A Right To Heal California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
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- Society & Culture
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A landmark mental health bill in California has funded community services and promoted culturally relevant treatment across the state for two decades. Now the governor wants to shift some of that money toward moving homeless people off the streets. This series explores the impact the governor’s plan will have on BIPOC and LGTBQ communities, and their efforts to take control of their own mental health care.
If you would like to get involved in mental health advocacy or have questions about the podcast, please email: info@cpehn.org
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Episode #5: Stories
Episode #5: California lawmakers vote on whether to put changes to critical mental health funding on the March ballot, but not before advocates have one last say. And a Karuk tribal member in Humboldt County uses the power of storytelling to help people find their voices.
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Episode #4: Kids
Episode #4: In the battle over mental health funding in California, an advocate takes a stand for kids. Then, woman in Stockton starts to see cracks in the system when a third-grade teacher moves her son’s desk outside the classroom. Decades later this same woman is a social worker committed to ending the school-to-prison pipeline.
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Episode #3: D.I.Y.
Episode #3: Two providers in Southern California work to break through the walls of systemic racism. With major changes likely coming to California’s Mental Health Services Act, funding for their organizations is uncertain. Still, they’re each finding ways to push forward. One is working to legitimize traditional practices within the mainstream mental health system. The other is getting political.
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Episode #2: Peers
Episode #2: This episode looks at peer support services and the critical role they play in community-driven mental health care. The state government was late to adopt this essential model, and now advocates and providers are pushing to professionalize peers across California. We hear one provider’s journey from hopelessness to helping others.
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Episode #1: The Showdown
Episode #1- This episode drops us in the middle of a political showdown in the state capitol over mental health funding in California. Two advocates break down the arguments, what’s at stake, and whose lives hang in the balance.