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This Resilient American Communities (RAC) COVID-19 Initiative workgroup is focused on 1) Improvng mental health and well-being strategies and practices and 2) Longer-term movement toward a more just, healthy, equitable American Society for everyone shaped not only by the need to fix our problems, but also motivated to move toward a better realization of our collective aspirations through the creation of better psychosocial environments in our communities.   

Acute and longitudinal individual and transpersonal challenges are clearly stemming from the despair and divisions that are degrading the resilience and regenerative capacities of American communities today. Life in our vulnerable and disenfranchised communities have already suffered greatly from systemic historical inequities.  
 
Suffering in many American communities, especially in communities of color, is being made even more untenable from emerging 21st century challenges, which are especially acute now due to COVID-19 pandemic and syndemic impacts on our society.  The discussions in this RAC Mental Health and Well-being workgroup are focused on strategies and actions to help inspire and connect those in the RAC unity of effort to engage in improving mental health and well-being in Resilient American Communities.

Members

John Girard mdmcdonald

Email address for group

rac_mental_health-wellbeing@m.resiliencesystem.org

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