Giving Compass' Take:

• This webinar is a conversation between Erasma Monticciolo, Executive Director of Power of Two, and psychiatrist and associate professor at UC Davis, Ruth Shim. They discuss mental health inequities of marginalized communities during COVID-19. 

• Access to mental health service and interruptions to health can be significant barriers for marginalized communities. How can donors help expand access? 

• Learn about racial disparities in mental health treatment among young people. 

As COVID-19 has illuminated the pre-existing disparities in health care, it has also shown us the mental health inequities that face disadvantaged populations. Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities face higher rates of COVID-19 which is a result of the existing health inequities they are faced with. These communities are now faced with additional mental stress that the pandemic brings.

Read the full article about mental health inequities during COVID-19 at The Aspen Institute.