“Giving Power to the Community” with Taleed El-Sabawi
Unapologetically Black Unicorns
English - April 19, 2022 17:46 - 35 minutes - 80.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Society & Culture Documentary Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Taleed El-Sabawi (she/her) is lawyer, she has her PhD in Public Health, she’s an Assistant Professor at Elon University School of Law and she is an Unapologetically Black Unicorn. Taleed shares how she got involved in Addiction & Mental Health Policy. They talk about the CAHOOTS mobile response model, giving power to the community, harm reduction and the background behind the Crack/Pipe Act.
A Model for Defunding: An Evidence-Based Statute for Behavioral Health Crisis Response: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3683432
If you or someone you know is in a mental or substance use disorder crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255.