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The VCE will provide educational opportunities for the Detroit-Wayne County CMH workforce regarding Cultural Competency issues.  Our trainings will encourage a nonjudgmental approach to clinical work with sensitivity to the multicultural needs and experiences of consumers and colleagues.


Click below to view presentations from the Joint Center Health Policy Institute Conference held on December 3, 2008, at the St. Regis Hotel in Detroit, Michigan.

Panel & Discussion on Racism and Health
Angela Bryant - Structural Racism & Health Inequities
Jeanette Pai-Espinosa - Race, Racism & Privilege
Camara Phyllis-Jones - Social Determinants of Health & Equity
Allan Johnson - Unraveling the Knot of Privilege, Power & Difference

Click below to view the video recording for Strategies for Increasing Access and Utilization of Mental Health Services for Diverse Populations with Mario Hernandez, PhD, from August 24, 2007.

Hernandez Thinking

Click below to view the video recording for Culture As A Community Benefit with Barbara Stroud, PhD, from August 29, 2007.

Stroud Culture as Community benefit

 
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