NEWS RELEASE
MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERS
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Mental Health Partners (MHP), the community mental health provider serving Boulder and Broomfield counties, is hosting a free virtual webinar on the topic of suicide ideation and prevention – specifically in historically under-resourced and minoritized communities – on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, at 3 p.m. (Mountain Time).
This webinar will be moderated by Sara D. Anderson, MHP’s Vice President of Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (JEDI). She will be joined by three nationally recognized expert panelists:
- Kathryn Fox, PhD, from the University of Denver, whose focus is on LGBTQ+ youth
- Brandon Johnson, M.H.S, MCHES, an advisor at the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) who has led numerous projects to specifically prevent suicide among African American youth
- Caroline Silva, PhD, from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, who is currently developing suicide prevention interventions for at-risk individuals who identify as Hispanic/Latinx
Each panelist will speak for approximately 15 minutes, allowing five minutes for questions specific to that speaker. At the conclusion of the panel presentations, there will be 15 minutes for additional questions and comments.
“When analyzing the statistics and data around mental health and all that it encompasses (and doesn’t), BIPOC folks are disproportionately affected,” said Sara D. Anderson, MHP’s VP of JEDI. “When you add in additional intersecting identities, the effects of this disproportionality are detrimental and alarming. That’s why conversations like these are critically important – not just among mental health professionals, but the community at-large.”
This webinar is free and open to the public, and it will take place online via Zoom. Registration closes on Sept. 30 at 4 p.m. Spanish and ASL translation services will be provided.
To register, visit http://bit.ly/MHPPanel
About Mental Health Partners
Mental Health Partners is a federally designated comprehensive community mental health center serving clients across Boulder and Broomfield counties as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Since opening in Boulder in 1962, MHP has expanded to multiple locations (including Lafayette, Longmont, Broomfield and, most recently, Nederland) to meet the growing needs of the community in order to better accomplish its mission — Healing is our purpose. Help is our promise. Health is our passion.
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