Young people from underserved communities—namely people with Black, brown, disabled, and/or LGBTQ+ identities—prefer community-based programs and peer networks over formal mental health services delivered in clinical settings.
On April 13, CLASP will host a webinar titled “How the Transformative Justice and Healing Justice Movements Inform How We Must Approach Mental Health Systems.” This is part of a quarterly learning series focused on decolonizing mental health care. Watch the live stream now:
Isha Weerasinghe was quoted: “At the time that ARPA came out, we were really trying to figure out, as a country, how the mental health, behavioral health systems could be bolstered, because, in my opinion, the systems are really broken."
In this op-ed, CLASP's Isha Weerasinghe explains why the Senate must pass the Build Back Better Act with the critical Momnibus maternal mental health equity investments that passed in the House of Representatives.
On October 26, Isha Weerasinghe spoke on a panel discussion sponsored by the Austin Child Guidance Center titled “Immigration and Mental Health: Supporting Immigrant Children and Youth.”
On July 1, Nia West-Bey and Isha Weerasinghe presented Principles and Policy Options to Support Youth and Young Adult Mental Health to the Governor’s Commission on Racial Equity and Justice in Kansas.
On June 23, CLASP and the Children Thrive Action Network will be co-hosting a virtual event entitled “Healing and Thriving: A National Summit on Children of Immigrants.”
On May 19, Isha Weerasinghe will speak at a Congressional briefing titled "Pain in the Nation: How High Rates of Suicide, Alcohol, and Overdose Deaths Require a Comprehensive Resiliency Strategy."
The horrific violence in Atlanta this week on Asian American women is unconscionable, could have been prevented, and reveals gaping holes in how we protect each other as a society.