HS Students: Racial Healing/Creating Space for Wellness (Virtual Event)

Attending private school can be accompanied by race-related stress, which can impact a student’s ability to succeed. This workshop will provide students of color with information on the types of issues they might face, how to cope to maintain their physical and emotional well-being, answer questions about monitoring their health, and provide best practices for seeking assistance and available resources.

The Steve Fund is the nation’s essential strategic and implementation partner for higher education and non-profit organizations, seeking to build knowledge, cultural understanding and tools to equitably support the mental health and emotional well-being of students and young professionals of color and those who support young people of color.

Parastoo Massoumi is a consultant for The Steve Fund and oversaw their national SHINE Your Light campaign focused on the mental health and well-being of girls and young women of color. She has over a decade of experience serving students and families of color…