Informative Webinars Ahead of Black History Month

The African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 called Creating a Healing Forest: The Entire African American Community as the Recovery Center.

According to the website, "Topics covered includes: how to create "A healing forest" to promote recovery in African American Communities; how to shift from the acute care model of addictions treatment towards a recovery oriented system of care anchored in the natural environment; the use of ROSC Councils to promote recovery, the role of families, persons in long term recovery; nurses, doctors, faith based and business communities in promoting recovery in African American Communities; how to mobilize the entire community to promote recovery. Examples will be drawn from African American, rural, metropolitan, and Native American Communities." To register for this webinar, click here.

Additionally, The New England Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) is hosting a webinar on implicit bias on BIPOC (Black and Indigenous People of Color) populations. This webinar will be held on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. To register, click here.