Into the Fold Podcast: Issues in Mental Health
Our podcast series is one of the ways we move from simply talking about our grantmaking to influencing dialogue and learning about mental health and well-being. Hosted by “Ike at the Mic,” our public affairs representative Ike Evans, the series captures the human implications of mental health and the factors that influence it, bringing you conversations with mental health experts, consumers, advocates, practitioners, researchers and community leaders from across Texas and beyond.
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Recent Podcasts
A written synopsis is available for each podcast.
Collaborating for Social Impact: Lessons from Bexar County
How trust, transparency and time among 18+ organizations yielded results for the San Antonio-area.
Supporting DACA Students
“I think it’s very important that people like you and me communicate to DACA recipients that [they] are not alone,” Sebastian Colon-Otero says. “We support you, I am here for you—let’s work together.” The University of Texas at Austin stands by students protected...
Police Violence and Black Women’s Health (Part 2 of 2)
“One of the things that we tend to do when we talk about state violence is think about it in a quantitative way,” Dr. Christen Smith says. “What I really want to do is disrupt that traditional approach, and really say no.” Police violence, for black communities in the...
Police Violence and Black Women’s Health (Part 1 of 2)
“We have got to look at the social context that produces certain kinds of experiences for people—and that’s directly tied to social determinants,” Dr. Christen Smith says. “Unfortunately, in the world we’re living right now, police violence is a social determinant.”...
Making Mental Health a Collaborative Effort
“People from different vantage points are going to see different changes, and they’re going to see different opportunities,” Katy Bourgeois says. When it comes to community-based mental health projects, a mutual desire to collaborate doesn’t necessarily promise a job...
Raising the Voices of Individuals with IDD
“They need to understand that people with disabilities need to be believed,” James Meadours says. Earlier this year, National Public Radio (NPR) aired a five-part series on the “hidden epidemic of sexual assault” against individuals with intellectual and developmental...
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