BIPOC Mental Health Activist

BIPOC Mental Health Activist has been a member of Linktree for 5 years and joined in November 2020. The social media accounts linked to from BIPOC Mental Health Activist are: • Instagram • TikTok • Email • Payment • Clubhouse • X Besides social media accounts, blezzingdada has populated their site with: • Donate to Blezzings Medical Fund, organized by Áine O'Hara • Please Support my Birthday Fundraiser for Cooking for Freedom on www.iDonate.ie • It's OK To Not Be Ok: Audio documentary about ending stigma of mental health - Good Day Cork's Podcast • TJ Resources & Further Reading • FAQ | Decision Support Service • Tasc Report: Is an EU-wide approach to the mental health crisis necessary? - Foundation for European Progressive Studies • My interview with the Irish Examiner via Tasc Report: Irish mental health services 'too hospital-centric' • My interview with Morning Ireland (RTE Radio 1) via Tasc Report: Research shows Ireland is too reliant on voluntary sector for mental health services • Marú inár Measc - Toyosi Shittabey | Seinnteoir | TG4 | Irish Television Channel, Súil Eile • 267. ‘Go Back to Where You Came From!’ - Rory Hearne's Reboot Republic - Tortoise Shack Media • 23 black Irish stars who made it big last year and expect bigger things in 2023 - Sunday Times Paper • Media feature: Unhealthy attitudes: Is Irish healthcare letting our new citizens down? • 23 for 23 featured with Black and Irish X Sunday Times Paper • Youth Work Leading the Way in Mental Wellbeing - Youth Work Ireland • My Voice, Do Ghuth (2022) • FemFest 2022 with National Womens Council: Saturday day 19th November (10am - 5pm) - I’ll be speaking at this • St Patrick’s Mental Health Services (SPMHS) Founder’s Day conference on Friday, 25 November (information) • Direct Provision Aid: Please Support Cooking for Freedom! :) • Cooking for Freedom X RAMSI website information • Sign up to become a Black Therapists Ireland Wellness Advocate • Channel 4: exploreing the diversity of thought within Black culture against structural racism • Post-Capitalist Pedagogy - Reading List • Transformative Justice Resources & Further Reading • Email your TDs about Mental Health supports in Budget 2023 • Budget 2023 - Mental Health Reform • Take Action | Home for Good. The Housing Commission has opened a public consultation on a referendum on housing.(Submissions close on 2 September 2022) - click here & take action NOW • Mental Health Initiative | Black Therapist Ireland & APNI • If I Speak Podcast - Season 2 Episode 3 - "We are Human after all" Dongo Productions & Blezzing Dada • The changemakers - stories that inspire” series: Meet Blessing Dada, Mentalhealt advocation- Voyage Knoxville Magazine • Link to my featured post: I'm dyslexic and autistic but teachers thought I struggled because I'm Chinese' • Every Tribe & Tongue Event: diversity and inclusion in the Church. Recording out now here :) • Politics | Black and Irish • **Replay out now!**: 10th Anniversary Conference - Mental Health Reform (Thursday, 31st March 2022). My section is called "Growing the Grassroots Movement". Click here (Duration: 43 mins 19 sec) • A series of short mental health lessons that everyone can benefit from. Featuring expertise from Katie McKenna & Dil Wickremasinghe and narrated by Clinton Liberty • Interview with Eire Dialogue at the mansion house • Research Participation Project (please contribute if you can!): An exploration of Cultural competence and awareness in a sample of mental health professionals partaking in a professional meeting entitled “The Race for Mental Health". • The Race for Mental Health (DCU’s School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health, in collaboration with Black Therapists Ireland (BTI) • My piece with Rogue Collective: Scheduling in time to be vulnerable is a weird proposition • Breaking Ground Ireland, a landmark project and newly launched booklet showcasing over 90 writers and illustrators from ethnic minority backgrounds • Ethnic Minority Guidelines - Mental Health Reform (read and share!) • Mental Health in the Black Irish Community interview ft. Ejiro Ogbevoen • Self-care interactive flow chart: to use whenever you feel like shit • Rosemarie's Blog:The missing voices. My feature on "True Acceptance" for Autism Awareness • Feature: Autistic people still facing barriers, new report finds • The cultural sensitivity of feminisms (featured by writer Sandrine) • ‎The Bible For Normal People: Episode 177: Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. - Social Justice & the Radical Gospel (social justice & biblical justice) • A follow-up from my post: The Immigrant Time Warp — ft. T.K. (‘Escape From Plan A’ Ep. 48) • Not all men, but all men - written piece by Helena Coogan. A must read & share 🎙📝 • Lust for Life feature: Reflections of being in therapy for a year • Featured: 22 activists to watch in 2022: From countering racism to saving the planet, the people fighting for change in Ireland • NYCI Campaign interview: 19th February 2022 – Near FM – Listen Again • NYCI Community is You volunteer recruitment campaign interview: Ireland AM - Sunday, 06 February 2022 (watch via Virgin Media App) • Featured: NYCI calls on people in south Dublin to volunteer, following 64% drop in volunteers during pandemic - Dublin People • National Youth Council volunteer recruitment - read my story, share and sign up! :) • Book contribution: The Liminal: Notes on Life, Race and Direct Provision in Ireland (Get your copy here now!)) • Irish Times: Black & Irish awards feature • Reformed Ethnic Minority Guidelines - Mental Health Reform • Hosting the Arts and Advocacy with National Women's council (and part of the disabled women group) - Dublin Arts and Human Rights Festival • Featured: NWC's Disabled Womens Group creative advocacy piece - What do I need to be me today? • Featured: Guest panel discussion: Towards Work: Disability Awareness Webinar • Instagram Live Takeover: Ckyourprivilege (Disability and Intersectionality) Mary (@upgradeaccessibility) for July Disability Pride Month • Green Ribbon Campaign 2022: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) • See Change | Say No To Mental Health Stigma • See Change's new guide ‘Let’s talk about mental illness talk with myself and Mary Butler • Black History Month by Blessing Dada | SeeChange • My SeeChange article: Global experiences goal: dismantling stigma • My SeeChange Campaign 2021 Piece: Understanding Exclusion • See Change Sessions with Alittlegail: My personal experiences living with OCD (S2.5 Ep7) • SeeChange Pass The Ribbon End of Campaign Video 2021 • Let's talk about mental illness by See Change - The National Stigma Reduction Partnership Event replay • The life of a renter: A competition no one ever seems to win ~ By Rogue Collective • The Selfie Show (with Lust for Life) South East radio feature (Episode 2- Courage) • Featured: Irish Times feature: Medicine MeToo Movement • My input in New York Times Paper Article on Summertime SAD) • The Healing Power of Nature Instagram Live with Talley.Talk (mental wellness listener app) • Instagram Live Takeover with LustforLife feature (Gorm Media & Black Therapists Ireland) • Home | Gorm Media • PayPal • Revolut • Not about Food podcast- Ethnic minority perspective on eating disorders guest feature • Dear Irish People Podcast on mental health guest feature • Talk About It podcast mental health feature • My YellowCouch Podcast Feature on mental health • AndHowDidThat podcast mental health feature • LivPsych “Racism and Mental Health: How to be an anti-racist mental health researcher” • Young Minds: Racism and mental health helpline article • Anti-racism, mental health and research (vital!!) • How can we make mental health awareness anti-racist Padlet discussion board (Make your contribution here if you' think you're an ally!) • The 2nd edition of the Sociological Observer which focused on #BlackLivesMatter (Edited by Lucy Michael & Ebun Joseph) • Featured - Blezzing Dada - Mental Health Ireland (Human Library for 10th October World Mental Health Day) • Exploring empathy and what it means: SpunOut video feature project • Tell us how you look after your mental health as a young traveller now with SpunOut! • Are you a young person from a minority background in Ireland? Share your story with SpunOut now! • Spunout's Open Minds campaign awareness (The campaign aims to reframe the understanding and misconceptions of mental health among young people in Ireland • SpunOut advice: Mental health advice from Black Therapists Ireland • SpunOut advice: Black Therapists Ireland on dealing with racism article • SpunOut advice: Black Therapists Ireland: How to talk to your parents article • SpunOut advice: Mental health support for ethnic minorities in Ireland article • My article: SpunOut: Why I advocate for mental health among ethnic minorities • The Irish Advocacy Network | Irish Advocacy Network • My article: “Disability is not a dirty word” written piece for Disabled Women Ireland • My Change.org petition: Fibromyalgia to be recognized as an Official Disability in the Rep. Of Ireland • Black Therapists Ireland Irish mental health service (for all Ethnic minorities) • Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy • Zero Suicide Alliance: Suicide awareness training available here • Mental Health First Aid Ireland training available here • ZSA Suicide Awareness training • Mental Health Ireland & 3rd level education providers in mental health courses • Black History Month library Google Drive resource reads • Twitter • TikTok account • Clubhouse account • Linkedin Profile • Black & Irish Instagram Feature • Feature: Bame Women and Mental Health YouTube Panel Panel Discussion • Feature: Mental Health with Louise McSharry 2FM Show radio interview • Image Magazine featured piece: Mental health coping tips during Black Lives Matter • National Women's Council: Supports for Young Women’s Mental Health • Anti-Racism Resources • Make These 27 Books Part Of Your Anti-Racism Education article • Anti-Racism letter template to Irish TD’s • Unsilencing Black Voices Ireland mini Documentary • What does Irishness look like? (YouTube Video) • Feature: Lust for Life: surviving the break • Feature: NewsTalk Mental Health radio interview with Susan Keogh • Change Donation Mental health feature campaign • Feature: Anuaacademy mental health advocate (YouTube)