Today, community members gathered to discuss mental health and substance use. Our panel of mental health providers, substance use experts, family members, and people with lived experience shared their vision for better care for our communities. This conversation will not stop here, as we continue our commitment to providing judgement-free accessible harm reduction and mental health care.
We were inspired by the community members who joined in this important conversation. If you were not able to be in the room, we’re excited to share video footage from the event.
Thank you to everyone who attended the event! Special thanks to RTW Charitable Foundation for making the event possible and CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy for hosting and collaborating. And of course, a huge thank you to our amazing panelists:
Tyson Boudreaux, MD, MPH, Chief Psychiatrist for Harlem United
Judith Cole, MSN, ARNP, Program Director and Nurse Practitioner with Harlem United’s Integrated Harm Reduction program
Don Ehman, Father and committed harm reduction supporter
Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, PhD, Associate Professor at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
William Thomas, Peer at Harlem United
Preston Wholley, LCSW-R, Managing Clinical Director of Behavioral Health Services at Harlem United
**Video note: due to technical difficulties, several minutes of the event were not recorded.
