Beyond Clinical Mental Health: Policy is Another Form of Care
In this powerful episode of The Multicultural Mindset, Dr. LaVerne Hanes Collins sits down with Summer McBride to explore how community-centered healing is essential to mental health equity—and how we can shape public policy to advance it and drive lasting change.
Summer McBride is a community health worker, educator, and policy leader dedicated to transforming how People of Color experience care, belonging, and wellness. She currently serves as Chair of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services Commission and as President of the California Black Women’s Democratic Club.
Together, these two dynamic leaders discuss how Families and Communities of Color heal within their communities—and how faith, justice, and advocacy can be powerful tools for collective wellness and liberation. This conversation reframes mental health as more than an individual journey, highlighting the role of community health workers, educators, clinicians, and policy leaders in building culturally grounded systems of care.
This episode is essential viewing for:
✔ Mental health professionals
✔ Community health workers
✔ Faith and justice leaders
✔ Policy advocates
✔ Anyone committed to equity, healing, and liberation
Hear how mental health can begin with community—and end in transformation through advocacy, education, and love-driven leadership.
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