Los Angeles Chapter — California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
Diversity Committee |
The Diversity Committee was founded in 2017 due to a desire and need to increase ethnic and racial diversity within LA-CAMFT’s membership and leadership. The LA-CAMFT Diversity Committee’s mission is to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion for all ethnic, racial, and cultural intersecting identities we represent and serve; ensure visibility and voice for those who have been silenced; increase access to education and training resources; as well as empower all Los Angeles area mental health professionals to become anti-racist healers. Over the past 4 years, the Diversity Committee has focused on the following objectives:
To read the LA-CAMFT Declaration of Inclusion, Diversity, and Anti-Racism, click Here. Questions? Contact the Committee Chair!Akiah T. Robinson Selwa, LMFT
Contact Information Therapists of Color Monthly Support Group (TOC) Therapists of Color No-Cost Support Group. A safe place to receive peer support and process experiences of racism (systemic, social, and internalized), discrimination, implicit bias, racist injury, aggression, and micro-aggressions, along with additional experiences that therapists of color encounter in the field of mental health. Black Therapists Support Group (BTSG) Black Therapists Support Group. A safe place for healing, connection, support and building community. In this group, licensed clinicians, associates and students can come together and process experiences of racism (systemic, social, and internalized), discrimination, implicit bias, and micro-aggressions, along with additional experiences that therapists of African descent encounter in the field of mental health. As the late great Maya Angelou once said, “As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal someone else.” May this space, be the support needed to facilitate that journey. | Upcoming Events
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