Have you ever chatted with an Unapologetically Black Unicorn? Someone who symbolizes freedom, power, strength and is a true force of nature and thought, ‘WOW people need to hear this’? Now you can and learn how to be a U.B.U. too! Join the weekly conversation with host Keris Jän Myrick, an unapologetically black unicorn in their own right, and nationally recognized mental health advocate chatting with amazing U.B.U. folk who are advancing all things mental health, racial justice, and anything cool to enhance human existence.
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Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
“Journey of a Mental Health Beat Journalist” with Benedict Carey
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Benedict Carey (he/him) is an award-winning reporter who recently retired from The New York Times and he’s an Unapologetically Black Unicorn. Benedict talks about a series he wrote called “Lives Restored” about mental health and mental health care and how he included Keris in one of his profiles. They talk about the importance of highlighting the experience of those impacted by the mental health system, how as a science writer he got involved writing about mental health and getting peers involved from the very beginning.
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.
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