The Kennedy Forum Illinois's video: Shocking Injustices: Mental Healthcare Black Americans

The world has been rocked in the last year with a pandemic, and political and social strife. Much of the country has experienced an awakening related to racial disparities due to the pandemic and civil unrest. Communities of color were and continue to be disproportionately impacted by these events. The Kennedy Forum remains dedicated to highlighting the realities of these inequalities but also to consider thoughtful and impactful solutions to breakdown stigma and discrimination related to mental health and increase access to information and resources. We convene on the celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, for he always stood for justice and equity, and recognized the unique and heartbreaking truth of the intersections of race, health, and wellbeing. “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.