February 21, 2024
During Black History Month, guest host and manager of HBCU engagement Juno Pitchford speaks with award-winning author Antonia Hylton about her newly released book, “Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum.” Tune in to hear more about the legacy of slavery and segregation in mental health care, and what possibilities for change and healing can look like.
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We hope this podcast encourages you, inspires you, helps you and brings you further into the collective to know: you are not alone.
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Daniel H. Gillison, Jr. is the chief executive officer of NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Prior to his work at NAMI, he served as executive director of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APAF) in addition to several other leadership roles at various large corporations such as Xerox, Nextel, and Sprint. He is passionate about making inclusive, culturally competent mental health resources available to all people, spending time with his family, and of course playing tennis.
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