By Dr. Stacey Jones The Mary Ellen Strong Foundation (MESF) was created to preserve the legacy of Dr. Mary Ellen Strong who was a publisher, marketing expert, serial entrepreneur, political consultant and inspirational speaker. She was a unique, talented, complicated and powerful force. This organization is inspired by her years of service to the Black […]
Topics in Mental Health: Physical Abuse and African American Oppression
By Joel Edouard, MSW Candidate Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are defined as multiple risks factors such as child abuse, neglect, parental substance abuse and maternal depression experienced prior to an individual turning eighteen years old. The trauma of physical abuse is one ACE which commonly leads to substance abuse. According to the U.S. Department of […]
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Black Mentorship for Mental Health Professionals
By Angela Braggs, MS As an early career mental health professional, I was on a quest last year as a new graduate to be linked to a mentor within the field. I understood that becoming a “licensed professional” wasn’t going to be good enough for me. For the sake of my work and my future […]
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The Stigma of Mental Illness in the Black Community
By Jasmine Seymore, MSW When I attended college at the University of Arkansas at Monticello and completed my internship working with domestic violence victims and survivors, I immediately knew social work was my calling. Although this was good news and appeared to be a better fit for me, when I announced to my friends and […]
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The Power of Race and Inequality in Amerikkka: The Miseducation of a Poor Black Girl from the North Side
By LaShunda Carter, MSW My previous ideologies about race and inequality came from my lived experiences and from what I learned in school. Even though I did not formally learn about these concepts, by growing up poor on the Northside of Milwaukee, I experienced the detrimental effects of inequality. I was raised by a single […]
Shape the Future of Your Community By Responding to the 2020 Census
By Karen Stokes The country is struggling through a pandemic, and moving forward, critical decisions will be made for the future of your community from data collected by the 2020 Census. You can do your part to shape the future. Complete your 2020 Census. “It’s a short census, it takes on average 10 minutes to […]
UW-Madison Launches New COVID-19 Resource App
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz When it comes to COVID-19 or coronavirus, one could argue that there has been an onslaught of information. Every day brings more news and statistics, and coupled with the internet, information can quickly become widespread. To help cope with the increasing amount of information, UW-Madison launched an app, COVID-19 Wisconsin Connect, on […]
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Home is Where the Heart Is: Why Fostering Youths Matter
By LaKeshia Myers Family is one of the most important aspects of my life. Both of my parents come from large families and special occasions are always filled with lots of great food, laughs and catching up with all of my cousins. Trust, it would probably take me hours to count all of my cousins! […]
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African American Health Disparities and COVID-19
By Gloria Browne-Marshall Gloria Browne-Marshall: Like it or not, wear a mask. A hundred years ago, the Spanish Flu was a global pandemic. An epidemic involving more than one continent is a pandemic. I am joined by Dr. Johnson, a brilliant nurse and professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing. What did you think […]
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RACISM KILLS: The Real Mental Health Problem
By Kweku Ramel Akyirefi Smith, PhD The Black community did not need the novel coronavirus to shed light on how our community is continually, disproportionately and negatively affected by historical emotional and medical trauma. African descendants of slavery in the United States have been shown for centuries that we must work twice as hard to […]
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