A Bit of History Repeating

Historical Trauma and Systemic Racism’s Effect on Minority Mental Health

Experiences of race-based discrimination can and do have harmful effects on people and their wider communities. Nationally, people of color are more likely to live in poverty and/or face arrest and jail than their White peers.

Using a mixture of historical data and lived experience testimonials, this training explores the history of why and how this situation is the result of decades of systemic and structural reinforcement from how the census data was historically collected, to how crime is reported in the media.

About the Trainers

Micah Pearson

Micah is a natioinally recognized mental health advocate with over a decade of experience in ciminal justice reform and mental health public policy.  He has served on a number of boards, including the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) national board of directors, and has been a guest speaker for the American Psychiatric Association, Treatment Advocacy Center, NAMI, and numerous other groups due to his experience with the intersection of mental health with other cultural issues affecting our communities.

Kimmi Jordan, CPRP, LMFT, LADAC, NCG

Kimmie Jordan is a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner, Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, and Certified Life Coach who has worked in the mental health field since 2000.  She graduated with honors from New Mexico State University with her M.S. in Family and Consumer Sciences.