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Addressing The Toll Of Racism On New Englanders' Mental Health

Racism is trauma. But racism’s impact on mental health can be hard to talk about. In this third episode of a special radio series on “Racism In New England,” we hear about the stressors to mental health in the region and ways to get relief. 

Premieres: Thursday, October 1, 2020

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This series is produced by the and . For an upcoming episode, we want to hear from you:

  • What does your school teach about racism? What does it omit? What should change?

Leave us a voicemail on our comment line: 860-275-7595. Or email us at AmericaAmplified@nepm.org.

GUESTS:

Bhuttu Mathews, Vermont-based mental health counselor.

, chief medical officer with the ϳԹ Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and associate professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine.

, director of programs and external affairs at Wabanaki Public Health in Maine and Passamaquoddy tribal member.

, family engagement and cultural responsiveness specialist for the Maine Department of Education and city councilor in South Portland. Originally from Somalia, she immigrated to Maine in 2005.

, associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

, licensed and independent clinical social worker and adjunct associate professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

CREDITS:

Hosts: Jennifer Rooks of Maine Public and
Coordinating Producer: Morgan Springer
Producers: Cindy Han and Jonathan Smith of Maine Public, Lydia Brown of Vermont Public Radio and Daniela Luna.
Executive Producer: John Dankosky of America Amplified
Executive Editor: Vanessa de la Torre
Theme Music: Latrell James

Additional support: ϳԹ, New England Public Media, Vermont Public Radio, Maine Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio and CAI Cape and Islands. America Amplified and the New England News Collaborative are funded, in part, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Vanessa de la Torre is Chief Content Officer at ϳԹ, overseeing all content with a mission to inform, educate and inspire diverse audiences across the state, including on radio, television and our organization’s 60-plus digital platforms.
Morgan Springer is the host/producer for the weekly show NEXT and the New England News Collaborative, a ten-station consortium of public radio newsrooms. She joined WNPR in 2019. Before working at ϳԹ Radio, Morgan was the news director at Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan, where she launched and co-hosted a weekly show Points North.

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