Please join us for the three-part speaker series, Achieving Equity: Disparities in Mental Health. These events will discuss equity issues and funding opportunities related to mental health, including barriers to care, service utilization, and risk and resilience in underrepresented populations. Registrants may choose to attend one, two, or all three events in the series. The series is hosted by the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute Health Equity Core.
In this session, Shandra Summerville, Cultural and Linguistic Competence Coordinator for the Champaign County Mental Health Board and Developmental Disabilities Board, will address issues of specific importance to the local community. Shandra will discuss challenges with accessing services, understanding stigma of receiving care, and funding opportunities and barriers. Illinois Department of Psychology Professor Carla Hunter, will moderate.
