On Saturday, May 20, the Berean Women’s Ministries (BWM) will begin registration for their Anger Management Workshop at Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church located at 4211 W. Adams Blvd in Los Angeles, CA.
The Angel City Football Club (ACFC) recently partnered with PNC Bank to host a panel titled “Insights from and for LA Leaders: Accelerating Women’ Financial Equality.” The panel featured ACFC forward Jasmyne Spencer, who also created the lifestyle brand Jas It Up.
On Friday, April 28, Nicole Avant unveiled the Jacqueline Avant Children & Family Center located in the Watts-Willowbrook community. The event was attended by Los Angeles Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, staff of the MLK Health and Wellness Community Development Corporation and a host of notable guests.
It’s 2023 and it’s no secret that social media and technology use has a big effect on our society.
Think of weight loss as a lifestyle change and not as a new diet since fad diets don’t really work in the long run, according to dietician Roohe Ahmed.
In recent years, NBA players have become more transparent with their mental health issues. They have been using their stories of pain and healing to help others.
Your goal is to get better: Concentrate on how you can face your fears and anxieties. Don’t waste your time arguing with your colleagues who are giving you a difficult time. This isn’t a public relations event where you need to get approval from everyone. This is your life and you are the one suffering. Your main focus is to get better.
Even though the pandemic has declined in our country, we still see an increase in mental health issues and challenges faced by young teenagers.
Sophomore quarterback Caleb Williams arrived at USC earlier this year with the hope to make it into a winning program. Since then, he not only guided the Trojans into national prominence but made himself a front-runner for the 2022 Heisman Trophy.
Officials want to track changes in the prevalence of mental health issues and access to mental health care, understand how changes in national data reflect the impact of legislation and policies, and increase dialogue with and improve outcomes for individuals and families with mental health needs.
In August, The Children’s Partnership hosted a mental health panel centered around the voices of young girls and women of color. The session was organized as part of the organization’s Youth of Color initiative. “I had never been surrounded by a group of people with the same experiences and the same struggles regarding mental health, regarding being a person of color,” said Samantha Giles. Giles, a California teenager, is one of the Children’s Partnership’s youth panelists. “I even got to go into a breakout room where we talked about how our parents don’t necessarily recognize our mental health struggles and
Caregiver Safe Place, Inc. was created to help caregivers get respite care and a little TLC. There is a job that millions of people do every day and it mostly goes unnoticed or acknowledged—caregiving. According to caregiving.org, there are an estimated 9.5 million family caregivers in the U.S. as of 2020. Just in case you are asking what’s a caregiver? They are fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, sons, daughters, aunts, uncles, cousins—people, who are taking care of loved ones, who can no longer take care of themselves. Carletta Cole is one of those people who is putting a spotlight on this
July 31 marked the end of Mental Health Observance Month, but for Rayshell Chambers and others, the importance of mental health goes far beyond one month, especially in the Black community. During a recent interview with the L.A. Sentinel, Chambers talked about the importance of fostering better health outcomes for all mental health patients, but particularly among African Americans. For example, she said, only one in three Blacks who need mental healthcare actually receives it. Despite the increased focus on mental health, racial disparities persist in diagnosis, access to culturally responsive care, and treatment settings, she said. Chambers is the
Houston native and gospel recording artist and songwriter Michael Dixon’s latest effort, “How Are You Healing?” (VGNBae Music Group/MNRK Music Group/indiblu) is out now on all music retail outlets.
During the recent virtual town hall titled “Mental Wealth: COVID’s Impact on Mental Health in the Black Community,” a panel of trusted doctors discussed insights into how parents and caregivers can support their children’s mental health during the pandemic and beyond.