Creating safe, inclusive spaces
Responding to a community-identified need, the centre recently launched a program focused on Black men’s wellness. The program was developed to address mental health among Black men, a group that often faces complex societal expectations and stigma around vulnerability and accessing care.
On November 26, the Office of Community Engagement will co-host an event on the topic, titled “Wellness spaces for Black men: About safety, survival, or both?”, as part of Concordia’s University of the Streets Café series. The series supports bilingual, public conversations in cafés and community spaces across Montreal.
For Kristen Young, Black community engagement coordinator at the office, the discussion is a chance to expand the Black Healing Centre’s reach.
“With one foot in the community and another in the university, I have the honour of spending my days working to create connections between people who wouldn’t necessarily find themselves in the same room but are working towards the same goals,” she says.
“This event is an opportunity to expand the network of actors supporting the success and expansion of the Black Healing Centre.”
Wellness spaces for Black men: About safety, survival, or both?” takes place at Never Was Average, 7422 Rue St-Hubert (metro Jean-Talon), on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, from 7 to 9 p.m.
“Black Visionary Futures: Weaving Systems of Care and Solidarity,” will take place at the SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation (LB-145, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.) on Thursday, December 5, 2024, from noon to 2 p.m.
Learn more about Community Engagement at Concordia.