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Black Mental Health Professionals Day
Black Mental Health Professionals Day
As a day of recognition to honor all the dedicated Mental Health Professionals that help light the way to joy in the Black Community, June 4th will forever be associated with the concept that JOY is an essential part of resilience.
National Black Mental Health Professionals Day is dedicated to celebrating the mental health professional and advocates who have provided culturally competent mental healthcare to the Black community during unprecedented times.
We have a crisis of Black mental health in America. Long before Covid-19 brought an added wave of loss, anxiety, and isolation, African Americans were less likely to have access to culturally competent mental healthcare. The American Psychological Association tells us that African Americans are 7.3 times as likely to live in high poverty neighborhoods with limited to no access to mental health services. Black therapists — who comprise just 2% of all psychologists in the US today — report that they feel overburdened and unable to meet the needs of their community.