Resources + Reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Living in the midst of two pandemics--COVID-19 and white supremacy--continues to open our eyes to the ways mental health can suffer or thrive depending on the resources available to us.
Here at Nashville Collaborative Counseling Center, we’re committed to slowly, but surely breaking down the barriers to mental health care, to learning what is needed for all to have care for their emotional and mental wellbeing, and to advocating for these needs to be enacted for everyone.
On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day when we pause to reflect on the movement for the holistic care and quality of life for Black lives that he helped lead, we’re reminded that he said,
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.”
Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights leader who worked alongside MLK, said it this way:
“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.”
Join us as we continue to work for the freedom of mind, body, and spirit for all by reading, learning, reflecting, and acting in ways that increase justice, honor Black lives, and bring about the healing of our families, communities, country, and world.
RESOURCES + READING
Where Mental Health and Social Justice Meet
Access to Mental Healthcare is ‘question of social justice’
REFLECTION
What does access to mental healthcare look like for people who don’t look like me?
What does access to mental healthcare look like for people who do look like me?
How might I help break down barriers to mental healthcare for those who cannot afford it?
What does it mean for my freedom to be bound up with others’ freedom?
CONNECTION + ACTION
Prioritizes opportunity, access, validation, and healing for Black women and girls.
Advocates and organizes for the mental wellness of Black and Brown people.
