Cultivating Wellness in Black Neighborhoods

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>In what ways do those with mental health challenges in Philadelphia work to support the mental health of themselves and their community outside the structures of Western medical models?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Drawing on personal reflections and emerging mental health solutions from co-op members of Deep Space Mind 215 authors </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Rashni Stanford</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> and </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Mel Brown</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> examine how Black communities cultivate wellness in the midst of gun violence post-Covid grief and chronic disenfranchisement. </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)><em>Cultivating Wellness in Black Neighborhoods</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> archives these learnings for others to replicate in their own communities.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Providing learnings through interviews and essays this book is ideal reading for students of Black Studies Disability Studies Carceral Studies Queer and LGBT+ Studies Mad Studies Social Work and Cultural Anthropology.</span></p><p></p>