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12:00 pm: How can peer advocacy help improve the mental health system for families of color?
1:00 am: Rev. Dr. Michelle Bogue-Trost, new senior pastor of Asbury First United Methodist Church
Can peer advocacy help make the mental health care system more inclusive and accessible to families of color? The leaders of a new project say their model has the potential to create change. Three local agencies – Coordinated Care Services, Inc., Partners in Community Development and Rochester Regional Health – have teamed up to train peer advocacy families. The advocacy families are encouraged to use their own experiences in the health care system to help families of children with diverse social, emotional and mental health needs do the same. In this hour, our guests explain the project, how it works and the impact they expect it to have. In studio:
- Tamara Wall, mother of two and graduate of the Peer Advocate Training Program and the Greater Rochester Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI)
- LeKeyah N. Wilson, MD, pediatrician and medical director of community pediatrics and wellness at Rochester Regional Health
- Sara I. Taylor, mother and founder of the PEEEEEEK Parent Mental Health Project for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)
- John Pavlack, Consultant/Trainer for Coordinated Care Services, Inc.
Then in our second hour, one of the most progressive churches in Rochester has a new leader. Rev. Dr. Michelle Bogue-Trost is the new senior pastor of Asbury First United Methodist Church. We talk to her about her background and her vision for the future of the church and her role in the community. In the studio:
- Rev. Dr. Michelle Bogue-Trost, senior pastor of Asbury First United Methodist Church
