Mental Health Equity: Strategies for Community Engagement and Policy Change

This forum was designed, organized, and hosted by Health Equity Initiative to capture the perspectives of community leaders promoting mental health equity within their work. The forum focuses on (1) the leaders' experience in the mental health field and what kind of changes they have seen as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) promising strategies to reduce implicit and institutional bias in health and social systems, (3) policy solutions that may help advance mental health equity, (4) suggestions for community members from specific groups who are worried about their mental health or feel unwell, (5) a discussion on both key policies that have the potential of jeopardizing mental health equity, as well as policies which may help promote mental health equity, and (6) a call to action for organizations, policymakers, and leaders which would help to advance mental health equity.

The 2024 Community Leaders Forum series is supported by a generous grant from Macy’s Inc. Diversity & Inclusion unit. Read more at www.macysinc.com/purpose

Moderator:
Renata Schiavo, PhD, MA, CCL, Founder and President, Board of Directors, Health Equity Initiative

Panelists:
Meritxell Roca-Sales, Director of Programs, Grameen Promotoras

Kiara M. Tanta-Quidgeon, Keesuk Páhôhtáw (sunrise), MPH Candidate, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

John Davids, Research Coordinator, Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC)

About Health Equity Initiative
Health Equity Initiative (HEI) is a member-driven nonprofit membership organization dedicated to building a global community that engages across sectors and disciplines to advance health equity. Learn more about us at www.healthequityinitiative.org/about.html.