To our beloved community, It is our pleasure at The Latinx Mental Health & Social Justice Institute to wish all a bountiful New Year. We wish our greetings could carry more hope and good news, but our thoughts remain with those struggling with the presence of ICE in their homes in North Carolina, Chicago, Illinois, […]
Sexual Assault Awareness Month – Mes de Concientización sobre la Agresión Sexual
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This is a time that we use to focus on the serious concerns of sexual assault and violence in our communities and how to best support survivors of these traumas. Our Clinics + Health page has information on several organizations that serve the Latina/e/x population, including survivors of sexual […]
Celebrating All Women During Women’s History Month
Sylvia Rivera was a remarkable Latinx transgender woman in USA American history. She was a queer liberation and transgender rights activist, a drag queen, and a Puerto Rican American. She advocated for drag queens and other non-conforming gender people.
Celebrating Women’s History Month
The National Women’s History Alliance designated the 2023 theme: “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.”
We invite you to read about three remarkable Latinx women in USA history, Ellen Rodriguez Trias, Dolores Huerta , Ellen Ochoa.
Reserva la Fecha
2023 Simposio de Salud Mental y Justicia Social para la Comunidad Latina/e. 27, 28, & 29 Septiembre 2023. Tema: “Voces de Poder desde la Resiliencia y la Fortaleza.” Estamos recibiendo propuestas de presentaciones aquí. Fecha limite para enviarlas: 20/03/2023. Para mayor información, escríbanos por favor a nuestra dirección electrónica: [email protected].
Antioch Voices: Douglas Valdez
Antioch Voices is an initative started by Antioch University Chancellor Bill Groves. It is a space for members of the Antioch community to write and share opinion and creative writing pieces for university-wide distribution on issues of national and public concern. This month, Latinx Institute Coordinator Douglas Valdez wrote a piece for Antioch Voices about […]
First Mexican Snake Festival
Keeping connections with her native country, our work-study student Laura Briseño traveled to México to participate in the First Mexican Snake Festival.
“The Problem Will Pass:” Attitudes of Latinx Adults Toward Mental Illness and Help Seeking
The Latinx Institutes’ Syntia Santos Dietz co-authored an article on the Attitudes of Latinx Adults Toward Mental Illness and Help Seeking.
