About CMHC
Coloring Mental Health Collective (CMHC) advocates and organizes for the mental wellness of Black and Brown people; it also seeks to dismantle oppressive ideologies and behaviors that cause emotional suffering. CMHC does this through innovation and creativity to foster safe and transformative spaces for communities to dialogue, imagine and re-imagine, and create a new future for Black and Brown people to more fully embody healing, freedom, and life-giving relationships.
The three pillars of Coloring Mental Health Collective are:
Continuing Education
Equipping clinicians, clergy & other community leaders with theories & practices of care to optimally care for the mental health of Black & Brown people.
Community Organizing, Care & Counseling
Organizing and mobilizing clinicians, clergy, and other community leaders to care for the mental health of Black & Brown people.
The Musical Arts
Utilizing musical arts to care for the mental health of Black & Brown people.
CMHC STAFF
Nicholas Grier
Managing Director
Elizabeth Pierre
Assistant Managing Director and Director of Continuing Education
Debi VanDenBoom
General Secretary
Andre Dennis
Director of Musical Arts and Business Development
Stephanie Lee
Brand & Marketing CoordinatorWebsite Designer
Candice Nunn
Director of Community Organizing & Community Care (Chicago)
Tanisha Castellanos
Director of Community Organizing & Community Care (New York)
Kenya Tuttle
Director of Data & Social Analysis
Affiliated Staff
- Jessica ChapmanClaremont School of TheologyPh.D. Research Assistant
- Rory O'SullivanClaremont School of TheologyWork Study Fellow and Logistics Coordinator for LA Conference