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Black Mental Health & Healing Justice Immersion
July 11, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Free - $750.00
Note: This Black Mental Health & Healing Justice Immersion is a 4 day course, occurring on Thursdays (July 11th, 18th, 25th and August 1st). All attendees must complete a post-training evaluation before receiving a certificate of completion.
Accessibility Statement: Closed captioning will be provided. ASL services will be provided upon request. Please email Training@beam.community by Monday July 1st, 2024.
Ticket Purchases: There is a 5 ticket maximum ticket allotment per organization.
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Description
This certificate program equips participants with knowledge of mental health issues, myths, and challenges in Black communities and provides participants with tools and skills to offer healing justice informed peer support.
Who is the course for
This course is for anyone offering any form of peer or emotional health support in Black communities including, but not limited to, activists, advocates, educators, HIV/AIDS workers, substance use support counselors, yoga teachers, or anyone else offering support services to Black communities.
Objectives
After this training participants will be able to:
- Name and identify common mental health diagnoses and challenges in Black communities with accurate information.
- Name and identify common treatments for mental health challenges.
- Challenge and provide accurate information on common myths on medication, psychology and mental health in Black communities.
- Apply and provider peer emotional support through a healing justice framework.
- Identify and map out strategies and resources for mental health in their own communities.
FAQ
1. Is this training only for Black people?
No. This training is for anyone working in Black communities. The peer support framework is also applicable to all marginalized communities.
2. How long is this training?
Four 2-hour sessions in July.
3 . Is there evidence of the training’s impact or evaluations?
Yes. We have evaluations and feedback reports that you can see here:
Highlights:
100% of attendees recommend this training to others.
95% of participants reported increases in their ability to provide healing centered peer support.
99% of participants reported increases in their knowledge of mental health, healing justice and peer support.
* Statistics taken from the 3 year Program Evaluation here.
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If a need-based scholarship is necessary for your attendance, please email training@beam.community
DISCLAIMER: This training is not a mental health service and is for educational purposes only.
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Note: This Black Mental Health & Healing Justice Immersion is a 4 day course, occurring on Thursdays (July 11th, 18th, 25th and August 1st). All attendees must complete a post-training evaluation before receiving a certificate of completion.
Accessibility Statement: Closed captioning will be provided. ASL services will be provided upon request. Please email Training@beam.community by Monday July 1st, 2024.
Ticket Purchases: There is a 5 ticket maximum ticket allotment per organization.
*************
Description
This certificate program equips participants with knowledge of mental health issues, myths, and challenges in Black communities and provides participants with tools and skills to offer healing justice informed peer support.
Who is the course for
This course is for anyone offering any form of peer or emotional health support in Black communities including, but not limited to, activists, advocates, educators, HIV/AIDS workers, substance use support counselors, yoga teachers, or anyone else offering support services to Black communities.
Objectives
After this training participants will be able to:
- Name and identify common mental health diagnoses and challenges in Black communities with accurate information.
- Name and identify common treatments for mental health challenges.
- Challenge and provide accurate information on common myths on medication, psychology and mental health in Black communities.
- Apply and provider peer emotional support through a healing justice framework.
- Identify and map out strategies and resources for mental health in their own communities.
FAQ
1. Is this training only for Black people?
No. This training is for anyone working in Black communities. The peer support framework is also applicable to all marginalized communities.
2. How long is this training?
Four 2-hour sessions in July.
3 . Is there evidence of the training’s impact or evaluations?
Yes. We have evaluations and feedback reports that you can see here:
Highlights:
100% of attendees recommend this training to others.
95% of participants reported increases in their ability to provide healing centered peer support.
99% of participants reported increases in their knowledge of mental health, healing justice and peer support.
* Statistics taken from the 3 year Program Evaluation here.
*************
If a need-based scholarship is necessary for your attendance, please email training@beam.community
DISCLAIMER: This training is not a mental health service and is for educational purposes only.
Related Events

Note: This Black Mental Health & Healing Justice Immersion is a 4 day course, occurring on Thursdays (July 11th, 18th, 25th and August 1st). All attendees must complete a post-training evaluation before receiving a certificate of completion.
Accessibility Statement: Closed captioning will be provided. ASL services will be provided upon request. Please email Training@beam.community by Monday July 1st, 2024.
Ticket Purchases: There is a 5 ticket maximum ticket allotment per organization.
*************
Description
This certificate program equips participants with knowledge of mental health issues, myths, and challenges in Black communities and provides participants with tools and skills to offer healing justice informed peer support.
Who is the course for
This course is for anyone offering any form of peer or emotional health support in Black communities including, but not limited to, activists, advocates, educators, HIV/AIDS workers, substance use support counselors, yoga teachers, or anyone else offering support services to Black communities.
Objectives
After this training participants will be able to:
- Name and identify common mental health diagnoses and challenges in Black communities with accurate information.
- Name and identify common treatments for mental health challenges.
- Challenge and provide accurate information on common myths on medication, psychology and mental health in Black communities.
- Apply and provider peer emotional support through a healing justice framework.
- Identify and map out strategies and resources for mental health in their own communities.
FAQ
1. Is this training only for Black people?
No. This training is for anyone working in Black communities. The peer support framework is also applicable to all marginalized communities.
2. How long is this training?
Four 2-hour sessions in July.
3 . Is there evidence of the training’s impact or evaluations?
Yes. We have evaluations and feedback reports that you can see here:
Highlights:
100% of attendees recommend this training to others.
95% of participants reported increases in their ability to provide healing centered peer support.
99% of participants reported increases in their knowledge of mental health, healing justice and peer support.
* Statistics taken from the 3 year Program Evaluation here.
*************
If a need-based scholarship is necessary for your attendance, please email training@beam.community
DISCLAIMER: This training is not a mental health service and is for educational purposes only.
Related Events

Note: This Black Mental Health & Healing Justice Immersion is a 4 day course, occurring on Thursdays (July 11th, 18th, 25th and August 1st). All attendees must complete a post-training evaluation before receiving a certificate of completion.
Accessibility Statement: Closed captioning will be provided. ASL services will be provided upon request. Please email Training@beam.community by Monday July 1st, 2024.
Ticket Purchases: There is a 5 ticket maximum ticket allotment per organization.
*************
Description
This certificate program equips participants with knowledge of mental health issues, myths, and challenges in Black communities and provides participants with tools and skills to offer healing justice informed peer support.
Who is the course for
This course is for anyone offering any form of peer or emotional health support in Black communities including, but not limited to, activists, advocates, educators, HIV/AIDS workers, substance use support counselors, yoga teachers, or anyone else offering support services to Black communities.
Objectives
After this training participants will be able to:
- Name and identify common mental health diagnoses and challenges in Black communities with accurate information.
- Name and identify common treatments for mental health challenges.
- Challenge and provide accurate information on common myths on medication, psychology and mental health in Black communities.
- Apply and provider peer emotional support through a healing justice framework.
- Identify and map out strategies and resources for mental health in their own communities.
FAQ
1. Is this training only for Black people?
No. This training is for anyone working in Black communities. The peer support framework is also applicable to all marginalized communities.
2. How long is this training?
Four 2-hour sessions in July.
3 . Is there evidence of the training’s impact or evaluations?
Yes. We have evaluations and feedback reports that you can see here:
Highlights:
100% of attendees recommend this training to others.
95% of participants reported increases in their ability to provide healing centered peer support.
99% of participants reported increases in their knowledge of mental health, healing justice and peer support.
* Statistics taken from the 3 year Program Evaluation here.
*************
If a need-based scholarship is necessary for your attendance, please email training@beam.community
DISCLAIMER: This training is not a mental health service and is for educational purposes only.