HEALING JUSTICE SOCIAL MOVEMENT THAT PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TO POC
Are you looking for a Mental Wellness Contributor of Color? Are you a mental wellness contributor of color, we need you?
Are you looking for a Mental Wellness Contributor of Color? Are you a mental wellness contributor of color, we need you?
AUSTIN, TEXAS DECEMBER, 1, 2020 In the wake of COVID-19 and the recent movement to end racial injustices for black people, WhatsintheMirror? is offering free therapy sessions with culturally competent mental wellness providers.
WhatsintheMirror? has received funding from St. David Foundation for its Connect to Care Initiative, a program connecting communities of color, including LGBTQIA+ communities and persons living with HIV, to mental health services. Funding will cover a consultation and up to two clinical sessions for individuals impacted by COVID-19. As the organization noted in a statement, “we strive to bridge the gaps in the access to mental health services amongst black persons, LGBTQIA communities of color, and persons living with HIV/AIDS by offering culturally affirming care to underserved communities”.
According to Mental Health America, historical dehumanization, oppression, and violence against Black people has evolved into present day racism - structural, institutional, and individual – and cultivates a uniquely mistrustful and less affluent community experience, characterized by a myriad of disparities including inadequate access to and delivery of care in the health system. Processing and dealing with layers of individual trauma on top of new mass traumas from COVID-19 (uncertainty, isolation, grief from financial or human losses), police brutality and its fetishization in news media, and divisive political rhetoric adds compounding layers of complexity for individuals to responsibly manage.
Connect to Care Initiative is a part of the Art Heals Project, a healing justice movement focused on the intersectionality of mental health and HIV prevention/ Persons living with HIV/AIDS through advocacy, art and affirming care to marginalized communities. Six therapists have joined this project through a declaration of their commitment to the project’s mission and values and dedicated to serving our community.
To help sustain the initiative, WhatsintheMirror? is accepting monetary donations, volunteers, and community partnerships. We are also calling for Black mental health professionals to donate therapy hours and time. Let's do the work to make an impact on our community. To learn more visit www.whatsinthemirror.org
Email: info@whatsinthemirror.org Teneegoff@whatsinthemirror.org
Fill out application to receive funding and/or to get connected to a culturally competent mental wellness provider for FREE. This initiative is based on available funding.
Trans Connect Initiative, a program connecting Transgender, Gender Non Conforming and various Gender Identities to mental wellness services. Funding will cover a consultation and up to two wellness sessions for individuals impacted by COVID-19.
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New Name. Same Love. The Art Heals Projects’s Healing Justice Support Group has been renamed The Southern Arts Collective. This collective centers persons living with HIV and/or mental health conditions and those advocating to end HIV and mental health stigma. Starting back up this Thursday at 6:30 on Zoom, we would love for you to join us. We have also started a Southern Arts Collective community on Mighty Networks. DM for more information to join. #artheals #endhivstigma #blackmentalhealth Black Folx, Queer Folx, Straight Folx, Trans Folx, Disabled Folx, Sex Worker Folx, Poor Folx, Rich Folx, Bi Folx, Poly Folx
On September 19th, 2019, Whatsinthmirror? received the proclamation for LGBTQIA+ Suicide Prevention Awareness Day in the City of Austin!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 1, 2019
Contact: Tarik Daniels, Executive Director/Founder
Whatsinthemirror?
(737)704-1641
“Using art and advocacy to end the stigma of mental health”
Social Movement bringing Mental Health Awareness to People of Color
AUSTIN, TEXAS-Whatsinthemirror? is a 501c3 non-profit organization and social movement that provides suicide prevention and mental health awareness through art and advocacy to people of color and low socio-economic communities. They focus on marginalized communities that includes women, LGBTQIA+, and youth.
The organization was created in Austin, Texas by Founder and Executive Director Tarik Daniels in October, 2015. “I saw a need to merge my two passions together with my background in non-profit organization and being a performing artist and writer. I truly believe that mental health is a topic and idea that has this stigma that needs to be removed. We need to enlightened our communities about the alarming numbers of suicide rates and educate on mental health and suicide prevention. It’s time to begin the conversation and do the work. Spreading love and kindness is key. We are the prevention”. Our board members include Tenee Goff, President, Nea Young, Community Outreach and Social Media Director, and Eric Edmonson, Treasurer. Current members includes Audrea Belcher, Tsehynesh Namibia, Sani Ballard, Art Heals Director , Kristin Dior, and Yolanda Daniels, Art Heals Project Director.
Whatsinthemirror? canvasses and advocates in target neighborhoods throughout East Austin. It has participated in Million Man March Rally at Givens Park, Juneteenth Health Fair. First Saturdays at The George Washington Carver Museum 2016-present , Sundays in the Park at Givens Park, Suicide Prevention Workshop at THE Q AUSTIN,NAMI Walk 2016,2017, 12th Street Return and Discover Fair, Children's Mental Health Day 2016-2019, Gender Revolution 2017-2019, Austin Urban Health Fest 2017, 2018, and countless other events to promote awareness. The Counseling Session (play)was our first big project as an organization with an attendance over 400 people during a six show run. It was a sponsored project of the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division and Austin Creative Alliance. Other sponsors included Austin Black Pride, Capitol View Arts, Rain Nightclub, and Proyecto Teatro. In addition, it has produce the plays, Rose University in 2017 and Sukey, The Mermaid, And the Gullah Island in 2018. Future projects includes our 3rd Annual A Night of Love, coming in October 2018. We create targeted programming and collaborate with mental health clinicians throughout Central Texas that includes support groups, one on one sessions, peer groups, etc.
Whatsinthemirror? is proudly a part of the Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations and Greater Austin of Black Chamber of Commerce.
As an organization we are always seeking funding and assistance in continuing to make our mission a reality. If any organizations or community member would like to get involved or partner as well as donate with us please contact us via email, whatsinthemirror.org@gmail.com or through our website, www.whatsinthemirror.org or any of social media platforms at Facebook, Twitter, and
