RESOURCES FOR communities of color:
While there are a lot of resources out there, there are also tons that don’t critically consider the ways race, ethnicity, or culture play into people’s lived experiences. Luckily, there are a lot of resources out there made by people of color FOR people of color - take a look below!
Minnesota Specific Culturally Responsive Mental Health Services: Click here!
Directorio Español de Salud Mental: Aqui!
Therapy Directories:
Looking for a therapist? Here’s some tips on finding a therapist or mental health provider that fits your cultural background.
List of MN Mental Health Providers of Color (compiled by Larry Yang, a local therapist)
Black Mental Health Alliance or Black Virtual Therapist Directory
We R Native: a collection of mental health resources for Native American youth
Open Path Psychotherapy Collective: a therapist directory that includes sliding scale/financial need.
Melanin and Mental Health: a therapist directory for Black communities that includes podcasts about what it's like to go to therapy.
Ayana Therapy: online mental health therapy for marginalized and intersectional communities that matches users with a licensed professional to chat with.
Hotlines/Support Groups:
NAMI Minnesota: Offers several BIPOC support groups for teens and adults.
DeQH: a hotline for Desi and South Asian LGBTQ+ teens and adults. Call 908-367-3347.
The Steve Fund: crisis support for young people of color. Text STEVE to 741741.
Asian LifeNet: a 24-hour hotline available in Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean & Fujianese. Call 877-990-8585.
General Resources:
Ourselves Black: a website that has podcasts, articles, and real stories that talk about mental health in communities of color.
MannMukti: a storytelling platform dedicated to reducing stigma related to mental health in the South Asian community.
Rest for Resistance: a mental health healing space for queer people of color that includes stories and poems of survival, resistance, and struggles in mental health.
What To Do When Your (South Asian) Parents Don’t Understand Your Mental Health: a first-person account of what it's like to have depression as a South Asian person where the culture is not always understanding about mental health.
African Americans With Anxiety: How to Overcome Unique Obstacles: an article about how Black people can talk to a doctor about mental health and mental illness.
What Their Writing Told Me: a blog post featuring Latinx children writing about the hardships of mental illness within their communities.
Digital Content and Social Media:
Easy Anxiety: a short film about a Black girl's personal journey in mental health, anxiety, and self-love.
The Kids Are Not Alright: The Mental Health Crisis Affecting Latina Teens: a documentary from Vice exploring how Latinx adolescent girls have disproportionately high rates of mental health struggles and suicide attempts.
More than a Moment – A Conversation with BIPOC Student Mental Health Leaders: an hour-long videoconference by Active Minds featuring BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) teens and young adults who aim to raise awareness of mental health issues in their communities.
Liberate: a meditation app for communities of color that includes guided meditations and talks designed for the BIPOC experience.
UNITY Wellness Warrior: a culturally competent, interactive wellness app for Native American people to track their mental well-being and live healthier lives.
Podcasts:
Fireflies Unite With Kea: stories of people thriving with mental illness within communities of color.
Wellness in Color: series from National Alliance on Mental Illness of Minnesota with the mission to reshape the cultural language about mental illness through stories.
Korean American Perspectives: several episodes of this series talk about experiencing burnout and trauma, navigating mental health, practicing self-compassion, and more.
All My Relations: stories and relationships of Native people and their relationships with land, their ancestors, and each other.