Resources for Students of Color & Families
Wellness is in solidarity with our students of color and families who experience detrimental impacts on their mental and physical health due to systemic oppression caused by a legacy of white supremacy.
This website includes information about resources, programs and campaigns. Check our their blog, which includes articles about mental health, self-care and wellness!
BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
BEAM is starting an online directory of licensed Black therapists who are certified to provide tele-mental health services.
HOW RACISM AFFECTS YOUTH HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
The statement summarizes all of the evidence available on the role that discrimination plays in the health outcomes of children and adolescents.
This website includes reduced fee therapy. They center the needs of marginalized populations, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, the LGBTQ+ community, neurodivergent folx, and people with disabilities.
Local Resources
Their mission is to transform community and create global change on a local level. There are four pillars to their vision: Health and Social Justice, Economic Vitality, Civic Leadership, and Educational Equity, Parenting Education. Canal Alliance offers a food pantry.
Helps to provide low-income Marin residents with information, support services, and educational opportunities that develop self esteem, economic self-sufficiency, and a sense of community.
Youth Leadership Institute officially launched in Marin County in 1991. The goal was to do youth development differently– by believing that young people are a part of the solution and not the problem.
10,000 Degrees helps students from low-income backgrounds get to and through college in order to positively impact their communities and the world.
Their mission is to boost the academic proficiency and college attendance of Marin City and other low income youth of color by working in partnership to promote a community culture.
Bridge the Gap provides comprehensive educational, social, and emotional support with the goal that every Marin City youth completes high school and graduates from college.