Into the Fold: the Mental Health Podcast

Partnership Across Distance: The Texas Panhandle

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:39:30 +0000

In rural communities, distance shapes everything - e.g. distance to the nearest hospital; distance to a licensed counselor; or distance to broadband access. When it comes to mental health care, those distances can become barriers.But what if distance didn’t mean disconnection? What if partnerships could stretch across counties and communities — aligning resources so that rural Texans don’t have to navigate care alone?”

Recently, the Hogg Foundation launched its Strengthening Mental Health in Rural and Rural Border Texas Communities initiative designed to strengthen access to care in rural Texas communities. Two of the grantee sites were co-funded in partnership with the Amarillo Area Foundation and the Bivens Foundation — organizations deeply rooted in the Texas Panhandle. Joining us for a conversation about this initiative and what it means for the rural Panhandle are Lara Escobar of the Amarillo Area Foundation and Kathryn Wiegand of the Bivens Foundation, along with Hogg Foundation senior program officers Rick Ybarra and Tammy Heinz.

Beyond the Bed: Care as Partnership

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:24:54 +0000

When someone leaves a state hospital and returns to their community, recovery doesn’t pause — it becomes more complicated. Housing, connection, medication, transportation, stigma, isolation — the real work of healing often begins outside the hospital walls. In this episode, we explore the question: What if discharge isn’t an endpoint — but a handoff? What if care doesn’t end at the hospital door, but expands into a community network designed to sustain recovery? Colleen Gallion of NAMI Central Texas and Stacy Mendelson of Friends of Austin State Hospital discuss how their organizations' partnership is building a bridge between inpatient care and community life.

Faith as a Mental Health Partner

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:13:56 +0000

For generations, churches have been more than places of worship. They’ve been gathering spaces, support systems, sources of strength in moments of uncertainty and crisis. In African American communities especially, faith institutions have long been trusted partners in health and healing, often filling gaps where systems fall short.

Today's episode explores what becomes possible when that trust is paired with intentional partnership across faith, community, and mental health systems. Our guest is Pastor Rev. Dr. Daryl Horton of Mount Zion Baptist Church in East Austin, Texas.

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Mutual Aid, Mutual Respect

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000

On a summer morning in July 2025, floodwaters swept through Burnet and Llano counties in Central Texas, turning quiet roads into rivers. Homes were lost. Families displaced. Older adults had to be rescued from a HUD apartment complex. An RV park was destroyed. Over the chaotic weeks that followed, Community Resource Centers of Texas, working with the Texas Housing Foundation, mobilized to help people find more stable housing, rebuild connections, and restore a sense of hope.

Our guest for this episode is Dawn Capra of Community Resource Centers of Texas, an organization that provides essential services and disaster relief in rural Central Texas communities. Though Dawn may not use the phrase mutual aid to describe her work, the organization’s story perfectly captures the spirit of community solidarity that mutual aid represents.

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Let Community Drive the Work

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:56:00 +0000

All across Texas, people are showing that you don’t have to wait for change from the top down — you can build it from the ground up. And when local efforts succeed, they don’t just transform a workplace, a neighborhood, a classroom — they offer a template for reimagining the system itself.

In this episode Larissa Minner, an expert on disability research and universal design, joins us for an exploration of how small-scale changes to everyday practice can catalyze deeper change not only to lives, but to systems.

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Rebuilding Trust in Systems of Care

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:15:02 +0000

Every system of care — whether it’s education, health, or justice — is built on trust. Trust that when we reach out for help, we’ll be treated with respect and fairness. But for too many Texans, that hasn’t always been the case.

People with disabilities and those living in poverty have too often been left out or let down by systems that were meant to support them. Just as obviously, there are people working to change that — to repair relationships, rebuild credibility, and make care systems worthy of the people they serve. Andrew Hairston, Education Justice Director at Texas Appleseed, and Yulissa Chavez, Public Policy Specialist Fellow with the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, join us to take a hard look at what it means to confront inadequacies and repair harm within the very systems designed to help us.

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From the Robert Lee Sutherland Seminar: Humanly Possible

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:44:18 +0000

Today’s episode was recorded as part of the Robert Lee Sutherland Seminar, an event the Hogg Foundation hosts every two years to explore urgent issues in mental health and well-being. This year’s seminar included a screening of Humanly Possible, a new documentary produced with support from the Hogg Foundation. The film shares deeply personal stories of substance use recovery. In this episode, we go behind the scenes of the film and talk about why recovery stories matter—for individuals, for families, and for the systems that shape our communities. Our two guests are Jason Howell, CEO of RecoveryPeople, and John McIver, editor of Humanly Possible.

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Rhythms of Resilience: An Early Look at the Robert Lee Sutherland Seminar

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:15:25 +0000

Since 1978, The Hogg Foundation’s biennial Robert Lee Sutherland Seminar (RLS) has been held to increase awareness about mental health concepts such as recovery, integrated health, and barriers to well-being. This year’s event offers a chance for Texans to promote innovation and collaboration among mental health care providers, advocates, consumers, and their families. Taking place September 8 & 9, in San Antonio, it will feature a keynote experience unlike any other—a powerful blend of rhythm, connection, and healing led by Grammy Award–winning percussionist Nina Rodriguez.

The theme for RLS 2025, Growing Together: Building Capacity for Collective Wellness, invites participants to explore what it truly means to build capacity through connecting. Joining Nina in conversation on the Into the Fold podcast is Dr. Kelley Glover, postdoctoral research fellow at the Hogg Foundation and a lifelong music educator.

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Community-Based Solutions: Grassroots Mental Health Innovations That Work

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:18:00 +0000

When it comes to supporting rural communities, especially around mental health, success often starts not with answers, but with questions—and a deep commitment to listening.

In our latest episode of Into the Fold, host Ike Evans speaks with Tammy Heinz, senior program officer and consumer and family liaison at the Hogg Foundation, Rick Ybarra, senior program officer at the Hogg Foundation, Brian Dabson, rural policy analyst and researcher, and Allen Smart, advisor to philanthropy and nonprofits and Hogg Foundation National Advisory Council member. Together, they reflect on years of work in rural communities across Texas and beyond, revealing key lessons for philanthropic funders who want to make a meaningful, sustainable difference.

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Children of Change: Supporting Youth Mental Health in an Uncertain World

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:54:25 +0000

In this timely and heartfelt episode of Into the Fold, co-hosts Vicky Coffee and Ike Evans sit down with Shawn Kent, therapist and director at the Amala Foundation, to explore the mental health challenges—and sources of resilience—facing youth in today’s rapidly shifting world. Together, they unpack the pressures of social media, family stress, school systems, and the profound need for belonging and connection. Shawn offers insights drawn from his work with youth, especially young men, and shares how programs like peer mentorship, creative expression, and third spaces can foster healing and growth.

This conversation is a call to rethink how we design environments—at home, in school, and across society—to better support youth and families. Whether you're a parent, educator, or community member, you’ll come away with ideas and inspiration for helping the next generation thrive.

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AI and Beyond: Technology Shaping Mental Health

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 20 May 2025 21:10:22 +0000

Today’s conversation is about the promises—and the pitfalls—of technology. Specifically, we’re exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping mental health care and what it means for equity, access, and privacy. While AI has the potential to increase access to mental health tools and improve outcomes, it also raises urgent ethical questions: Who is being left out? Who has control over their data? And how do we ensure that innovation doesn’t deepen existing disparities?

To help us make sense of it all, we're joined by Kenneth Fleischmann, professor at the UT Austin School of Information, where he studies the ethical and societal implications of emerging technologies.

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Funding Mental Health: Innovations and Opportunities

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:27:55 +0000

In this episode, we’re diving into a topic that’s both essential and often behind the scenes—funding. Who funds mental health work? How do organizations access support for the critical services they provide? And what does innovation in mental health funding look like?

This conversation takes us into the heart of collaboration, innovation, and opportunity—through the lens of the Hogg Foundation’s reunion with the Texas Grants Resource Center. We explore how partnerships like these can unlock new possibilities for community-driven mental health work in Texas. Joining the show are Amy Loar, assistant director of programs at the Hogg Foundation and program administrator of the Texas Grants Resource Center; Giannina Cardenas, grants and contracts strategist at Caritas of Austin; where they take a whole-person approach to ending homelessness; and Lori Najvar, director of PolkaWorks, an Austin nonprofit focused on elevating the untold stories of Texas communities through multimedia storytelling.

The Heart of Healing: Social Workers and Their Role in Mental Health Care

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:08:00 +0000

March is National Social Work Month, and here at the Hogg Foundation, we see firsthand the major role social workers play in the upkeep of mental health. For Episode 172, we are joined today by Catherine Wilsnack, a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Catherine earned her B.S. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her M.S.W. from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice. Prior to pursuing social work, she worked as a mental health clinician. She discusses the unique perspective that social workers have on mental health and the collaboration between academic researchers and practitioners at the heart of the field.

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Social Work in a Time of Division

Children in 2021: Grief and Loss

Understanding Mental Health in Older Adults

Learning to Love: Dr. Leo Buscaglia on The Human Condition

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:39:29 +0000

Love is a profound and multifaceted concept that has fascinated people for centuries. But do we really understand it? This question is at the center of our most recent episode of Into the Fold, which features an archived recording of the Hogg Foundation radio show, The Human Condition, with commentary by present day staff members, Mary Capps, Elizabeth Stauber, and Darrell Wiggins.

Produced and hosted by former Hogg Foundation program officer, Bert Kruger Smith, The Human Condition aired from 1971 to 1983. This episode featured Dr. Leo Buscaglia, professor, motivational speaker, and bestselling author of several books focusing on love and human relationships.

Building a Resilient Future: What’s Next for Mental Health Advocacy

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:21:59 +0000

This is Part 2 of the conversation we began with last month's Episode 169, Navigating Systemic Shifts: Policy Changes That Impact Mental Health Care. We want to know, from those doing the work, what feels different about doing mental health policy in 2025. For this episode, we bring back our guests Mandi Zapata of Texas Civil Rights Project, Noah Jones of Texas Counseling Association, and Maia Volk of Disability Rights Texas. This time we’re focusing more on the personal stakes of doing policy work in a challenging environment.

In a bonus segment, we revisit a conversation from 2023, about Girls Empowerment Network and what their experience has to teach us about the future of public policy.

Episode 169 - Navigating Systemic Shifts: Policy Changes That Impact Mental Health Care

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Navigating Systemic Shifts: Policy Changes That Impact Mental Health Care

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:41:15 +0000

We are coming to you from Austin, Texas, site of the Texas Legislature an epicenter of the changes that are impacting people, as well as concerted efforts to address those changes. We thought it would be fitting to kick off this new season of Into the Fold with a look into the bustling world of public policy – and how policy changes impact mental health.

For this conversation we are joined by Mandi Zapata of Texas Civil Rights Project, Noah Jones of Texas Counseling Association, and Maia Volk of Disability Rights Texas. They are all Hogg Policy Fellows, employed by organizations that have received Policy Fellows grants from the Hogg. They came to our studio for a conversation on how their mental health experiences both shape, and are shaped by, their work in the policy arena.

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Supporting Mental Health during the Holidays

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 22:18:52 +0000

The holidays can be a time of joy, but for many, they bring unique challenges, such as loneliness, financial stress, or grief. Today, we’re focusing on ways to provide meaningful support to individuals during the holiday season. We are joined today by Jen Cardenas, executive director of Austin Clubhouse, an organization dedicated to building a community that supports adults living with mental health diagnoses. Accompanying her is Kasey Pfaff, an Austin Clubhouse member. They discuss the Clubhouse's unique communal ethos and how it can be a balm during the holiday season.

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The Purpose of Policy Work in a Divisive Time

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:19:00 +0000

In today’s episode, we’re diving into the unique stresses and rewards of policy work, even or especially during an election year as divisive as this one has been. With the help of Alison Mohr Boleware, policy director for the Hogg Foundation, and Lyssette Galvan, policy director for National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas, we'll discuss strategies for maintaining resilience and the deeper purpose behind policy work, even in challenging times.

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It's Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:44:43 +0000

The Hogg Foundation often characterizes its mission as being one "to transform the places where people live, learn, work, play, and pray." That third word, work, is the focus of today's episode. In observance of World Mental Health Day and its theme, "It's Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace," we discuss how we can transform workplaces into spaces that support mental health. We also discuss structural factors that make real change difficult. We have brought back a previous guest, Dr. Ryan Sutton, an associate professor in the department of education psychology at the University of Texas at Austin and a former postdoctoral fellow for the Hogg foundation.

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From Struggle to Strength: Exploring Journeys of Recovery

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 22:42:30 +0000

For the month of September, the Hogg Foundation is celebrating National Recovery Month. Throughout the month we’ll be highlighting the creativity, resilience, and leadership of people in recovery from mental and substance use conditions, and the many things our grantee partners are doing to transform mental health in their communities.

For this episode, we talk to two friends from within the Hogg Foundation’s wide network of changemakers. First, Jason Howell, executive director of RecoveryPeople, about the new film Humanly Possible, which explores the journeys of people recovering from substance use conditions. The film was produced with funding support from the Hogg Foundation. The second segment is a conversation with Hannah Slyzk, a past recipient of the Hogg Foundation’s Moore Fellowship for doctoral research, about youth mental health.

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https://recoverypeople.org/humanly-possible/premiere/

https://hogg.utexas.edu/rethinking-youth-suicide

Peer Support on Campus

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:03:00 +0000

Historically, the mental health system, and the conversation surrounding it, has given more value to the expert opinions of providers and clinicians than the experiences of those living with mental health conditions. For well over a decade now, the Hogg Foundation bas been elevating the visibility of mental health consumers and has thrown its full weight behind the peer support and recovery movement. But right at The University of Texas at Austin, there has been the full flowering of a peer support consumer specifically for students. Called Longhorn SHARE, it was launched in 2022 with the support of the University's Counseling and Mental Health Center. In this episode we talk to Adrian Lancaster, coordinator of Longhorn SHARE and a staunch advocate for student peer support.

The Future of Recovery

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:19:27 +0000

Mental health care and recovery services have historically prioritized a clinical medical model. Under this model, expertise resided almost exclusively in the hands of professionally trained healthcare providers. Beginning in the 1960s and 70s, however, a recovery model emerged that put greater emphasis on the self-determination of “consumers” of mental health services and the expertise of individuals with lived experience of mental health challenges.

This episode of Into the Fold was recorded onsite at PeerFest 2024 and guest hosted by Anna Gray and Janet Paleo. Anna and Janet are co-founders of Prosumers International, and Anna is also its executive director. Rooted in the belief that purposeful recovery is possible, Prosumers aims to create an empowering environment where people with mental health challenges can achieve recovery on their own terms.

Anna and Janet spoke with Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., executive director of the Hogg Foundation, to learn more about the Hogg Foundation’s support of a mental health recovery model that prioritizes the voices of individuals with lived experience.

It's a Texas Thing: Celebrating Recovery at PeerFest

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 01 May 2024 09:00:00 +0000

PeerFest is an educational and celebratory event for Texans who have faced mental health challenges and are on a journey to wellness.

Dr. William DeFoore, author of, among other books, Anger Among Angels: Shedding Light on the Darkness of the Human Soul. His keynote address is titled, "Goodfinding: A Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health Incorporating Emotional Intelligence and Positive Psychology."

Sir Billy Dorsey (yes, an actual knight) will be delivering his keynote address, “In the Right Seat: Finding Purpose at the Intersection of Passion, Proficiency, and Positioning.”

“Texas has a vibrant community of people who are using their personal recovery journeys to advocate for broader change in mental health. PeerFest 2024 is a not-to-be-missed chance for people to tap into this community, to be challenged and inspired, and to infuse that energy into their lives going forward.

Digital Well-being for Youth

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 22:43:49 +0000

By some accounts, young people's relationship to technology is unfolding crisis. It is now commonplace for adults to lament the “screen time” of young people and worry about its effect on their social lives and mental health. In 2023, the American Psychological Association issued a health advisory focusing on adolescent social media use, and the U.S. Surgeon General has said that social media can have “a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents. There is evidence that social media may contribute to issues like depression, anxiety, toxic social comparison, sleep problems, body image issues, and disordered eating.”

But is that the whole story? And if there is real cause for for alarm, what should be done? Dr. Carrie James and Dr. Emily Weinstein are co-founders of the Center for Digital Thriving at Harvard University. In their book Behind Their Screens, Emily and Carrie draw on a survey of more than 3,500 teens with the objective of adding to our understanding of teens’ online lives. In this episode we explore how young people navigate our increasingly networked world and how we balance safety, empathy, and technology in response.

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Episode 160: Honoring a Mental Health Pioneer

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 23:08:32 +0000

Dr. Melvin P. Sikes was a member of renowned unit of African American fighter pilots who flew during World War II known as the Tuskegee Airmen. After the war, Dr. Sikes earned a doctorate in education administration from the University of Chicago. He went on to become dean of Wilberforce University in Ohio and Bishop College in Marshall, Texas, a clinical psychologist with the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston, and as we knew him best at the Hogg Foundation – a University of Texas at Austin professor of education psychology and a one-time member of the Hogg Foundation’s National Advisory Council. For Black HIstory Month, we are taking a look back at this remarkable man and his impact.

In this episode of Into the Fold, not only do we get contemporary analysis courtesy of Elizabeth Stauber, Hogg Foundation archivist and records manager, but we hear from Dr. Sikes himself, by way of a vintage 1972 interview in which he discusses the challenges of balancing intellectual rigor with a commitment to inclusivity, how higher education can answer the call of a rapidly changing society, and what support committed academics need in order to succeed while avoiding burnout.

In a bonus segment, we also include a brief interview with Adrian Fowler, former Hogg Foundation program officer and a close friend and colleague of Dr. Sikes.

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Episode 159: A Day of Racial Healing

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:03:57 +0000

For this first podcast of the new year we are taking a look back at the National Day of Racial Healing. The National Day of Racial Healing is a nationwide observance that also coincides with Martin Luther King Day. For the second year in a row, the Hogg Foundation joined the celebration by holding an event in Austin, this time in partnership with Austin Justice Coalition, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to improving quality of life for people who are Black, Brown, and poor in the Austin community. It was on Sunday, January 14, the day right before MLK Day, that our host, Ike Evans, joined about 80 other people braved the cold for a day of facilitated dialogue, fellowship, music, a dab of spoken word poetry, and food. We visit with the two facilitators from the day, Dr. Angela Ward and Dr. Mary Rice-Booth, who are both educators who write, speak, facilitate, and think deeply on matters of equity.

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Episode 158: Exploring Gratitude

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:55:58 +0000

it was back in 2017 that we had on Dr. Art Markman, co-host of the KUT show Two Guys on Your Head, to talk about political climate as a chronic stressor. And so, six years after the fact, we thought that it would make sense to close that circle by inviting on Dr. Markman's partner from Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Bob Duke. We recently had him come to the studio for a discussion of gratitude and an exploration of just what it means to stop and be thankful.

Dr. Duke is the Marlene and Morton H. Meyerson Centennial professor of Music at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin. To quote him on gratitude, "When you do think about the capriciousness of life experiences, to me that is a real incentive for even greater levels of gratitude, because once you sort of recognize that you're not the author of your own story entirely, and that there are a lot of things that happen in your life to the good, which you actually had very little to do with, and it doesn't mean that what you did, you had no part in this. It's just that there's a lot of luck involved."

In addition, we're also taking a look back at the year in mental health, through a sampling of some of our most representative episodes from 2023.

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Student Well-being during Finals Week

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 17:01:03 +0000

Podcast host Ike Evans speaks with two UT Austin students currently working with the Hogg Foundation’s operations department and a counselor from the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center’s Counselors in Academic Residence program (CARE) about the heightened stress students are feeling as final exams approach and the self-care tools that help them cope. Carissa Ceasor is a freshman pursuing a Rhetoric and Writing and African American Diasporic Studies double major, Montse Lopez is a third-year student majoring in Biology with a field of study in Psychology, and Tony LeBlanc is a CARE counselor embedded in the McCombs School of Business.

Episode 157: Young Minds Matter - Real Queens

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 23:52:22 +0000

For this episode, we offer a look back at Young Minds Matter 2023! We drop in on some of the attendees, as well as our featured guest, Brandie Meister, youth advocate, published author, and vice president of Real Queens Fix Each Other's Crown, an Austin-based organization devoted to improving the mental health of women and girls. it is also the debut of our first guest host, Nakia Sims, a member of the Hogg Foundation Contributors Circle!

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Episode 156: Transforming Young Minds Collectively

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:47:15 +0000

The theme of our 2023 Young Minds Matter conference is Transforming Our Communities Collectively. With a focus on collaborating with children, youth, and families as decision-makers and leaders in community transformation, it promises to be an energizing opportunity to learn about and from young change-makers.

On our most recent podcast we visited with two such young people, Erika Ngo and Alexander Lopez of the Gulfton community in Houston. They joined us to discuss the essential work of empowering youth to engage in civic discourse and their participation in the upcoming conference.

Episode 155: Mental Health is a Universal Human Right

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:00:00 +0000

This episode is dropping on World Mental Health Day, October 10. World Mental Health Day 2023 is an opportunity for people and communities to unite behind the theme ‘Mental health is a universal human right.” From its inception the Hogg Foundation has been working to raise awareness and drive transformative actions that promote and protect mental health as a universal human right.

But what does it mean to see mental health as a basic human right? What specific obligations come with that? Joining us today to discuss this question is Anna Gray and Janet Paleo, both with Prosumers International, a grantee partner of the Hogg Foundation. At different times they have been on the board of the World Federation for Mental Health, a driving force behind World Mental Health Day.

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Episode 154: The Loneliness Epidemic

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 17:27:18 +0000

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, issued a public advisory earlier this year titled, the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation in the U.S. To quote: “Our epidemic of loneliness and isolation has been an underappreciated public health crisis that has harmed individual and societal health. Our relationships are a source of healing and well-being hiding in plain sight – one that can help us live healthier, more fulfilled, and more productive lives."

How big a problem is loneliness, and what can be done to addess the problem? Here to provide some answers is Jacki Hecht, managing director of the Center for Health Equity Research at the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Austin and head of the AMEN Program.

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Episode 153: Mental Health Goes Back to School

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 19:09:29 +0000

Kids in 2023 are going back to school at a particularly fraught moment for schools, teachers and parents in Texas. What do kids need this school year in order to thrive? What kind of support do parents and teachers need? Joining us for this conversation are Maria Arrabo of the Amala Foundation, a grantee partner of the Hogg Foundation. And Sharon Vigil, executive director of Communities in Schools of Central Texas.

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Episode 152: Asian Texans Mobilize for Mental Health

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 21:57:05 +0000

What does it mean to do public policy work in a state with as challenging a policy environment as Texas? And for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, what particular challenges confront them in the mental health policy space? And for younger people, who are just learning, just finding their footing, just finding their identity, how is more challenging still?

For this second podcast of Minority Mental Health Awareness Month we are talking to Lily Trieu, interim director of Asian Texans for Justice (ATJ), a statewide nonprofit serving the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in Texas, connecting them to civic action to build personal and political power.

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Episode 151: Diversity, Awareness and Wellness in Action

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:52:51 +0000

DAWA, standing for Diversity, Awareness and Wellness in Action, is an Austin-based organization that honors, celebrates, and empowers the essential work of community frontliners and creatives of color through direct financial support, and culturally relevant health-centered programming. In the process they are modeling a form of social entrepreneurship that shows how small organizations can make a big difference, in ways even a major philanthropy like the Hogg Foundation can learn from. Their founder and director, Chaka Mahone, is in our studio today to tell us all about it.

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Hogg Foundation Co-signs Statement in Response to Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision https://ow.ly/JNoi50P7OB7

APA Speaks Out Against Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action in Higher Education https://alert.psychnews.org/2023/06/apa-speaks-out-against-supreme-court.html

Minority Mental Health Awareness Month https://hogg.utexas.edu/minority-mental-health

Episode 69: Mental Health and the Musician's Life https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-musician-mental-health

Episode 150: Uplifting Black Men

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 13:33:47 +0000

June is an interesting month for mental health! It is both Pride Month as well as the month of Juneteenth. The theme of emancipation runs through the month —i.e. emancipation from trauma, emancipation from stigma, emancipation from loneliness and isolation. June also happens to be Men’s Health Month, and Men’s Mental Health Month. Carrying on the emancipation theme, we look at Black men’s mental health with the help of author, speaker and college basketball Hall of Famer Thabiti Boone. Related links: Episode 149: Juneteenth and Mental Emancipation https://hogg.utexas.edu/juneteenth-and-mental-emancipation Episode 83: Minority Men's Mental Health https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-minority-mens-mental-health Episode 52: Black Student Athlete Mental Health https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-wnba-athlete-mental-health-sports Blog post: Uncovering Transgender History in Texas https://hogg.utexas.edu/uncovering-transgender-history-in-texas SAMHSA Report on lesbian, gay and bisexual behavioral health: https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/reports/rpt41899/2022_LGB_Brief_Final_06_07_23.pdf Parents article on fathers' mental health: https://www.parents.com/parents-survey-finds-59-of-dads-wish-they-felt-more-seen-7509558

Episode 149: Juneteenth and Mental Emancipation

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 14:00:36 +0000

On today’s Into the Fold we’re talking about Juneteenth, the federal holiday on June 19th that commemorates the day in 1865 that the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect in Texas. Also known as Emancipation Day, it's also an opportunity to celebrate African American mental health and resilience. Helping us do this is mental health advocate Tracy Yvette Green, an awardee of the New Voices Showcase in 2022 and current member of the Hogg Foundation Contributors Circle. Pride Month Statement https://hogg.utexas.edu/statement-on-lgbtq-pride-month Mental Health Awareness Month Videos https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-twp1sk908vSOOgapujp7hRnqFLGRXos Op-ed: Listening to all Uvalde voices will promote true healing in the community https://news.utexas.edu/2023/05/24/listening-to-all-voices-in-uvalde-will-promote-true-healing/ Episode 120: Why History? https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-why-history Episode 65: The Past Does Matter: Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-the-past-does-matter

Episode 148: In Tune: Music Therapy for Kids

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 23 May 2023 20:58:45 +0000

Today on Into the Fold we’re talking about music therapy as a uniquely powerful way to help kids with their mental health, including for those dealing with traumatic experiences such as parental incarceration. Our guests are Cynthia Smith, founder and director of Sparks for Success, amd Amber Sarpy, one of their music therapists. Related links: Episode 69: Mental Health and the Musician's Life https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-musician-mental-health Episode 88: Young Minds Matter https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-young-minds-matter Episode 136: Diverse Works: A New Art Experience https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-mental-health-art Music credits: Artist: Kevin MacLeod Track: AcidJazz Album of origin: Jazz Sampler Creative Commons Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Episode 147: Some More Good News in Public Policy

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 09 May 2023 14:00:10 +0000

Just last month, for Episode 146, we took a look at some recent successes in public policy by one of our grantee partners, Texas Harm Reduction Alliance. In that episode and in many others we’ve tried to get across that not only is the policy arena a crucial venue for transforming mental health for Texans, but we’ll only truly succeed if we can help build the policy capacity of others. A good recent example is one we’re going to be discussing today. Family Service Center of Galveston is a Hogg Foundation Communities of Care grantee partner. They are part of the The Future is Us collaborative, which works across sectors to address community conditions, practices, and policies that perpetuate racial inequities in the education system in the Galveston area. Their CEO, Dr. Jared Williams, and their public policy director, Keith Henry, join us to talk about their recent achievements in public policy. Related links: Mental Health Awareness Month 2023 https://hogg.utexas.edu/mental-health-awareness-month Into the Fold, Episode 146: Some Good News in Public Policy https://hogg.utexas.edu/some-good-news-in-public-policy Into the Fold, Episode 75: Substance Use: A Public Health Approach https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-substance-use-policy Into the Fold, Episode 28: Jail and Mental Health https://hogg.utexas.edu/episode-28-jail-and-mental-health Into the Fold, Episode 77: Consumer Voice: It’s Role in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-consumer-voice Into the Fold, Episode 141: Texas Legislative Preview 2023 https://hogg.utexas.edu/texas-legislature-preview-2023 Mental Health Policy Fellows and Policy Academy https://hogg.utexas.edu/what-we-do/policy-engagement/policy-fellows-academy $1.4 Million Awarded to Train Mental Health Policy Fellows in Texas https://hogg.utexas.edu/news-1-4-million-awarded-to-train-mental-health-policy-fellows-in-texas Policy Fellows Retrospective https://hogg.utexas.edu/policy-fellows-retrospective

Episode #146 Some Good News in Public Policy

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 17:28:37 +0000

On April 6, 2023 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a $10 million fentanyl awareness campaign. This will include the Texas Division of Emergency Management delivering a total of 20,000 doses of the overdose-reversing medication, naloxone, more commonly known as Narcan, to all 254 counties in Texas. The distribution of nalaxone is a key plank of the “harm reduction” movement, which advocates for less punitive, more treatment-centered approaches to substance use conditions. Harm reduction has been making a slow and steady climb toward mainstream acceptance, and there are signs here in Texas that it may have finally broken through. Our guest for today, J.J. Ramirez, is an organizer with Texas Harm Reduction Alliance, a statewide organization that aims to end the drug war and its harms through harm reduction outreach, training, advocacy, and organizing. Texas Harm Reduction Alliance is also a grantee of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, receiving a Policy Fellows grant in 2022. Related links: Episode #145: Social Work in a Time of Division https://hogg.utexas.edu/social-work-in-a-time-of-division Episode #144: Teaching in a Time of Division https://hogg.utexas.edu/teaching-in-a-time-of-division Episode #142: Empowering Our Girls in 2023 https://hogg.utexas.edu/episode-142-empowering-our-girls-in-2023 Episode #141: Texas Legislative Preview 2023 https://hogg.utexas.edu/texas-legislature-preview-2023

Episode 145: Social Work in a Time of Division

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 22:27:44 +0000

With March being Social Work Month, we thought it worth exploring an increasingly urgent issue within social work: the challenges of doing ethical social work practice in a politically divided time like ours. In Texas, this is especially true for social workers who serve LGBTQ+ clients. How do practicing social workers navigate this difficult terrain? Social workers Kurt Olster and Kimberly Goodwin join us to discuss. Episode 133: Gender-Affirming Care is Trauma-Informed Care https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-gender-affirming-care-trauma-informed-care Hogg History: The Ima Hogg Scholarships https://hogg.utexas.edu/history-of-the-ima-hogg-scholarships Don't Mess with Texas Social Workers https://hogg.utexas.edu/dont-mess-with-texas-social-workers Announcing 2022 Ima Hogg Scholarship Recipients https://hogg.utexas.edu/hogg-scholarship-recipients-2022 Mental Health and Social Policy: A Q&A with Benita Bamgbade https://hogg.utexas.edu/mental-health-and-social-policy-a-qa-with-benita-bamgbade

Episode 144: Teaching in a Time of Division

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:25:59 +0000

Public school teaching has never been easy, but the willingness of some lawmakers to crack down on what is taught is unprecedented in recent memory. In Texas, there are signs that lawmakers are ready to follow in the footsteps of Florida, where public school teachers and librarians are now subject to restrictions on books that teach about race, sexual orientation and gender identity. To help us understand what teachers are going through, we talk to Nelva Williamson, an AP African American Studies teacher for Houston Independent School District; and Jesus Sosa, who teaches social studies for Richardson Independent School District. Public school teaching has never been easy, but the willingness of some lawmakers to crack down on what is taught is unprecedented in recent memory. In Texas, there are signs that lawmakers are ready to follow in the footsteps of Florida, where public school teachers and librarians are now subject to restrictions on books that teach about race, sexual orientation and gender identity. To help us understand what teachers are going through, we talk to Nelva Williamson, an AP African American Studies teacher for Houston Independent School District; and Jesus Sosa, who teaches social studies for Richardson Independent School District. Related Links: Mental Health in Schools https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-mental-health-schools On the Defensive: How Policy Changes Affect Queer Mental Health https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-policy-changes-queer-mental-health Op Ed: Safe and supportive schools for every Texas student https://hogg.utexas.edu/op-ed-safe-and-supportive-schools-for-every-texas-student Op-ed: Uproar over critical race theory should not threaten mental health in schools https://hogg.utexas.edu/critical-race-theory-mental-health-in-schools

Episode 143: Black History, the Hogg Foundation, and the Red Scare in Texas

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 17:43:27 +0000

The Hogg Foundation, past and present, wants to know more about the people and communities it aims to impact through its work. But during the 1950's this desire for greater knowledge ran headlong into the social and political climate of the time. \ ]'? Beginning in 1954, the Hogg Foundation conducted the Texas Cooperative Youth Study, a large-scale survey of nearly 13,000 high schoolers. It surveyed their attitudes on a range of issues, including segregation and other hot-button social issues of the time. The study took place the same year as the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case that mandated the desegregation of public schools. Unexpectedly, the study met with a cold reception. White parents were alarmed by the study’s questions, and this response triggered a backlash that even drew in elements of the anti-communist panic emblematic of the time. To help us make sense of this moment in Hogg Foundation history, Aviv Rau is a graduate research assistant for the Hogg Foundation and a graduate student in the Information Studies program at the University of Texas at Austin. And Dr. Don Carleton is executive director of the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of, “Red Scare.” Related links: Central Texas African American Healthy Minds winners: https://hogg.utexas.edu/healthy-minds-grants-2023 Hogg History: The First National Congress of Black Professionals in Higher Education https://hogg.utexas.edu/hogg-history-the-first-national-congress-of-black-professionals-in-higher-education Hogg and the Story of Texas https://hogg.utexas.edu/hogg-mental-health-texas Why History? https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-why-history From the Archives: Dr. Kenneth Clark on Racism and Child Well-Being https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-dr-kenneth-clark-on-racism-and-child-well-being From the Archives: Roy Wilkins on The Mental Bondage of Race https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-roy-wilkins

Episode 142: Empowering Girls in 2023

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 21:31:46 +0000

Girls Empowerment Network seeks to “ignite the power in girls by teaching them the skills to thrive and believe in their ability to be unstoppable.” Ana O’Quin is a newly hired policy fellow for Girls Empowerment Network. On this episode she is joined by her policy mentor, Sarah Miller-Fellows, to shed some light on what “unstoppability” for girls looks like in the year 2023, and how the cultivation of girls' confidence in their leadership skills is essential to mental health. Related links: Empowering Girls Through Policy https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-empowering-girls-through-policy A Vision for the Future: Policy Priorities, 2023-2024 https://hogg.utexas.edu/policy-priorities-2023-24 Building Capacity to Advocate for Mental Health Policy https://hogg.utexas.edu/blog-advocate-mental-health-policy Policy Fellows Retrospective https://hogg.utexas.edu/policy-fellows-retrospective

Episode 141: Legislative Preview 2023

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 20:40:27 +0000

The 88th session of the Texas Legislature kicks off in January. In a time of increasing polarization, mental health stands apart as an issue that lends itself to bipartisan cooperation. But will that be as true in 2023? What can we expect from the Legislature, and what does it mean to do mental health policy in 2023? Joining us to offer some potential answers to these questions is the Hogg Foundation Policy Team: Alison Mohr Boleware, director of policy; Shannon Hoffman, policy program officer; and Angela Ott, policy fellow. Related links: Protecting Kids’ Mental Health in a Time of Polarization https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-social-emotional-learning Lessons Learned on Public Policy https://hogg.utexas.edu/lessons-learned-on-public-policy Young and Invincible https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-young-and-invincible Empowering Girls through Policy https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-empowering-girls-through-policy

Episode 140: What Happened to You? Part III: Moral Injury

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:57:19 +0000

In our What Happened to You? series, we are looking at trauma, at both the individual and community level. COVID-19 has been a generational trauma, affecting children, families, communities, and whole societies. Health care workers have been among the most deeply impacted. For this episode we’re looking at the traumatic impact of COVID on health care workers, through the lens of a concept known as "moral injury." Our two guests are University of Texas at Austin professors Dr. Robert Prentice, professor of business ethics at the McCombs School of Business; and Dr. Read Pierce, professor of internal medicine at Dell Medical School. Episode 139: What Happened to You? Part II: Why We Talk About it https://hogg.utexas.edu/what-happened-to-you-part-ii-why-we-talk-about-it Episode 138: What Happened to You, Part I: Back to School (with Trauma) https://hogg.utexas.edu/what-happened-to-you-part-1 Episode 118: Children in 2021: Grief and Loss https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-children-in-2021

Episode 139: What Happened to You, Part II: Why We Talk About It

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 22:19:42 +0000

It’s hard to miss the multitude of public conversations about personal trauma taking place these days. Once a very privately held concern, discussing Discussing personal trauma and its long-term impact has become markedly less stigmatized. Increasingly, public discussion is considered empowering, humanizing, and helpful to others with similar experiences. In the second of our series of podcasts addressing the relationship between trauma and well-being, we Into the Fold host Ike Evans speaks with Dr. Bruce Perry, co-author with Oprah Winfrey of the recent best-selling book, What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, about the increased openness and evolving approach to understanding trauma. Episode 138: What Happened to You, Part I: Back to School (with Trauma) https://hogg.utexas.edu/what-happened-to-you-part-1 Episode 133: Gender-Affirming Care is Trauma-Informed Care https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-gender-affirming-care-trauma-informed-care Episode 118: Children in 2021 https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-children-in-2021 Sustainable Support for Grieving Students https://hogg.utexas.edu/what-we-do/success-stories/sustainable-support-for-grieving-students On Trauma and Children’s Mental Health https://hogg.utexas.edu/trauma_conference Triggered by Lights: Red, White, and Blue https://hogg.utexas.edu/triggered-by-lights-red-white-and-blue

Episode 138: Back to School (with Trauma)

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:06:01 +0000

it has been two months since the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Tragedies like Uvalde are always a chance to revisit what we mean by “safety,” and where mental health fits in to that. And lest we forget, the worst of the COVID pandemic may be over for most kids, but that can't erase the more than 10.5 million children worldwide who have lost one or both parents during the coronavirus pandemic. In this episode we explore the persisting effects on Texas kids of these two recent disasters. The first segment is an interview with Texas Tribune's Brian Lopez about the aftemath of the UValde shooting. In the second segment we hear from Rosie Guzman and Sandy Salinas, both with Communities in Schools of Laredo, a Hogg Foundation grant partner. Related links: For Uvalde, Sympathy is Not Enough https://hogg.utexas.edu/for-uvalde-sympathy-is-not-enough COVID-19 and Our Schools https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-covid-19-and-our-schools Children in 2021 https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-children-in-2021 Sustainable Support for Grieving Students https://hogg.utexas.edu/what-we-do/success-stories/sustainable-support-for-grieving-students Episode 87: Mental Health and School Safety: Finding the Balance https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-mental-health-and-school-safety Episode 129: Protecting Kids’ Mental Health in a Time of Polarization https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-social-emotional-learning

Episode #137: Hogg and the Story of Texas

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:53:04 +0000

In the summer of 2022 the Hogg Foundation teamed up with the Bullock Museum of Texas to contribute to their summer of programming on mental health. In June of 2022, Hogg Foundation executive director Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., and Dr. Bill Bush, Texas A&M professor of history and author of Circuit Riders for Mental Health: The Hogg Foundation and Twentieth Century Texas, were the featured guests in a webinar presented by the Bullock Museum. Their conversation connects the past and present of mental health, and shows how building an effective, person-centered mental health system in Texas is a project that spans generations. Related links: Hogg State Hospital Archives Project https://hogg.utexas.edu/hogg-foundation-awards-260000-for-austin-state-hospital-archives Bullock Museum Webinar: Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr. and Dr. William Bush https://utexas.box.com/s/9jpu7bkky2t4tz6uzw30xszarnh18rkj Episode 25: Circuit Riders for Mental Health Into the Fold, Episode 25: Circuit Riders for Mental Health The Hogg Foundation: 80 Years of Texas Resilience https://hogg.utexas.edu/the-hogg-foundation-80-years-of-texas-resilience In Their Words: Mental Health Then and Now https://hogg.utexas.edu/mental-health-then-and-now

Episode 136: Diverse Works: A New Art Experience

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 20:38:34 +0000

As we close Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, we take a look at one of the most vital domains for the exploration of lived mental health experience: art. Our guest is Velta Brenya, a recent graduate from The University of Texas at Austin, and her unique project: The Double Diversity Digital Art Gallery. Velta created the Double Diversity Digital Art Gallery to highlight the experiences of Black, neurodiverse college students. In a bonus segment, we preview next month's podcast interview with Adrian Fowler, the first Black program officer to work for the Hogg Foundation. Related links: Episode 69: Mental Health and the Musician's Life https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-musician-mental-health Double Diversity Digital Art Gallery https://doublediversityart.wixsite.com/dddag/about "The Flower that Grew from Concrete" (first art piece discussed in the episode) https://doublediversityart.wixsite.com/dddag/see-the-art?pgid=l43conqk-20a2a177-9b36-4314-8019-7dd1ff2a0bb8 "Veiled Woman in Fron of State Capitol" (second art piece discussed in the episode) https://doublediversityart.wixsite.com/dddag/see-the-art?pgid=l43conqk-030d245f-9217-4943-8a54-8083f5c62918

Episode 135: Black Maternal Mental Health

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 16:32:38 +0000

One of the biggest disparities affecting people of color in the United States concerns maternal mental health. In 2022, WorkingGroup512, based in East Austin, received a $5,000 grant from the Hogg Foundation for its maternal mental health project. The project provides holistic support and healing to a focus cohort of Black mothers and primary caregivers, ages 16 to 65, caring for at least one child between birth to two years old. In this episode of the podcast, we speak with Neishai Gregory, a doula who works with Working Group 512, and Virginia Baldwin, a mother and client, to learn more about the organization’s work building a community of care for Black women as they experience the mental health challenges of pregnancy and parenting. Related links Healthy Minds Grants 2022 https://hogg.utexas.edu/2021-healthy-minds-grants Maternal Mental Health: Where Family Well-being Begins https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-maternal-mental-health

Episode 134: On the Defensive: How Policy Change Affects Queer Mental Health

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:50:01 +0000

This is Part 2 of our month-long conversation on the attack on LGBTQ+ rights and its impact on mental health in Texas. The LGBTQ+ community in Texas is getting it from all sides; not just efforts to ban or sharply curtail gender affirming care, but bans on trans youth participation in sports, book bans, and just the general climate of fear-mongering that cast a shadow over Pride Month this year. Joining us to help connect the dots between the issues, the rhetoric, and people’s mental health are state Rep. Celia Israel of Austin, and Brad Pritchett of Equality Texas. Related links: Hogg Foundation Statement on Pride Month https://hogg.utexas.edu/statement-on-lgbtq-pride-month Episode 133: Gender Affirming Care is Trauma-Informed Care https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-gender-affirming-care-trauma-informed-care Episode 122: Gender Affirmation Can be Life and Death https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-gender-affirmation Episode 82: Gender Identity and Well-being: Toss the Rulebook https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-gender-identity-and-well-being

Episode 133: Gender Affirming Care is Trauma-Informed Care

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 13:00:04 +0000

June is Pride Month. We recognize the contributions lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/queer plus individuals have made to society--and the continued urgency of their struggle. The LGBTQ+ community has had to fight for acceptance, inclusion, and civil rights in a society that has historically shunned their very existence. The LGBTQ+ community continues to face many obstacles to their individual mental health and well-being, and this has never been more true than in the summer of 2022. In this episode we explore gender affirming care as a form of trauma-informed care, and what it means to try to be trauma-informed for a community in peril. Our guests are Eli Lawrence, Clinical Supervisor of Behavioral Health for Waterloo Counseling Center; and Andrea Segovia, Senior Policy and Field Advisor for Trans Education Network of Texas. Related links: Episode 122: Gender Affirmation Can be Life and Death https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-gender-affirmation Episode 82: Gender Identity and Well-being: Toss the Rulebook https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-gender-identity-and-well-being Hogg Foundation Statement on Pride Month 2022 https://hogg.utexas.edu/statement-on-lgbtq-pride-month

Episode 132: Asian Americans Attaining Awareness

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 10 May 2022 17:12:07 +0000

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We’re taking this time of cultural recognition to look at connections between this community and the Hogg Foundation’s core concerns for mental health and health equity. In Episode 132 of Into the Fold, we speak with three representatives from the Asian Americans Attaining Awareness (AAAA) initiative to explore Asian American mental health in the context of shared collaborative effort: Dr. Aneela Khan, Community Behavioral Health Program Manager at the Asian American Health Coalition of Greater Houston HOPE Clinic; retired Colonel Vipin Kumar, Executive Director of the India House, a nonprofit community resource center in Houston; and Jason Lau, MPH, a project manager for DePelchin Children’s Center in Houston. Related links: Episode 115: Fear of Going Outside: A Podcaster on Asian Identity, Mental Health and Belonging https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-fear-of-going-outside Episode 101: Asian American Identity in the Time of COVID-19 https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-covid-19-and-asian-americans How We Should Respond to Anti-Asian Racism https://hogg.utexas.edu/how-we-should-respond-to-anti-asian-racism

Episode 131: Climate Anxiety and Youth

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:00:11 +0000

April 22 is Earth Day. It is an opportunity to assess the current health of our physical environment and explore ways to protect and improve it. As young people increasingly express concern about the impacts of climate change, Earth Day is also a natural opportunity to explore the connection between climate anxiety and mental health. In this episode of Into the Fold, we speak with two passionate community activists from Mi Familia Vota, a grassroots organization working to build Latino political engagement on a variety of civic issues, including environmental justice. Texas Director Angelica Razo, along with Environmental Justice Organizer Esmeralda Gonzalez, discuss their work mobilizing young people to address environmental challenges and advocate for systemic change. Related links: Episode 124: Changing the Landscape: People, Parks and Power https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-green-space

Episode 130: Women's Liberation and Well-being

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 20:21:00 +0000

The month of March is Women’s History Month. For this milestone 130th episode of our podcast, we put the spotlight on a remarkable woman who we recently lost: Sarah Weddington, who made an enormous contribution to history as a successful litigator in the landmark Roe V. Wade case, and who passed away last December. She appeared in a 1970's episode of The Human Condition, the radio series produced by the Hogg Foundation from 1971 to 1983. We have reproduced this episode for a wide-ranging discussion of Weddington's life and legacy. We are joined by Dr. Laurie Green, professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin. Consumer Voice: Its Role in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-consumer-voice Women Make History: Maggie Kuhn and the Gray Panthers https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-women-make-history-maggie-kuhn-and-the-gray-panthers From the Archive: Efua Sutherland on Theatre, Literature and Self-rediscovery https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-from-the-archive-efua-sutherland

Episode 129: Protecting Kids' Mental Health in a Time of Polarization

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:00:03 +0000

In this episode of Into the Fold, we explore how today’s toxic political climate may be impacting mental health programs in schools, as described in a recent NBC news article entitled, “Parents protesting ‘critical race theory’ identify a new target: Mental health programs”. We are joined by Donna Black, president of the Social Emotional Learning Alliance for Texas (SEL4TX) to discuss an educational process known as social-emotional learning, its application in schools, its positive impact on kids’ mental health, and its current mischaracterization in this time of political polarization. Related links Healthy Educators for Healthy Kids http://hogg.utexas.edu/what-we-do/success-stories/student-mental-health Mental Health in Schools https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-mental-health-schools Uproar over critical race theory should not threaten mental health in schools https://hogg.utexas.edu/critical-race-theory-mental-health-in-schools Mental health in schools is at a tipping point. Here is what needs to happen. https://hogg.utexas.edu/mental-health-in-schools

Episode 128: From the Archives: Roy Wilkins on the Mental Bondage of Race

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 03:48:28 +0000

In observance of Black History Month 2022, we once again reach back into the Hogg Foundation's archive of episodes of the Human Condition, the radio program that the foundation produced from 1971 to 1983. These rare conversations cover a multitude of subjects against a backdrop of rapid social change--and new developments in mental health. This episode features a revealing conversation with Roy Wilkins (1901-1981), civil rights icon and longtime leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Related links: Episode 76: From the Archives: Dr. Kenneth Clark on Racism and Child Well-Being https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-dr-kenneth-clark-on-racism-and-child-well-being Episode 120: Why History? https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-why-history Episode 65:The Past Does Matter: Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-the-past-does-matter

Episode 127: Lessons Learned on Public Policy

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 17:46:25 +0000

The Hogg Foundation recently celebrated the 10th year of the Policy Academy and Policy Fellows initiative, a cornerstone initiative, which is still going strong. Hogg Policy Fellows have gone on to positions of leadership at all levels, and their collective expertise has changed mental health policy in Texas for the better. Later this month the Hogg Foundation will be releasing a report titled, "Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Policy Academy & Policy Fellow Initiative, A Retrospective on a Decade of Investment." To mark the occasion, we brought on David Johnson, criminal justice organizer for Grassroots Leadership of Texas, and an alum of the Policy Fellows program, and Colleen Horton, director of policy for the Hogg Foundation. Related links: Episode 75: Substance Use: A Public Health Approach https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-substance-use-policy Episode 79: Maternal Mental Health: Where Family Well-being Begins https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-maternal-mental-health Episode 108: Empowering Girls Through Policy https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-empowering-girls-through-policy Episode 116: Young and Invincible http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-young-and-invincible Episode 126: Vaccine Equity for the Incarcerated https://hogg.utexas.edu/vaccine-equity-for-the-incarcerated

Episode 126: Vaccine Equity for the Incarcerated

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:21:20 +0000

As we have explored in numerous episodes, COVID-19 has been a pandemic of inequality. For as long as the pandemic has been a mainstay in our lives, the podcast has tried to bring the Hogg Foundation’s equity lens to bear on our discussions of the pandemic’s blighting effects on mental health and well-being. We continue this equity focus with Episode 126, which looks at vaccine access for the current and formerly incarcerated. Our guest is Carl Hunter, a former Hogg Policy Fellow and current executive director of Building Promise USA, an organization dedicated to empowering the formerly incarcerated. Related links: Episode 97: The Inequality of COVID-19 https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-the-inequality-of-covid-19 Episode 113: Vaccine Equity and Trust https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-vaccine-equity-and-trust Episode 117: Vaccine Equity and Disability Rights https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-vaccine-equity-and-disability-rights

Episode 125: A New Deal for Youth

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:00:30 +0000

Drawing from insights shared at this year’s Young Minds Matter conference, this episode of Into the Fold calls attention to the connection between healing and justice as it relates to youth mental health and well-being. Focusing on the power and agency of young people, as opposed to their vulnerability, our guest Dr. Nia West-Bey, Senior Policy Analyst at The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)’s Youth Team moderates a conversation with Marissa Howdershelt, Whitney Lee and Darlicia Dublin, three representatives of the Washington D.C. based youth advocacy group, the New Deal for Youth Changemakers. Related links: Into the Fold, Episode 88: Young Minds Matter https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-young-minds-matter Young Minds Matter 2021: Conference Videos https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-twp1sk908uubAy0Xra9OTSN1Y-3L4tr Into the Fold, Episode 116: Young and Invincible https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-young-and-invincible

Episode 124: Changing the Landscape: People, Parks and Power

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:00:04 +0000

In some ways, “social determinants” is just another way of saying something that should be obvious: that mental health and well-being is radically tied to place. The histories of places, and how physical space is configured, by whom and for whom, is something that has profound ramifications for mental health and well-being. In particular, access to the outdoors is a key social determinant of mental health. It is something that some must struggle to obtain while a fortunate few take it for granted. When the Hogg Foundation launched the Communities of Care initiative in 2018, the opportunity was taken o support a project, Healthy Outdoor Communities Initiative, that works to advance the equitable use of public parks and green space to improve mental health outcomes and quality of life for underserved children and families in the Houston area. For this episode of Into the Fold, we caught up with Sheila Savannah, director of Prevention Institute, the organization that coordinates the Communities of Care initiative, and Kelly Burnett, activation and volunteer manager of Houston Parks Board, and coordinator of Healthy Outdoor Communities. Related links: Episode 119: The First Three Years https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-children-in-2021

Episode 123: Mental Health is a Global Cause

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:00:14 +0000

According to the World Health Organization, nearly a billion people worldwide have experienced some form of mental illness. This includes an estimated 5% of adults who experience depression, one in seven 10-19-year-olds who have experienced a mental health condition, and suicide being the fourth leading cause of death for young people aged 15-29 years. And people with severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia tend to die 10-20 years earlier than the general population. And that's without mentioning the COVID-19 pandemic. For this episode, we talk to two experts who have devoted their lives to global mental health. Vikram Patel, MD, is a professor of global health at the Harvard University Chan School of Public Health. In April 2015, he was listed as one of the world's 100 most influential people by TIME magazine. Fran Silvestri is director of the International Institute of Mental Health Leadership. Related links: Refugee Resilience and Well-being: A Voice from the Field https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-refugee-resilience-and-well-being To Help Separated Families, Tap Mental Health Experts http://hogg.utexas.edu/help-separated-families Deportation Anxiety for Today’s Young Adults http://hogg.utexas.edu/deportation-anxiety-young-adults-podcast Supporting DACA Students http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-supporting-daca-students Deportation Threat and the Children of the Undocumented https://soundcloud.com/hoggfoundation/into-the-fold-episode-13

Episode 122: Gender Affirmation Can Be Life and Death

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:20:39 +0000

The LGBTQIA community has made some tremendous strides in the 21st century. Not only are gay people able to legally marry in the U.S. and many other Western nations, but transgender and nonbinary people have become increasingly visible and accepted among a growing swath of the public. Guides to proper pronoun usage have become increasingly commonplace, while transgender people also model forms of resilience and community-building that we all can learn from. But despite the progress, LGBTQIA people still face violence, discrimination and other threats to their well-being. For transgender and nonbinary people, there are troubling signs that the current climate is turning back toward repression and worse. Texas, with its lack of legal protections and a stigmatizing political climate, currently falls in the bottom quarter of rankings for support and acceptance of its nearly one million LGBTQIA youth and adults. To make matters worse, a wave of discriminatory legislation currently threatens the civil liberties and protections of LGBTQIA residents in the state. In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Stephen Russell, an expert on adolescent development and chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences in the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, takes us through the challenging terrain of gender identity and sexuality, and what these mean for parent-adolescent relationships. Related links: Episode 82: Gender Identity and Well-being: Toss the Rulebook https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-gender-identity-and-well-being Texas Must Support an Inclusive Child Welfare System https://news.utexas.edu/2020/01/23/texas-must-support-an-inclusive-child-welfare-system/ Against North Carolina’s HB2 Law: Mental Health and Discrimination Cannot Co-Exist https://hogg.utexas.edu/north-carolinas-hb2-law-mental-health-discrimination-cannot-co-exist-3

Episode 121: Peer Leadership and Why it Matters

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 16:49:29 +0000

Historically, the mental health system, and the conversation surrounding it, has given more value to the expert opinions of providers and clinicians than the experiences of those living with mental health conditions. Today, elevating the visibility of mental health consumers is now commonplace for mental health organizations, institutions, and leaders who recognize the many advantages of giving mental health consumers more autonomy and authority in the mental health space. But what else needs to happen before we’re able to truly say that mental health consumers have truly arrived? Helping us answer this is Noah Abdenour, Director of Peer and Recovery Services Programs, Planning and Policy for Texas HHS, and Anna Gray, director of Prosumers, a peer-run organization. Related links: Consumer Voice: Its Role in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-consumer-voice In Their Words: On Recovery https://hogg.utexas.edu/in-their-words-on-recovery Peer Support with an Artistic Flair https://hogg.utexas.edu/peer-support-with-an-artistic-flair

Episode 120: Why History?

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:04:16 +0000

The teaching of history, like so much else in the present day, has become a political hot button—and The University of Texas at Austin hasn’t been spared. Over the last several months the campus has been roiled by controversies over the names of buildings, the placement of statues, and even the venerable “Eyes of Texas” song. And a largely ginned up controversy over “critical race theory” has been used to cast suspicion on the history profession as a whole. These developments worry historian Dr. Peniel Joseph, our guest for this episode. We explore the connection between history and mental health, as well as tensions on campus, through the eyes of this award-winning author and founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Related links: Episode 65: The Past Does Matter: Post-traumatic Slave Syndrome https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-the-past-does-matter Episode 73: Moving UT Austin’s Flagship of Diversity Forward https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-flagship-of-diversity Hogg Foundation Statement on UT Student Petition https://hogg.utexas.edu/hogg-foundation-statement-on-ut-student-petition Relocation of the James Stephen Hogg Statue https://hogg.utexas.edu/james-stephen-hogg-statue

Episode 119: Children in 2021: The First Three Years

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:00:15 +0000

The impact of COVID on children isn't limited to those of school age. For babies who are just beginning to experience the world amid the upheaval of the pandemic, the success that First3Years, a Hogg Foundation grantee, has had in pivoting its operations is a game-changer. The organization works to support the social and emotional development of infants and toddlers through a combination of training, services, advocacy and collaboration. In this episode Christy Serrano, Houston regional director for First3Years, talks about the key importance of community collaboration for infant and toddler mental health. Related links: Episode 118: Children in 2021: Grief and Loss https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-children-in-2021 Episode 98: COVID-19 and Children's Mental Health https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-covid-19-and-childrens-mental-health Communities of Care https://hogg.utexas.edu/communities-of-care-mental-health-well-being-houston-area

Episode 118: Children in 2021: Grief and Loss

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:22:50 +0000

A recent Lancet study estimates that up to 1.5 million children worldwide have lost at least one primary or secondary caregiver as a result of the pandemic. Indeed, orphanhood and grief are an essential part of the story of this pandemic, one whose impact is just beginning to be understood. In this episode we explore the connection between caregiver death and children’s mental health with Laura Olague, director of Children’s Grief Center of El Paso, a grantee of the Hogg Foundation. In a bonus segment, Ryan Sutton, a former guest of the podcast, offers some timely reflections on Simone Biles and athlete mental health. Related links: Episode 98: COVID-19 and Children's Mental Health https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-covid-19-and-childrens-mental-health Hogg Foundation Awards $1 Million to Support Children’s Well-being across Texas https://hogg.utexas.edu/hogg-foundation-awards-1-million-to-support-childrens-well-being-across-texas WNBA Athlete Speaks Up on Mental Health in Sports https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-wnba-athlete-mental-health-sports Mental Health and the Black Student Athlete https://hogg.utexas.edu/black-student-athlete-mental-health

Episode 117: Vaccine Equity and Disability Rights

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:00:12 +0000

There is mounting evidence that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are experiencing more severe COVID-19 outcomes than the general population. In many ways, vaccination is a golden opportunity to address longstanding issues of equity and injustice. Our guest, Dr. Kara Ayers, PhD, is here to help us explore just how true that is for people with disabilities. Dr. Ayers is the Associate Director of the University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, and the co-founder of the Disabled Parenting Project. Related links: Episode 113: Vaccine Equity and Trust https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-vaccine-equity-and-trust

Episode 116: Young and Invincible

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 14:28:59 +0000

At the close of the first session of the Texas legislature to take place during the time of COVID, which had an enormous agenda to cover at breakneck speed, one thing is abundantly clear: meaningful engagement with public policy is challenging work. On this episode of the podcast, we sit down with three people dedicated to amplifying the voices of youth and young adults to advance mental health policy work in Texas. Our guests Río Gonzalez, Aurora Harris, and Raquel Murphy are part of Young Invincibles, a national organization with a Texas branch that is one of the Hogg Foundation’s newest grantees of its Policy Academy and Fellows Program, which aims to increase individuals’ and organizations’ capacity to advance mental health policy in Texas while also increasing the consumer voice in policy development and implementation.

Episode 115: Fear of Going Outside: A Podcaster on Asian identity, Mental Health and Belonging

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 25 May 2021 19:21:46 +0000

The month of May happens to be both Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and Mental Health Month. The current period has been one of tragedy, hope and ongoing tension for Asians in the U.S. Since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in early 2020, Asians have been frequently scapegoated as bringers of contagion. More recently, a spate of violent attacks on Asian Americans has heightened their sense of vulnerability and brought issues of trauma to the forefront. For this episode of Into the Fold, we sought out comedienne Ivy Le, a second generation Vietnamese American podcaster, writer, performer and activist, to share her perspective on the status of Asian Americans in the year 2021 with a focus on the lessons this holds for those who care about mental health and building a more just and equitable future. Related links: Episode 101: Asian American Identity in the Time of COVID-19 https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-covid-19-and-asian-americans

Episode 114: The Case Against Spanking

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 18 May 2021 13:00:06 +0000

It’s well established that children with histories of abuse demonstrate higher levels of depression, conduct disorder, PTSD, impaired social functioning and other problems. This is deeply entangled with how we discipline them. On this special episode of Into the Fold, we are teaming up with fellow member of the Texas Podcast Network, Marc Airhart, host of the Point of Discovery podcast from the University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences. Together we talk with child discipline expert Dr. Elizabeth Gershoff, professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at UT Austin and the director of the Population Research Center, who has been studying the effects of physical discipline on children for two decades and is advocating for an end to the practice.

Episode 113: Vaccine Equity and Trust

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 11 May 2021 13:00:06 +0000

The term “vaccine hesitancy” is all the rage—but does it adequately explain what is going on in the minds of those who are “hesitant” to get the COVID-19 vaccine? By focusing on the hesitancy of individuals, do we risk losing sight of fundamental problems of access, equity, and trust? This episode features two interviews with experts whose work straddles the lines between medicine, community outreach, and health communications. First, we talk with Dr. Shalonda Horton, Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, who is working on the frontlines at mobile vaccine clinics in Austin, followed by a conversation with Chelsea Brass, a communication studies doctoral student and former doctoral fellow for the Center for Health Communication in the Moody College of Communication and Melanie Connolly, a medical illustrator, 3D animator and marketing director for the Austin Healthcare Council, who designed a Vaccine Curiosity Tool to help resolve uncertainty about the COVID-19 vaccine. Related links: Episode 70: Designing for Mental Health http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-mental-health-design

Episode 112: Southern Smoke: Mental Health in the Restaurant Industry

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:00:01 +0000

It is no longer “news” that the pandemic has devastated the restaurant industry. Here in Austin, dozens of iconic restaurants and venues did not make it through 2020. For the establishments that did survive, workers in the service industry face the daily stress of managing mask and social distancing mandates, dealing with recalcitrant customers, and caring for one’s workforce. Our guest on this episode is Nicole Cruz, a Case Manager at Southern Smoke, an organization that provides help and support to food and beverage industry workers. Nicole joins us to talk about what this unique industry is experiencing and the impact of the last year of the pandemic. Related links: Episode 69: Mental Health and the Musician's Life http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-musician-mental-health

Episode 111: Remembering Stephany J. Bryan

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:00:16 +0000

On February 14, 2021 the Hogg Foundation and the world lost a champion of mental health, Stephany J. Bryan. Stephany passed away due to complications related to COVID-19, and we at the foundation are deeply feeling this loss. Our dear friend and colleague had a spirit that was larger than life, full of passion, drive, and an unforgettable sense of humor. On this episode of the podcast, we are joined by two members of the Hogg Foundation, Vicky Coffee, Director of Programs, and Tammy Heinz, Senior Program Officer and Consumer & Family Liaison, as well as Luanne Southern, Executive Director of the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium – three of Stephany’s longtime friends and colleagues – to celebrate the life and legacy of the one and only Stephany J. Bryan. Related links: My Journey of Recovery: Stephany J. Bryan https://hogg.utexas.edu/my-journey-of-recovery-stephany-bryan Episode 77: Consumer Voice: Its Role in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-consumer-voice Hogg Foundation Mourns the Passing of Stephany J. Bryan https://hogg.utexas.edu/hogg-foundation-mourns-the-passing-of-stephany-j-bryan

Episode 110: Women Make History: Maggie Kuhn and the Gray Panthers

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 22:00:50 +0000

In recognition of Women’s History Month, we are reaching into our archives to share a conversation between two history makers: Bert Kruger Smith and Maggie Kuhn. In this 1979 episode of The Human Condition, a radio series produced by the Hogg Foundation that ran from 1971 to 1983 on KUT, the show’s host Bert Kruger Smith interviews Maggie Kuhn, an American activist who founded the Gray Panthers movement in 1970. Their conversation puts at center stage the agency and creativity of older people, and addresses the challenges of organizing and mobilizing a specific community for the sake of doing effective advocacy — challenges that still ring true over forty years later.   Related links: Episode 33: Nightmare at Noon: The UT Tower Shooting https://hogg.utexas.edu/nightmare-at-noon-the-ut-tower-shooting Episode 54: Raising the Voices of Individuals with IDD https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-self-advocacy-idd Episode 76: From the Archives: Dr. Kenneth Clark on Racism and Child Well-Being https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-dr-kenneth-clark-on-racism-and-child-well-being Episode 77: Consumer Voice: Its Role in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-consumer-voice Episode 94: From the Archive: Efua Sutherland on Theatre, Literature and Self-rediscovery https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-from-the-archive-efua-sutherland

Episode 109: Declaring Racism a Mental Health Crisis

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:15:19 +0000

Last September, the Hogg Foundation issued a unique statement: a Declaration of Racism as a Mental Health Crisis. Its purpose is to call attention to the link between racial justice and mental health, and to argue that racism undermines our collective health and well-being. More than 200 organizations, including non-profits, cities, and public health associations, have co-signed this document. This episode of Into the Fold features a discussion with our three guests, each an esteemed figure in the world of public health: Josè Ramón Fernández-Peña, President at the American Public Health Association (APHA), Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, executive vice president at Trust for America’s Health (TFA), and our own Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., executive director of the Hogg Foundation. Together we talk about the Declaration, and how a broad effort to take its goals to heart can shape all of our futures for the better. Related links Hogg Foundation Declaration of Racism as a Mental Health Crisis https://hogg.utexas.edu/who-we-are/racism-declaration Episode 97: The Inequality of COVID-19 https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-the-inequality-of-covid-19 Episode 66: Moving Upstream; How Funders Can Address Root Causes https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-moving-upstream

Episode 108: Empowering Girls through Policy

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 14:00:18 +0000

For twenty-five years, Girls Empowerment Network has been helping young women across Texas discover that they are unstoppable. They have done so by laser-focusing their curriculum on one critical component: building self-efficacy, which is a girl’s belief in her ability to succeed. On this episode of the Into the Fold, we are joined by Vanessa Beltran, newly hired Mental Health Policy Fellow for Girls Empowerment Network, and her policy mentor Dr. Sarah Miller-Fellows, Director of Impact, to discuss the unique challenges facing girls and how self-efficacy helps young leaders advocate for themselves and their communities. Related links: Episode 54: Raising the Voices of Individuals with IDD Raising the Voices of Individuals with IDD https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-self-advocacy-idd Episode 75: Substance Use: A Public Health Approach https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-substance-use-policy Episode 78: Mental Health and Housing: The Need for Alternatives https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-mental-health-housing-alternatives Episode 79: Maternal Mental Health: Where Family Well-being Begins https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-maternal-mental-health

Episode 107: A Therapist on Racial Grief

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:52:29 +0000

As we enter 2021, most of us are beyond exhausted. In many ways, these awful circumstances of the last year serve as a reminder of just what a moral pivot point the Black American experience has been and continues to be. To put it simply, everything that is going on isn’t just about the Black American experience, but, in many ways, it is not fully comprehensible without the Black American experience. We are joined on this episode by Dr. Chase Anderson, fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco, to discuss the limits of how helpful our professional identities can be while experiencing racial grief at this time. Related links: Episode 65: The Past Does Matter: Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-the-past-does-matter

Episode 106: Getting Serious about Rural Broadband

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 22:00:20 +0000

Nearly one million Texans do not have physical access to broadband at home. Over eighty-nine percent of these disconnected Texans live in rural areas. Broadly, this is a matter of equity and economic participation, both of which bear on overall well-being in our state. This is especially true during this pandemic, where remote work, school, and health have become the norm. Jennifer Harris serves as the state program director for Connected Nation Texas. She also serves on the Governors Broadband Development Council. Wynn Rosser is CEO of the Temple Foundation, which is dedicated to increasing prosperity and well-being for rural deep East Texas. Both join us on this episode to discuss rural broadband and its pivotal role in the future well-being of Texas. Related links: Into the Fold Episode 64: Understanding Rural Communities https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-mental-health-rural-communities Hogg Foundation Awards $4.5 Million to Address Well-being in Rural Texas Communities https://hogg.utexas.edu/texas-rural-communities The Rural Church Creating Inclusion Through Education https://hogg.utexas.edu/gods-way-faith-based-initiative What is Texas Doing Wrong When it Comes to Rural Mental Health? https://hogg.utexas.edu/rural-mental-health

Episode 105: A Lawman's Perspective on Mental Health

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:54:58 +0000

There is currently a strong push in Texas toward diverting people with mental health conditions away from the criminal justice system and into treatment. This is the good news. The bad news is that the demand for flexible, evidence-based, person-centered mental health treatment far outpaces the supply. The state's forensic system is a case in point. In this episode Limestone County Sheriff Dennis Wilson and Kevin Garrett of Texas Jail Project share their complementary perspectives on the issue--one a lawman, the other a person with lived experience of the system. Related links: Hogg Policy Fellows https://hogg.utexas.edu/what-we-do/policy-engagement/policy-fellows-academy Episode 28: Jail and Mental Health https://hogg.utexas.edu/episode-28-jail-and-mental-health Episode 23: Talking about Forensic Mental Health https://soundcloud.com/hoggfoundation/into-the-fold-episode-23-talking-about-forensic-mental-health

Into the Fold, Episode 104: Improve Your Media Literacy During COVID

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:00:06 +0000

To say that the media has a public trust problem, earned or not, is an understatement. How should we evaluate the media’s coverage of the pandemic, and how can we all become more savvy media consumers? Joining us to help make sense of these questions is Dr. Timothy Caulfield, Professor of Law at University of Alberta, Canada, Research Director of the Health Law Institute and current Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy. He is the author of the national bestseller The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness (Penguin 2012) and Relax, Dammit!: A User's Guide to the Age of Anxiety (Penguin Random House, 2020). Related links: Episode 40: Mental Health and Media: Stop Raising Awareness Already https://hogg.utexas.edu/mental-health-and-media

Episode 103: COVID_19 and Our Schools

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:00:06 +0000

Schools have become a flashpoint in the larger debate about how we balance living our lives and keeping ourselves safe during the time of COVID-19. Schools serve as crucial bridge between families, young people, and essential services and community resources. They are also increasingly sites of mental health care. In this episode of Into the Fold we hear from Tasha Moore, Chief Strategy Officer of Communities in Schools of North Texas, which specializes in dropout prevention, and Suki Steinhauser, CEO of Communities in Schools of Central Texas, who share some wisdom about keeping kids in school at a time when ‘school’ no longer means what it used to. f0jbDLFny7qpjH6RIWox Related links: Episode 22: Restorative Discipline in Schools https://hogg.utexas.edu/into-the-fold-episode-22-restorative-discipline-in-schools Episode 42: Mental Health in Schools https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-mental-health-schools Improving Academic Achievement through Mental Health https://hogg.utexas.edu/initiatives/academic-achievement-mental-health Healthy Educators for Healthy Kids https://hogg.utexas.edu/what-we-do/success-stories/student-mental-health

Episode 102: Shifting Campus Culture and COVID-19

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:00:04 +0000

Substance misuse has long been a pain point on college campuses, and the University of Texas at Austin is no different. This week we talked with an organization that is pushing back against the engrained belief that substance misuse is a “rite of passage” for college students, and instead is offering a holistic model for shifting the conversation around substance use on campus. Kate Lower, Director of SHIFT, joins us to discuss the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on patterns of substance use among college students during this time of increased environmental changes and isolation. Related links: 3 Things to Know: Recovery https://hogg.utexas.edu/3-things-to-know-recovery In Their Words: On Recovery https://hogg.utexas.edu/in-their-words-on-recovery Episode 51: The Social Entrepreneurship Model https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-recovery-social-entrepreneurship

Episode 101: Asian American identity in the Time of COVID-19

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:29:06 +0000

This week we are joined by Dr. Eric Tang, Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Director of the Center for Asian American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. We discuss COVID-19 and Asian Americans, especially now that the pandemic has brought to the forefront many of our nation’s deep xenophobic biases that harm Asian people of color in the United States, including here on the University of Texas at Austin campus. Related links: Episode 100: Black Lives Matter https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-black-lives-matter Episode 13: Deportation Threat and the Children of the Undocumented https://soundcloud.com/hoggfoundation/into-the-fold-episode-13 Episode 45: Deportation Anxiety for Today’s Young Adults http://hogg.utexas.edu/deportation-anxiety-young-adults-podcast Episode 85: Refugee Resilience and Well-being: A Voice from the Field https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-refugee-resilience-and-well-being Episode 57: Supporting Our Dreamers https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-supporting-daca-students

Episode 100: Black Lives Matter

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000

In this milestone 100th episode of Into the Fold, we dive into the topic of racism and historical trauma with a panel of experts. We are joined by three former podcast guests: Dr. Christen Smith, an associate professor of African and Diaspora Studies and Anthropology at The University of Texas at Austin; Dr. Ryan Sutton, director of the Heman Sweatt Center for Black Males at The University of Texas at Austin; and Latasha Taylor, a mental health organizer and former Hogg Foundation Policy Fellow. Together, we discuss the impact of police brutality on African American mental health and ways non-Black allies can best support their friends and the Black Lives Matter movement. Deborah "D.E.E.P." Mouton poetry: https://www.livelifedeep.com/ Oddisee: https://www.mellomusicgroup.com/collections/oddisee-collection Related links: Episode 65: The Past Does Matter: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-the-past-does-matter Episode 56: Police Violence and Black Women’s Health https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-police-violence-black-women-health-part1 Episode 53: From Advocacy to Mobilization: the Role of the Marginalized https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-activism-mental-health Episode 34: Mental Health and the Black Student Athlete https://hogg.utexas.edu/black-student-athlete-mental-health Young Minds Matter: Historical and Cultural Trauma https://hogg.utexas.edu/historical-and-cultural-trauma

Episode 99: Covid and Older Adults

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:00:02 +0000

With COVID-19 putting unprecedented stress on our already overburdened systems of support for older people, the need to provide for the mental and physical health of this population has reached a critical level. On this episode of the podcast, we are joined for the second time by licensed clinical social worker Carly Bassett, who specializes in mental health care for older adults. Related links: Understanding Mental Health in Older Adults https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-elderly-mental-heath How Transportation Affects the Mental Health of Nursing Home Residents https://hogg.utexas.edu/vivian-miller-nursing-home-health The Health Cost of Aging in America https://hogg.utexas.edu/the-health-cost-of-aging-in-america

Episode 98: COVID-19 and Children's Mental Health

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 26 May 2020 13:00:03 +0000

May is Children’s Mental Health Month. Today we are talking about COVID-19 and its effect on children, youth, and families. In the state of Texas, schools have been shut down since mid-March. Millions of children and adolescents have been sheltering at home. Just as much as kids have never needed more attention, parents have never needed more of a break. On top of that, we have good reason to believe that home is necessarily the safest place for kids. To help make sense of it all, we are joined by a pair of Austin-based experts who come at this from the perspectives of both healthcare professionals and parents. Dr. Allison Hall is a pediatric physical therapist and the CEO/founder of My Kid Blooms, a digital resource for parents to find pediatric and OB/GYN health-related information and professionals that match the needs of their families. Dr. Nakia Scott is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and the owner of Holistic Mental Health. Related links: COVID-19: Protecting Kids from the Fear Pandemic http://hogg.utexas.edu/covid-19-protecting-kids-from-the-fear-pandemic The Inequality of COVID-19 http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-the-inequality-of-covid-19 We Protect Health By Prioritizing Equity http://hogg.utexas.edu/we-protect-health-by-prioritizing-equity Elder Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19 http://hogg.utexas.edu/elder-mental-health-in-the-time-of-covid-19 Behavioral Health Equity in the Time of COVID-19 http://hogg.utexas.edu/behavioral-health-equity-in-the-time-of-covid-19 Sheltering in Uncertainty: Coping with COVID-19 http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-sheltering-in-uncertainty-coping-with-covid19 Census 2020 in the Time of Coronavirus http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-census-2020-in-the-time-of-coronavirus

Episode 97: The Inequality of COVID-19

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 14 May 2020 20:00:03 +0000

It is fashionable to say that coronavirus doesn't discriminate, but this may be misleading. In fact, there is compelling data suggesting that the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting some communities harder than others. A new study conducted by epidemiologists and clinician-researchers from six organizations and universities across the country found that counties with high rates of African American residents comprised 52 percent of all diagnoses and 58 percent of all COVID-19 deaths nationally. According to an analysis by American Public Media Research, blacks, despite making up about 13% of the US population according to the Census Bureau, are 27% of known COVID-19 deaths. In state after state, there is evidence that this pandemic is having a disproportionate effect on people of color, on the economically precarious, and on already stigmatized populations such as the homeless. These findings may just be the tip of the iceberg. In this episode, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, representing Texas's 20th congressional district, and Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., executive director of the Hogg Foundation, join us from their respective worlds of politics and philanthropy to discuss the deep social implications of coronavirus through a health equity lens. Related links We Protect Health by Prioritizing Health Equity https://hogg.utexas.edu/we-protect-health-by-prioritizing-equity Behavioral Health Equity in the Time of COVID-19 https://hogg.utexas.edu/behavioral-health-equity-in-the-time-of-covid-19 Sheltering in Uncertainty: Coping with COVID-19 https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-sheltering-in-uncertainty-coping-with-covid19 Census 2020 in the Time of Coronavirus https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-census-2020-in-the-time-of-coronavirus The coronavirus crisis exposes our society’s weaknesses. It’s time to correct them. https://hogg.utexas.edu/the-coronavirus-crisis-exposes-our-societys-weaknesses

Episode 96: Sheltering in Uncertainty: Coping with COVID-19

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:00:13 +0000

COVID-19 is the world’s biggest story. It is seriously trying people’s emotional, financial, and even spiritual ability to cope. In this episode of Into the Fold, we are joined by Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt, who has been front and center in coordinating the official response to the pandemic for Travis County, and Carrie Barron, M.D., Director of Creativity for Resilience Program at Dell Medical School, to discuss the reality of the pandemic and strategies for coping with, and hopefully, finding some peace within, this time of uncertainty. Related links: Resources for Mental Health and COVID-19 https://hogg.utexas.edu/news-resources/mental-health-and-covid-19 Census 2020 in the Time of Coronavirus https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-census-2020-in-the-time-of-coronavirus The coronavirus crisis exposes our society’s weaknesses. It’s time to correct them. https://hogg.utexas.edu/the-coronavirus-crisis-exposes-our-societys-weaknesses COVID-19: Protecting Kids from the Fear Pandemic https://hogg.utexas.edu/covid-19-protecting-kids-from-the-fear-pandemic

Episode 95: Census 2020 in the Time of Coronavirus

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 14:14:44 +0000

This year’s census is extraordinarily for one main reason. It is taking place under the shadow of a public health emergency: coronavirus, which is currently consuming people’s attention here in the U.S. and worldwide. Our two guests, Katie Martin Lightfoot and Ava Graves, join us to discuss Census 2020 in general and in the impact of coronavirus in particular. Related links: Texas Communities Count https://hogg.utexas.edu/initiatives/texas-communities-count

Episode 94: From the Archives: Efua Sutherland on Theatre, Literature and Self-rediscovery

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 14:00:10 +0000

In honor of Women’s History Month, this episode of Into the Fold features the voices of three extraordinary women in the Hogg Foundation’s history. First, we hear from Bert Kruger Smith, the longtime host of the Human Condition radio series, and her interview guest, Efua Sutherland, the Ghanaian playwright, director, researcher and children’s rights advocate. We also hear from former employee of the Hogg Foundation, Linda Swan-Adkins, whose eye-witness account of the tragic 1966 UT tower shooting is an important piece of Texas history. Related links: Episode 77: Consumer Voice: Its Role in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-consumer-voice Episode 33: Nightmare at Noon - The UT Tower Shooting https://hogg.utexas.edu/nightmare-at-noon-the-ut-tower-shooting

Episode 93: Healthy Minds

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 14:01:40 +0000

This episode of Into the Fold takes place against the backdrop of the 20th anniversary of the annual Central Texas African American Family Support Conference (CTAAFSC), where we talked with two of the event’s keynote speakers Dr. King Davis, and Dr. Altha J. Stewart, about historic issues of race in psychiatry and the importance of defining health equity as a matter of social justice. Related links: Episode 11: The Central Lunatic Asylum for Colored Insane https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-patricia-galloway-on-historic-digital-archive-of-psychiatric-hospital-records-from-segregated-era Episode 26: King Davis on the Segregated Past, the Fractured Present https://hogg.utexas.edu/into-the-fold-episode-26-king-davis-on-the-segregated-past-the-fractured-present Hogg Foundation Launches Healthy Minds Grants for African American Mental Health, Well-being https://hogg.utexas.edu/hogg-foundation-launches-healthy-minds-grants-for-african-american-mental-health-well-being

Episode 92: Youth Leadership

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:00:10 +0000

February is Youth Leadership Month. In this episode of Into the Fold, we talk with three young people who are change-makers in their communities. Through two of the Hogg Foundation’s latest initiatives, these youths have been empowered to embrace new leadership opportunities to help improve their neighborhoods and communities. Our three guests, Kam’rin Christal, Cristina Figueroa, and Ricky Longoria, share their experiences with us and offer wisdom on how to further cultivate youth leadership across communities. Related links: Episode 88: Young Minds Matter https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-young-minds-matter Robert Lee Sutherland Seminar 2019: Working Together for Rural Well-being https://hogg.utexas.edu/events-networks/rls-seminar Communities of Care https://hogg.utexas.edu/initiatives/communities-of-care-houston Collaborative Approaches to Well-being in Rural Communities https://hogg.utexas.edu/initiatives/collaborative-approaches-well-being-rural-communities

Episode 91: From the Archives: Raul Hilberg on the Holocaust

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:00:00 +0000

In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th, this episode of Into the Fold features an interview from a late 1970s episode of the Human Condition, a radio series produced by the Hogg Foundation between 1972 and 1983. Longtime host of the Human Condition, Bert Kruger Smith, speaks with eminent Holocaust scholar Raul Hilberg, who died in 2007, about the conditions that led to the Holocaust and what happened in the minds of the people committing atrocities in the name of the Final Solution to the Jewish Problem.

Episode 90: The Angel and the Assassin

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:48:09 +0000

Across medicine, psychiatry, and neurology, it was long believed that the immune system held sway over every system in the body - except for the brain. In this episode of Into the Fold, we discuss the newly understood role of microglial cells, which are brain cells that, according to groundbreaking scientific research, prove the interconnectedness of our bodies’ and our minds’ regulatory systems, disrupting centuries-old assumptions about mental, cognitive, and physical health issues. Award-winning journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa returns to the podcast to discuss the implications of this discovery and her new book, The Angel and the Assassin: The Tiny Brain Cell that Changed the Course of Medicine. Related links: Episode 17, Childhood Disrupted https://soundcloud.com/hoggfoundation/episode-17-childhood-disrupted Episode 32: Early Intervention in Psychosis https://hogg.utexas.edu/early-intervention-in-psychosis Episode 74: First Episode Psychosis: A Path for Better Outcomes https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-first-episode-psychosis

Episode 89: Indigenous Mental Health

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 14:00:03 +0000

For many indigenous Americans, Thanksgiving is not just problematic -- it commemorates genocide, dispossession, forced removal, and cultural erasure. This emotional gauntlet has mental health implications that we will be discussing in this episode. For this discussion, we are joined by Angela Vela-Arce, master's student at the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work and director of the Native American and Indigenous Collective, which is part of the Multicultural Engagement Center at UT Austin. Angela brings a perspective on indigenous mental health that speaks to the experiences of young people and indigenous students on campus. Related links: Episode 67: Supporting DACA Students https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-supporting-daca-students Episode 65: The Past Does Matter: Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-the-past-does-matter Episode 88: Young Minds Matter https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-young-minds-matter

Episode 88: Young Minds Matter

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:00:03 +0000

This episode takes place against the backdrop of Young Minds Matter 2019, a one-day conference held by the Hogg Foundation in Houston, Texas on Oct. 23, 2019. The theme for the event was “Community Connections for Well-being.” We unpack what that phrase means with the help of three powerful, unique voices from the event: Marlon Lizama, a Houston spoken word artist and co-founder of the Iconoclast Artists program that empowers youth through the arts; Dr. Howard Pinderhughes, chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Science at University of California San Francisco; and Dr. Nia West-Bey, a senior policy analyst with the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). Weaving together strands that include themes of historical and cultural trauma, personal narrative, poetry and social science, these conversations converge on the central question: What does it truly mean to care about young minds? Related links: Young Minds Matter 2019 https://hogg.utexas.edu/events-networks/young-minds-matter Young Minds Matter: Historical and Cultural Trauma https://hogg.utexas.edu/historical-and-cultural-trauma Episode 65: The Past Does Matter: A Look at Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome https://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-the-past-does-matter Episode 36: Youth in Transition: From Support to Empowerment https://hogg.utexas.edu/transition-age-youth

Episode 87: Mental Health and School Safety: Finding the Balance

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:00:04 +0000

Leading into the 86th Texas Legislative Session, much attention was given to the topics of mental health and safety in schools. Recent tragedies, including the Santa Fe High School shooting, emphasized the need to explore how to best support students, their teachers, and our schools as a whole. Senate Bill 11 (SB11), a major focus of this session, aimed to address safe and supportive schools, with mental health being just one component of this legislation. This week we are joined by Tracey Spinner, Director of Comprehensive Health Services and Mental Health for Austin Independent School District (AISD), and Shannon Hoffman, Policy Program Specialist for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, to discuss SB11, and the challenges of and strategies for balancing mental health and safety in schools. Related links: Episode 42: Mental Health in Schools http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-mental-health-schools Episode 22: Restorative Discipline in Schools http://hogg.utexas.edu/into-the-fold-episode-22-restorative-discipline-in-schools Healthy Educators for Healthy Kids http://hogg.utexas.edu/what-we-do/success-stories/student-mental-health Finding Common Ground on School Safety http://hogg.utexas.edu/school-safety What We Can Do for Our Kids Following the Santa Fe Shooting http://hogg.utexas.edu/santa-fe-shooting Mental health in schools is at a tipping point. Here is what needs to happen. http://hogg.utexas.edu/mental-health-in-schools

Episode 86: Community Approaches to Suicide Prevention

Hogg Foundation for Mental Health — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:00:05 +0000

The troubling issue of youth suicide has emerged as a top-level concern for the community of Brooks County, Texas. Located in far South Texas, Brooks is one of the most underserved regions in the state. Ranked next-to-last out of 242 Texas counties on overall health outcomes by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Brooks County has a 32 percent poverty rate amid a 90 percent Hispanic population. The month of September is Suicide Awareness Month. We're taking a look at suicide as a community-level problem, one that calls for community-level solutions. April Anzaldua, Project Director for the Behavioral and Health Outreach Leadership Development (BHOLD) Project, joins us for a discussion of the challenges and strengths of Brooks County youth in the context of her collaborative work. Related links: Reflections from the Working Together for Rural Well-being Seminar http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-rls-reflections Five Rural Counties on a Mental Health Mission http://hogg.utexas.edu/five-rural-counties Collaborative Approaches to Well-being in Rural Communities http://hogg.utexas.edu/initiatives/collaborative-approaches-well-being-rural-communities Understanding Rural Communities http://hogg.utexas.edu/podcast-mental-health-rural-communities

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