On Saturday, July 8, 2023, APA’s Division of Diversity & Health Equity held its 2nd annual APA MOORE Equity in Mental Health Community Fair in partnership with Morgan State University, the largest of Maryland’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). It was a day full of sharing mental health resources, connecting and networking with family fun, free food, games, music and prizes. The event kicked off with welcome and opening remarks from Dr. Regina James, APA Deputy Medical Director and Chief of Diversity and Health Equity, Baltimore City District 46 Delegate Robbyn T. Lewis, and APA MOORE Equity In Mental Health Grand Marshal, Jay Barnett.
Forty mental health and social services organizations tabled at the event. Community members were able to participate in various facilitated workshops, such as stress management, guided mediation, and chair yoga. The fair also offered free ten-minute chair massages, a children’s reading corner, and a book reading.




Participating Organizations
- American Psychiatric Association
- SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program
- Morgan State University | Center for Urban Health Equity
- Morgan State University | Morgan Community Mile
- Morgan State University Counseling Center
- American College of Cardiology
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
- Asé Therapy & Services
- B'More Clubhouse
- Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc.
- Behavioral Health System Baltimore (BHSB)
- Beneficial Pain
- Black Girls Vote
- Bridging Gaps Through Positive Solutions
- Catholic Charities of Baltimore
- Charm City Care Connection
- Elevating Her, LLC
- EveryMind.
- Harford Belair Community Mental Health Center
- Health Care for the Homeless
- Hearts and Ears Inc.
- Historic Baltimore Community Action Youth Opportunity Center
- Holistic Massage Training Institute
- Hope Health Systems
- iCARRe Foundation
- J.Pope & Associates, LLC
- JOY Baltimore
- LIGHT Health and Wellness
- Mental Health Association of Maryland
- The Mental Health Emergency Fund, Inc.
- NAMI Metro Baltimore
- Nexus Wellness Group
- Nexus Woodbourne Family Healing
- Oxford House Inc.
- Park West Health System
- Penn-North Wellness and Recovery Center
- Redeeming Light Wellness Center
- Reflections Behavioral Health
- Sheppard Pratt
- Sisters Together and Reaching Inc. (STAR)
- TurnAround, Inc.
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