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Our
Executive Director, Tracee Bryant
Ms.
Bryant serves as the Executive Director of the Black Mental Health
Alliance for Education and Consultation, Inc. (BMHA) in Baltimore,
Maryland. She serves on the Maryland Coalition of Families for
Children’s Mental Health, Woodbourne, and Center for the Integration
of Spirituality & Mental Health Board of Directors. Ms. Bryant also
serves on State of Maryland Advisory Council on Mental Hygiene, and
is a member of the American Public Health Association.
Prior to taking the helm as executive director of the Black Mental
Health Alliance for Education and Consultation, Tracee E. Bryant, a
Houston, Texas native, functioned in several capacities at a
national Healthy Start Program in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her roles
included health educator, special assistant to the executive
director and consortium director. Ms. Bryant has also conducted
research at Tulane University Medical Center’s Community Medicine
Urban Health Studies Department and University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
Ms. Bryant completed her undergraduate studies in Biology at Hampton
University and received her Master of Public Health from Tulane
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine with a dual
concentration in Maternal and Child Health and Health
Communication/Education.
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A Brief History of BMHA
In 1984, the co-founders of BMHA gathered,
namely Dr. Maxie Collier, Delegate Shirley Nathan- Pulliam and other
public/mental health professionals to discuss the disparities that
exist as it relates to African Americans and mental health-
specifically the growing misdiagnosis of schizophrenia and
inappropriate mental health treatment due to the lack of cultural
competency. After a series of discussions and planning efforts-
BMHA was born. Since that time, the organization has developed into
a broad array of programs including school based mental health
services, HIV/AIDS programming, referrals to mental health
providers, smoking cessation services, community education,
consultation and training.
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