A recent USC Annenburg Media story by Jackson Stephens, highlights the community approach of ACPHC and the impact it’s making in the lives of African and Caribbean communities around Los Angeles. “There [were] a lot of suicides back in 2008 to 2009,” Executive Director of the African Communities Public Health […]
Black Immigrant Youth Empowerment Project (2018-2019)
Black Immigrant Youth Empowerment Project (2018-2019)By Dr. Richard Cervantes and Diego Fuentes “African American and Black immigrants do not have a clear definition of mental health, because people in this community do not readily speak about mental health or mental illness.” Introduction Participants were recruited by the President of African […]
Addressing Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health with New MHSOAC Stakeholder Grants
Unique challenges and experiences of immigrant and refugee communities inform mental health care services By Carli Million MHSOAC Communications An Ethiopian Immigrant H. Dawood arrived in the United States as over 10 years ago. She quickly found that navigating a new nation while raising her children was going to be […]
