Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice

The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation stands firmly with individuals in all communities of color, including the Black, Asian, Asian-American and Pacific Islander, Native American and Latinx communities. The Center is an ally in the fight to address the pandemic of racial discrimination, racially motivated murders, and structural inequalities. The effect of racism and racial trauma on mental health is real and we will not ignore it. In keeping with the Center’s mission and values, we are working to educate ourselves and are implementing an anti-racism agenda that will improve the Center as well as our work with mental health programs that serve communities of color.

The Center cares deeply about our primary value of personhood and has worked to ensure that it is visible and active in our research, training and services throughout our 41 year history. The Center is actively in engaged in addressing intersectionality, that is, the way that multiple forms of injustice, inequality, and discrimination compound each other. We are striving to build diversity, equity, inclusion and justice within the Center and for individuals living with mental health conditions.