CIIS Community Mental Health MA Program

08/14/2019

I need to remember this

08/08/2019

Corridos are the sound of the border. This corrido pays tribute to the El Paso Shooting victims.

08/07/2019

"Using affirmative action policies to actively address centuries of racial oppression in our academic system will be crucial to any serious reform of higher education. But if decolonization is to genuinely serve the cause of just and equitable social order, this cannot be its horizon."

One of South Africa's most important universities, the University of Cape Town, recently released a curriculum change framework in response to protests. This is a critique by two alum.

08/03/2019

"ProPublica said it found dozens of parents exploiting a legal loophole to save money on their children's tuition at the expense of low-income students."

It's the latest tactic the wealthy use to game the system.

08/01/2019

"Serious youth crime has been in steady decline since the 1990s. But gun violence rates in the United States are still staggering. According to the research group Everytown, fi****ms are the leading cause of death for black children and teens, who are 14 times more likely than white youth to die by gun homicide."

In a town hall meeting motivated by the desire to do something rather than just talk, hundreds gathered to develop strategies for curbing youth violence

07/31/2019

'A White Supremacist Text That Promotes Anarchy'

07/31/2019

He liked to play with the family's French Bulldog, Frankie, & swing from a tire swing

He wore pressed shirts and cologne, earning him the nickname "el Romántico".

He had just graduated Kindergarten.

He was shot in his mother's arms, and died later that day.

QEPD Stephen Romero

07/25/2019

"The state is withholding funding from 10 California counties because their mental health workforces aren’t meeting federal requirements.."

California health officials are considering sanctioning 10 counties for not recruiting enough mental health professionals. It’s part of a broader effort to fix the lack of providers for low-income patients, especially in rural areas.

07/25/2019

07/25/2019

"Kaiser’s 'proposals didn’t offer clinicians meaningful solutions to provide timely, adequate care for patients,” said Clement Papazian, a licensed clinical social worker in Oakland. “We could not support a contract that offered no significant immediate relief for unsustainable caseloads and longer waits than ever for care.'"

The National Union of Healthcare Workers said that its 4,000 members soundly rejected Kaiser’s contract offer, saying it didn’t address the long wait times for California patients seeking mental health treatment.

07/24/2019

"...courses must include instruction that will help them identify the signs and symptoms of mental illness, take them through the process of getting or seeking help for themselves or others, provide awareness of the resources available, and teach them what to do or say to their peers who are struggling with mental health disorders."

Florida public schools will be required to teach at least five hours of mental health instruction to all students in sixth through twelfth grades every year.

07/23/2019

"Could public banks help California fund affordable housing? A coalition of bank activists in ten California cities is pushing for public banks. A bill to support them is working its way through the state legislature."

A coalition of bank activists in ten California cities is pushing for public banks. A bill to support them is working its way through the state legislature

07/23/2019

"...we were noticeably silent on our own role in the process. As relatively affluent college students, our presence in the neighborhood was driving up rent and fueling the changes we lamented. This made me wonder: How do liberal gentrifiers, like my friends and I, reconcile our worldviews with the reality of these behaviors and the consequences?."

As a gentrifier myself, I decided to study how we justify what we're doing.

07/23/2019

The newly released Point-in-Time count shows that the number of homeless people in Oakland increased from 2,761 to 4,071 over two years.

07/09/2019

07/09/2019

'High quality community mental health care: “(1) protects human rights, (2) has a public health focus, (3) supports service users in their recovery journey, (4) makes use of effective interventions based on evidence and client goals, (5) promotes a wide network of support in the community, and (6) makes use of peer expertise in service design and delivery.”'

A network of European providers focuses on accessible, collaborative mental health services.

07/02/2019

"The controversial pilot program in San Francisco would “allow a court to appoint a public conservator” for a person who has been committed for psychiatric hospitalization “at least eight times in a year,” according to ABC News.

Opponents of the controversial pilot program say it is a violation of civil rights.

07/02/2019

"With the wide pe*******on, at least amongst the new middle-class, of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr, there is a disturbing trend of local political discourses and praxis being subsumed by the cultural behemoth that is North American 'wokeness.'"

Social media group-think derails any chance for a progressive political movement.