Catherine Squires and Taiyon Coleman (photo by Sarah Whiting)

Join us for a Collective Health Conversation

Featuring essayist Dr. Catherine Squires; Dr. Taiyon Coleman, author of Traveling Without Moving: Essays From a Black Woman Trying to Survive in America; and Dr. Rachel Hardeman, who leads the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity at the University of Minnesota.

Part of the weekly Sunday noon forum series at First Unitarian Society, coordinated by Minnesota Women's Press, co-sponsored by African American Leadership Forum and University of Minnesota Press.

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Our mental health issue is online!

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(l-r) Ariana Genis, Jettie Ann Hill, Junauda Petrus, Nevada Littlewolf, Marnita Schroedl, publisher Mikki Morrissette, ThaoMee Xiong, Patricia Torres Ray, Rosario de la Torre

Introducing the 1st Annual Badass Minnesotans award winners,

chosen by Badass members from our story library of 2023-24

See winners and their talks here

From NAMI

Mental health programs continue to close due to the low reimbursement rates. This week Northeast Youth and Family Services decided to close the NETS Day Treatment program effective June 6th.

"The Day Treatment level of care is unable to be fiscally sustainable with the insurance reimbursement rates we receive from third party payers. This level of care is sadly collapsing across the state because revenue is unable to sustain operations."

We will see more closures if the Minnesota Legislature does not step up and allocate more funding to the Health and Human Services Finance Committee so that they can raise rates for the services that have the greatest gap between true costs and reimbursement levels.

Rainbow Health

Donating to our Mental Health Access Fund helps ensure we have the resources to offer counseling and therapy regardless of people’s ability to pay. A $100 donation helps pay for one therapy session. 

In recognition of Mental Health Month, we’ve set a goal to raise $10,000 in the month of May to help cover the therapy costs for 100 people who can’t afford it. Founded on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic 40 years ago, we know a health crisis when we see it and we know it takes a community to respond.

Rainbow Health combines therapy with other essential services like legal advocacy, health insurance navigation, sexual healthcare, financial assistance, substance use support, and more.

University of Minnesota Extension

The University of Minnesota Extension, with support from Minnesota’s Departments of Agriculture and Health, is offering free trainings to support mental health awareness during the month of May. In-person and online options are available, but registration is required.

COMET™ (Changing Our Mental and Emotional Trajectory) is a two-hour program that teaches simple tools to help someone who is struggling shift their mental health trajectory back to a place of wellness and away from the path toward mental health crisis.

COMET™ helps people take that next step after noticing someone might be struggling.  

April staff outing to say goodbye to three teammates: long-time co-editor Lydia Moran, departing interim sales person Amy Grenier, and former outreach director Crystal Brown. Our team is currently lean, but filled to the brim with collaborative partners around the state, including a 12-person editorial board team currently consisting of:

Natalie Copeland, Zibiquah Denny, Katie Dohman, Comfort Dondo, Sara Gruidl, Nora Hertel, Andrea Pierre, Victoria Spurna, Ella Stern, Priscilla Trinh, Joyce Tofte, and Alexis Yeboah

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