Theme of Summit: Mental Health Inequities Post Pandemic: Building A Cultural Ecosystem of Well-Being
"Not the world, not what’s outside of us, but what we hold inside traps us. We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.” — Dr. Gabor Maté
"Not the world, not what’s outside of us, but what we hold inside traps us. We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.” — Dr. Gabor Maté
This theme is important and very relevant at this extraordinary time of post pandemic which to a large extent claimed millions of lives, impacted mental health and well-being, and thrown into disarray the world as we knew it to be normal. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the inequities and injustices in mental health outcomes that persisted over the years uncovers the deeply entrenched racial inequalities which has been severe among people of African Descent. It is imperative to set the mental health care programs and services on a better course with the need to develop trauma-informed mental health responses while reflecting on the killings in our communities.
Our Summit presenters will feature important presentations with a focus on understanding the cultural ecosystem services that are available, affordable and accessible to people of African Descent. Our inner parts are only one facet of mental health. It also involves our relationships, environment, belonging, and the society at large. In other words, mental health is prevalent everywhere.
We believe this Summit will enrich an important public debate on the necessity of cultural ecosystem services (CES) which include tourism, recreational services, aesthetic enjoyment, and spiritual experience and the need to dig deeper in order to come up with skills needed to cope with pandemic trauma.
Our Summit presenters will feature important presentations with a focus on understanding the cultural ecosystem services that are available, affordable and accessible to people of African Descent. Our inner parts are only one facet of mental health. It also involves our relationships, environment, belonging, and the society at large. In other words, mental health is prevalent everywhere.
We believe this Summit will enrich an important public debate on the necessity of cultural ecosystem services (CES) which include tourism, recreational services, aesthetic enjoyment, and spiritual experience and the need to dig deeper in order to come up with skills needed to cope with pandemic trauma.