Keris Jän Myrick
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All things mental health, innovation, human potential & anything cool to enhance human existence. Pod host Unapologetically Black Unicorns. All opinions-my own
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Joined August 2009
“You damn right I pray to get home safe when I fly. And thanks to these two skilled pilots. I did—just like thousands of passengers do every day. Prayers and condolences are sent to those recently impacted by tragic plane crashes. Let’s remember that aviation safety depends on
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🗓️ July is Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month! Bebe Moore Campbell used the power of storytelling to break silence, fight stigma, and demand better mental health care for communities of color. Get to know the trailblazer who helped spark a
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🎙️Pod Drop!!🎙️ Reproductive Justice Meets Psychiatric Advance Directives on #UnapologeticallyBlackUnicorns. What if your voice could still be heard when you're at your most vulnerable? What if your values around reproductive health and mental health could guide your care, even
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Double Header Drop today! 🎙️Pod Drop!🎙️ and 🧠 Wisdom Drop! 💖 In the wake of recent political actions that impact medicaid—we know that these actions strip away critical supports for people with mental health and substance use conditions—this episode is the antidote we need.
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🎙️Exclusive - Pod Drop! 🎙️ I Talked to Medicaid (Because I Had To)! Sometimes when the sadness, frustration, and righteous anger get too heavy, you have to talk it out. So in this latest episode, I imagined what it would be like to sit across from Medicaid—yes, that Medicaid—and
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Americans are already grappling with a mental health crisis and an affordability crisis -- now is not the time to take away health insurance from more than 17 million people. It's not too late. 🛑@SenThomTillis and @SenRandPaul are voting NO on the #BBB. 2⃣We just need two
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#VoteARama — a marathon session of rapid-fire votes on amendments, where senators vote one after another with limited debate — is happening right now. It will be followed by the final Senate vote. Time is running out to contact your senators. Call now and tell them: Cutting
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Today, Inseparable Action moved its Medicaid is Mental Health campaign into a new phase — launching a $1M ad campaign in five states and releasing a 50-state report highlighting how proposed cuts would impact mental health in each state. “For the past few years, lawmakers on
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🎙️ Pod drop! 🎙️ A special LIVE episode of #UnapologeticallyBlackUnicorns recorded at the @Alliance4RR Alliance for Rights and Recovery Conference is now available! 🎙️ Timely then and even more relevant now, I’m joined by the incredible Dr Chyrell Bellamy, @Felecia Pullen Ph.D,
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🎙️ Pod Drop!🎙️ Don’t miss this powerful episode of #UnapologeticallyBlackUnicorns! As we all know, with a new US president comes a wave of change across the administration. Political appointees and members of the outgoing cabinet may step down, making way for new leadership and
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🎙️Pod Drop!🎙️ happy holidays (or is it?). Holidays can be hard. This year, they feel especially heavy for me after the recent passing of my father. As I reflect on my own journey, I’m revisiting a moment from my childhood that reminds me why the holiday season has always been
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🎙️Pod Drop!! 🎙️ Have you listened to the latest #UnapologeticallyBlackUnicorns podcast episode yet? This episode is a special re-release featuring a conversation with @jeffolivet , the outgoing Director of the @USICHgov U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. Recently, Jeff
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Great meeting yesterday with @KerisWithaK and @RepPeteAguilar! We discussed @DisabilityCA’s work in mental health policy and cross-disability coalition-building. Keris is on our Board and chairs our policy committee.
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🎙️Pod Drop!!🎙️ Life happens, and sometimes it’s heavy. The recent passing of my Dad makes sharing about these experiences not only cathartic but also deeply important. Caregiving, grief, and healing are universal journeys, yet they’re often carried in silence. In this episode of
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