Hope Starts With Us: Mental Health Care in Minoritized Communities

We hope this podcast encourages you, inspires you, helps you and brings you further into the collective to know: you are not alone.

Episodes will air every other Wednesday and will be available on most major directories and apps.

Tracy McMillan

Tracy McMillan is a television writer, relationship expert, reality show host, and author. She also serves as the creator and executive producer of the Hulu original comedy series Unprisoned, starring Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo. Other television credits include Mad Men, Marvel’s Runaways, and United States of Tara. Since 2018 Tracy has hosted the reality show Family or Fiance for OWN. As a relationship coach and expert, she’s also appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul Sunday, NBC’s The Today Show, Access Hollywood Live, The Tamron Hall Show, and many more. Tracy is the author of three books – including a memoir, I Love You and I’m Leaving You Anyway; and a relationship book, Why You’re Not Married… Yet. The latter is based on the 2011 viral blog Why You’re Not Married, which for more than two years was the most-viewed article in the history of the Huffington Post. Her TedX talk The Person You Really Need to Marry has more than 16.5 million views.

Harold Turner

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Harold Turner is the Executive Director of NAMI Urban Los Angeles. Before joining NAMI, Harold worked with Fortune 500 organizations as an information technology professional. Since then, he has worked with NAMI since 2007, becoming the Director of Programs for NAMI Urban Los Angeles before becoming their Executive Director. He has also served on the NAMI California Board of Directors and as a commissioner on the Los Angeles County Mental Health Commission.

Daniel H. Gillison, Jr.

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Dan Gillison brings expertise in non-profit leadership and a passion for advocating for people with mental illness to NAMI. Before coming to NAMI, Dan led the American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF), where he was responsible for strategic planning, personnel management, board communications, oversight of APAF’s public education programs and outreach, and formulating strategic alliances and partnerships to further APAF’s mission. Prior to APAF, Gillison led County Solutions and Innovation for the National Association of Counties, where he was instrumental in repositioning the organization’s programs to provide expertise in health and human services, justice, and public safety.

Dan has more than 30 years of experience and has previously held leadership positions at Xerox, Nextel, and Sprint. Dan holds a B.A. from Southern University and A&M College. Dan spearheaded the creation of the CEO Alliance for Mental Health in 2020, which represents some of the most vulnerable and diverse populations affected by disparities in the mental health care system. The leadership collective has collaborated to identify and amplify their priorities for creating a future of quality mental health care for all who need it. Dan serves on lululemon’s Mental Wellbeing Global Advisory Board.