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Dear John,
Treatment Advocacy Center is pleased to announce the release of "Make Them Hear You," a podcast series empowering people of color with severe mental illness to tell their stories.
The voices of the BIPOC community are historically underrepresented in conversations about severe mental illness. Racial disparities in healthcare, the justice system and policing only compound the problem. Produced by Emmy Award-winning journalist Bill Retherford and Senior Legislative and Policy Counsel and DJ Jaffe Advocate Sabah Muhammad, this new podcast tackles tough issues related to race and SMI, ranging from police violence and criminal justice reform to the cyclical pattern of incarceration and hospitalization, to the experiences of caregivers.
In addition to interviews with people with SMI and their family members, this eight-episode series features special guest appearances from several notable experts, including activist, attorney and author Corey Minor Smith and Prosecuting Attorney for Washtenaw County Michigan Eli Savit.
“Working on this podcast, I’ve discovered that there are so many voices that simply need a champion, someone to help lift their stories up. I am humbled that so many families, despite stigma and efforts to silence them, have been willing to share their stories with me, and I can’t wait to share the podcast with the wider SMI advocacy community,” said host Muhammad.
“This series adds a powerful and missing element to our national narrative about our failed mental health system and the many ways it fails to deliver even the most basic elements of care to those most in need,” said Treatment Advocacy Center Executive Director Lisa Dailey.
The debut episode of "Make Them Hear You" is now available on our website, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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