Black Resilience in Colorado recently featured a blog written by our Executive Director, Cathy Phelps.

“Black people of the Americas, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico and beyond, are acutely familiar with the pain points of crime, exploitation, marginalization, neglect, oppression, and discrimination. Now, we have language for a portion of our suffering: historical and intergenerational trauma.

It’s time to demystify Black iatrophobia (the fear of medicine including mental health support) and seek both the physical and emotional support from the scathing that both pandemics have revealed.”