approached thoughtfully and…

Call For Applicants: Satcher Health Leadership Institute is seeking qualified community members and policy officials to join our Political Determinants of Health Learning Laboratory Program cohort! Application Deadline extended to June 15th!   Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dB4CjDq