The Kansas City Black Mental Health Initiative
Where Black mental healthcare and cultural humility converge.
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Poverty, systemic oppression, and traditional paradigms grounded in a survivor’s mindset have led to the stigmatization of mental health within Black communities. Today, there exists a cultural trauma surrounding mental health care, stemming from America’s healthcare system’s history of exploitative practices and procedures performed with and on Black people. In addition to this, a continual lack of culturally-sensitive or supportive care for Black patients has led to a loss of confidence in the efficacy of health care systems and their practitioners.
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Our Mission
To acknowledge and work diligently to support and strengthen the Black community. We do this by expanding awareness, representation, and de-stigmatization of Black mental health within the Kansas City metro area.
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Our Vision
In order to properly destigmatize and provide awareness to Black mental wellness, we must diversify the field of mental wellness with those who represent the community and provide them access to serving their Black community.
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Our Impact
We believe that restoring the prioritization of mental wellness in the Black community not simply a matter of access to “safe” mental health care, but that of access to empathetic care that comes from Black mental health practitioners who understand not only the needs of a patient, but also the social/cultural factors that interact with cultural attitudes.
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Get InvolvedWhether you would like to get involved through volunteering, providing services, funding, or just want to stay informed, please let us know and we will keep you up-to-date. Your support helps individuals, couples and families in need receive sound, culturally competent mental health services.
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