On September 30, 2023 the Champaign County Community Coalition hosted the Black Mental Health and Wellness conference at Parkland College. The conference aimed at addressing the challenges of mental health in the black community and assisting those affected and their families on a path to wellness.
Sessions included in-depth conversations about understanding mental health and mental illness, realizing and recognizing racialized trauma, the journey of grief, the black church and mental health, how to have difficult conversations about mental health, the journey of grief and pursuing wellness.
Thanks to the help of Parkland College, Champaign School District #4, Urbana School District #116, Carle Hospital, Urbana Rotary, University of Illinois, Regional Planning Commission, Housing Authority of Champaign County, and CUPHD the conference able to provide resources and information to participants.
