CSJ and AMCD panel discussion regarding Racial Battle Fatigue and how a history of race and racism impacts Black men's mental health

About this event:

Description

CSJ and AMCD are partnering in this panel discussion designed to provide participants with essential information needed to more effectively and holistically evaluate how our society functions differently for racialized people. The critical objection is recognizing how the foundation and history of race and racism reinforce the contemporary social, educational, and public health inequalities as it specifically relates to Black men and their mental health.

Learning Objectives

1) Participants will understand the foundation of racial oppression and how it has carried over to modern time;

2) Participants will be able to define what racial microaggressions are will acquire a deeper understanding of how they impact Racialized Communities;

3) Participants will be able to identify how events cause biopsychosocial trauma in Racialized Communities which leads to Racial Battle Fatigue.

Facilitator:

Courtland C. Lee, Ph.D.

Dr. Courtland Lee has published seven books on multicultural counseling and three books on counseling and social justice. He is also the author of three books on counseling African American males. In addition, he has published numerous book chapters and articles on counseling across cultures.

Dr. Lee is a Past-President of the International Association for Counselling. He is also a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the only American to receive this honor. He is also a Fellow and Past President of the American Counseling Association.

Dr. Lee has held faculty positions as a Professor of Counselor Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Virginia, the University of Maryland at College Park, the University of Malta, and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

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