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The Community Self-Care Program gives Black, Brown, and marginalized people spaces to find rest, process life, and increase their self-care. Self-care is essential for people that go through consistent stress and trauma. For Black people, this means that self-care is mandatory. So let's begin to talk and heal together.
Established in 2019, Begin to Talk LLC focuses on counseling, culturalchange consulting, and community outreach. Through our culturalchange programming, such as the Community Self-Care Program (CSP),we can enhance how people engage with mental health concepts,resources, and self-care. As such, CSP is a prevention-focused mentalhealth program designed to educate and increase engagement andutilization of self-care and mental health resources.CSP includes the following events: Community Leaders Forum, HealingBlock Party, and the Suicide Awareness Program. It also offers groupprogramming with the Self-Care Wellness Groups. If we can get you to seeyourself fitting self-care into your schedule—if we can make it real for you—then maybe you can find spaces to prioritize yourself. We are dedicatedto developing culturally responsive mental health programming andevents that bridge gaps, connect resources, educate, and engage others to participate to improve their wellness. Let’s begin to talk!-Elishia Durrett Johnson, CEO, Begin to Talk LLC
We have created community self-care events and wellness groups for Black communities in the surrounding Louisville, KY area:
The Healing Block Party is an annual event to increase our community's access to affordable self-care and mental health resources. The event hosts several self-care breakout sessions and provides direct access to self-care experiences, including massage, exercise, aroma therapy, yoga, fitness, dancing, and much more. The event offers all self-care services and goods
that help improve your spiritual, physical, mental, emotional, and relational well-being in one space. Additionally, we offer free self-care incentives, childcare, food, live musical performances, painting, poetry performances,
and much more. In 2024- Begin to Talk LLC will extend this concept to businesses, neighborhoods, and schools. Let’s begin to talk on your block.
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This Community Leaders Forum is dedicated to engaging leaders and community members to address mental health issues that impact community members. Participants engage in critical thinking exercises to solve mental health issues. Recommendations from community leaders are included in current and future programming. These forums are essential to engage and educate the community on upcoming events and programming and to provide community impact reports.
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Wellness groups are an excellent way to learn about mental health concepts that you can connect to your daily lives. We have designed groups to connect with topics that impact Black people and provide self-care alternatives and incentives. Group topics include self-care, stress, anxiety, depression, racial trauma, understanding messages, etc. Although Black people may go through similar life circumstances, they experience them differently. Therefore, Community Self-Care Wellness Groups are sectioned into the following population categories:
The Louisville Urban League, A Path Forward, and Begin to Talk LLC present The Community Self-care Program. This program provides Black people spaces to find rest, process life, and increase their self-care. Self-care is essential for people that go through consistent stress and trauma. For Black people, this means that self-care is mandatory. We have considered the gaps that keep us from slowing down and making space for ourselves. We offer childcare, free self-care products, and tools, discounted self-care services for program participants, and increased access to how WE heal. This program will host several events and wellness groups to support our mission to normalize healing and increase access to self-care and mental health resources.
The Healing Block Party welcomes everyone's participation. However, we strongly focus on heavily supporting Black communities and Black-only vendors within the Louisville, KY, area. To become a vendor, please register here!
Black Women
Black Men
Black Families
Black Caregivers
Black LGBTQ+
Black Young Adults
Black Middle School Youth
Black High School Youth
Black Activists
-Host small groups of 10 people per category
-Groups will meet weekly for 8 weeks
-Most groups will meet in person with a virtual option
-Participants that request clinical intervention services will be referred to a therapist
-Group participants will receive self-care incentives
-Free childcare will be provided
We look forward to serving you. Please register here!
Call us at 502-379-5749. Or type a message on the form below, and someone will reply as soon as possible. Thank you for your participation. Let's begin to talk!We look forward to assisting you!
