Virtual Café by YouthREX | Vanessa | Activity https://cafe.youthrex.com/members/vanessal/activity/ Activity feed for Vanessa. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:06:54 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 1625554d77f21ab0bcde24fb8d3ddf2e Vanessa replied to the discussion What is One Simple Thing you could do to center Black youth wellbeing in your work? What is One Simple Thing that your organization could do to center Black youth wellbeing? in the forum Centering Black Youth Wellbeing https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/centering-black-youth-wellbeing/forum/discussion/what-is-the-one-simple-thing-either-in-your-personal-practice-organization-or-professional-practice-that-you-will-focus-on-implementing-to-improve-outcomes-for-black-youth-starting-today/page/4/#post-2291 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 14:00:09 -0500 Reply to What is One Simple Thing you could do to center Black youth wellbeing in your work? What is One Simple Thing that your organization could do to center Black youth wellbeing?

I agree, listening is critical. As a mental health professional I think I am in a position to help others within the organization understand the need to do this as well. Sometimes people within the organization jump to being solution focused before truly understanding what is happening.

]]> f103f7349127050733f54084dd3a6b82 Vanessa replied to the discussion Overall Emotions in the forum Centering Black Youth Wellbeing https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/centering-black-youth-wellbeing/forum/discussion/overall-emotions/#post-2290 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:55:53 -0500 Reply to Overall Emotions

Hi Michaelene,

I agree – I had reflected that I had no memories of learning any of the information from the modules throughout school, aside from post secondary. It brought me back to when I graduated and entered the work force, and how it felt that the conversations and awareness weren’t continuing. I feel disappointed that I didn’t put…

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