sac collab community mental health awareness campaign
The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, in partnership with the County of Sacramento, has launched the Sacramento County COVID-19 Collaborative (Sac Collab), a community-based model addressing county-wide impacts of the pandemic. Trained contact tracers, case investigators, business navigators and resource coordinators work closely with community members and business owners disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Concerns about the physical and economic health of county residents, including disproportionately high rates of Latinx, Black, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Native American Sacramentans contracting COVID-19, led to the partnership and development of the integrated model for community supports. Sac Collab also addresses community mental health via direct therapy and mental health awareness webinars (see recordings below).
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may 2021 sac collab webinar
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Tuesday, may 25, 2021 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Anxiety, stress, and fear have plagued our community during COVID-19, yet we must remain resilient in the face of adversity. But how do we do this? Our experts led an engaging discussion on picking up the pieces of a shattered reality, and how to move forward with confidence in an uncertain world. We also shared culturally-competent Sacramento County Department of Behavioral Health Services ethnic community mental health resources for families struggling on the fringes of shaky ground. The audience also enjoyed pre-recorded messages on mental health and wellness by artists Common and J. Cole - two popular entertainers who believe in the power of therapeutic interventions.
April 2021 Sac Collab webinar
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Tuesday, april 27, 2021 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Our show was opened by ArtKids! A brother-sister team making the best out of the pandemic through creative adventures. The audience heard from former public and private school teacher and school principal, Iman Saymeh, an Associate Clinical Social Worker (ACSW) who now provides a range of social work services and treatment plans through individual, couples, and group therapy; and Alyssa Goudge, a Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor and Art Therapist with Wellness Together and HearYou.org. "Coon the Poet", a spoken word artist, who as a youth experienced violent and traumatic experiences, but turned those incidents into creative expressions for the world to see, closed the show.
march 2021 Sac Collab webinar
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guest speaker: Jeremiah Aja, M.A., M.Div.
Tuesday, march 23, 2021
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Guests enjoyed a guest appearance by Jeremiah Aja, M.A., M.Div., Assistant Director for the California-based nonprofit organization, Wellness Together School Mental Health, the Blue Shield of California BlueSky Initiative Liaison, and a Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor. Also presenting were speaker/mental health consumer Patrick Ma, and Rosalind Kingsley-Hurst, a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. Artist Shaun Munday wowed the audience with his signature style!
february 2021 Sac Collab webinar
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guest speaker: David Woods Bartley
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The Sac Collab program presented an informative webinar with a guest appearance by author, speaker, and trainer, David Woods Bartley, a suicide attempt survivor who lives by supportive practices centered around the notion of whole person care, and by leveraging the power of connection. Guests also enjoyed a special performance by Missy Robertson from the 12th season of NBC’s “The Voice”.