Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Hope Amidst Anguish

At this time, we would like our colleagues and friends to know that 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, at this time of so many horrific national tragedies.

We at the Center are allies 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. These violent acts motivated by prejudice are the polar opposite of our values of personhood and we are committed to taking action to abolish racism in all forms.

In keeping with the Center’s mission and values, we are working to educate ourselves and to develop and implement an anti-racism agenda that will improve the Center as well as our work with mental health programs that serve communities of color.

We want our efforts to be thoughtful, meaningful, and most importantly, sustained.

You can contact us if you have any questions.

Dr. Sally Rogers, Executive Director, appointed an Anti-Racist Taskforce at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation on June 16, 2020, amid rising calls to address structural and systemic racism within the Center and in the field of psychiatric rehabilitation.

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. Therefore, the mission of the Taskforce is to develop a collaborative, intentional, compassionate and transparent path for the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation to become a fully inclusive, equitable, and anti-racist organization. The Task Force will provide action strategies that address intersectionality, that is, the way that multiple forms of injustice, inequality, and discrimination compound each other. We intend to build diversity, equity, inclusion and justice within the Center and for individuals living with mental health conditions.

The Taskforce is comprised of Center staff from all five divisions, as well as past and current students from the Services Division.