To all BIPOC* emerging leaders, direct service staff, clinicians, entry-level and mid-level managers of behavioral health agencies throughout New York State! We need to hear your voices and experiences in our VIRTUAL groups and surveys!

Message to Co-conspirators: Share this message with BIPOC folks in your network. 

Co-conspirators “are people who are actively fighting against the system of white supremacy and in particular the benefits they receive from it.”

This inaugural BIPOC Institute is a new initiative from the Coalition for Behavioral Health and the Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers of New York State (ASAP) to improve racial and ethnic diversity among NYS's publicly supported behavioral health agencies' executive leadership and Board members while promoting equity for individuals aspiring to these roles. 

Akuity Development, LLC in partnership with MPG Consulting and Sachs Policy Group is working with the Coalition/ASAP to define, inform, and develop the Institute’s approach and activities. We need your direct input and guidance to identify: 

  • The elements essential to building the right systems and supports to sustain a strong pipeline of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) leaders for many years to come.

  • The systemic barriers and day-to-day challenges you and your teams face at the strategic and operational levels to attracting and retaining a more diverse leadership within your organization.

  • What’s been successful in helping you to reach your DEIB goals? What’s been the benefit to your staff and the communities you serve?

We need to hear your voices and experiences about being BIPOC in our sector, including the opportunities and pitfalls you have faced throughout your career development. 

We will be conducting focus groups and distributing surveys to collect the data we need.
Survey for BIPOC Staff

Audience: BIPOC, Latinx, Asian, Pacific-Islander Staff-level

Direct service, clinicians, entry-level and midlevel-managers ONLY

Facilitators: Lisa Martin, Ph.D. & Vanessa Bing, Ph.D.

Duration: 90 min. 

Max number of participants per session: 20 

Dates and Times:

*BIPOC is an attempt to center the violence, systemic racism, and cultural erasure against Black and Indigenous people and how it is foundational to the United States, a country founded on the enslavement of Black people and the genocide of Indigenous people. In our usage of the term BIPOC, it’s also inclusive of Latino/a/x/e, Asian, Pacific Islander, MENA (Middle Eastern, North African) and multi-racial identities. (Citation: MacArthur Foundation) 

For questions regarding registration, please email mpgconsultingnyc@gmail.com